Angela White over at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 has great instructions on how to sew your own baby bib. Here’s what she says:
” This fun, easy and inexpensive sewing project makes a great baby shower gift. Maybe you’d like to sew these for yourself if your baby is ready to start on solid foods. Step-by-step instructions and picture illustrations guide you through to a rewarding finished product. A few different fabric combinations give ideas for boy, girl and unisex bibs. The measurements are readily adaptable but these produce a bib with extra coverage and long bib ties for ease of use.”

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Here’s a last, last minute gift to make. This is from Bernina but I can easily see how this can be made by hand or with a regular machine.
Here’s how Bernina describes it:
“Our grandmothers knew the best pincushions were made of wool. Let wool’s natural lanolin oil preserve your pins with this fast, fun way to recycle an old wool sweater into a new one-of-a-kind pin keeper.”

This would be a great addition to the Cheery Sewing Supplies Basket.

Better Homes & Gardens has this to say about this pretty heel/toe stocking. “The homespun look of this stocking is reminiscent of those that hung from the mantels of yesteryear. A chenille toe and heel help create a cuddly setting.”

The pattern and instructions are at BHG and of course, they are free.

Who has better ideas than Better Homes and Gardens? Over the next few days you will see some of their wonderful Christmas ideas.
Today we see an easy Christmas Stocking to sew. What a treat to see this stocking ‘hung by the chimney with care’.

This is the Yo-Yo Stocking and the pattern and instructions are free. This looks like a quilted stocking but don’t despair – it’s chenille fabric – no quilting involved!

What could be easier than some straight stitching? And what a good idea! This will give your gift recipients an extra gift too.

The instructions for these bags are for small, medium and large but it wouldn’t be difficult to customize the size to the gift. Find the free pattern at Craft & Fabric.
These are so easy and inexpensive.  Go to your fabric store now and buy some great holiday fabric.  Over the next few weeks we’ll see more ideas so don’t worry about having much left over fabric!

Liz Smith, in Bebestages, writes about a very cool item that wouldn’t be hard to make as a gift for a new mom or an expectant mom.
It is a snack pack for the stroller or shopping cart. As Liz says, it’s “excellent for new little hands that can’t yet hold little snack cups or who like to …read more