All The Little Baby Clothes 🧵 Sew With Me

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Sewing • Historical Beauty • Vintage Fashion • Slow Living

I’m Lucy, nice to meet you.

I’m a creative living in a little house in the Netherlands with my husband.
On this channel I take you along in my creative endeavors; whether that's sewing a dress, renovating a room or trying out historical hairstyles.

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[amixeblu]

My grandma on mom's side (mom is 78) had 10 children. This was during the war and post-war in Belgium. She had 6 girls and 4 boys, ultimately 4 boys and 4 girls remained as 2 infants sadly passed in early infancy. Just to say, she was a heavy knitter and sewed a lot of the children's clothes herself. There was a seamstress in the neighborhood and they all pulled together to help each other in those days. She did most of the work but her neighbor often helped cut the fabric for her. It takes me back because I learned to knit, crochet and sew by hand from my grandma. These things are far more precious to me than anything.

[aeolia]

Don't have kids here, but have a lot of friends with kids, and I live in France but from California. One thing I miss about baby clothes from back home, especially for newborns, is long sleeved shirts and sleepers with these fold over sections on the wrist that go over the babies hands to prevent the baby from scratching themselves. I've never seen this feature on any clothes sold here in France, and I've asked my French friends that have kids if they know about this, and most of them have never heard of it (except for one that had her first kid in the US) but they were intrigued and thought it might be a good idea here because the mittens then sell to stop the baby from scratching themselves always fall off and get lost.

[madeatbentwood]

I'm Aussie but well accustomed to adding seam allowances as I sew a lot of Euro patterns. I do mine in the tracing stage. I trace the pattern then draw the seam allowances onto the tracing paper, then cut out my pieces. I like that I don't have to use 1.5cm seam allowances as that seams so wasteful. I use a ruler or seam gauge to add the seam allowances, generally 1cm. In the curves I use dots marked at the 1cm shifting my measuring tool often. I join the dots once I have them all in place. It's really important to understand "seam allowances" are only for the seams. Which makes sense but I used to add them to necklines and armscyes too and often they do not need seam allowances as there are no seams there. It's also important to check the pattern to see if you need to add hem allowances as they often require more length than a seam allowance. Your baby clothes are adorable! All the best for the birth of your little one. (you can use an elastic band to hold 2 pencils together so you draw 1 lines at once in the tracing stage).

[MsBlulucky]

Sometimes I even prefer patterns without seam allowance. You just have to mark the entire pattern piece on the fabric, not just one side if it's on the fold for example. And then you can just eye-ball the seam allowance which makes the cutting of the fabric much faster. When you sew, you use your markings as the guidance where to sew, not the distance from the fabric edge. I like that I don't have to be 100% exact when I cut the fabric.

[stone.durfey]

I didn't need so sew, was too sick anyways . But a niece of mine, sent me 2 huge bags of baby boy clothes, with many cute and beautiful pieces. And I thrifted a lot of his clothes, right up to kindergarten. Giving them back to the thrift shop as he outgrew them....toys as well. My boy was a book lovers as well, which thrifting was great for as well.

[auntieann]

There are some really neat tools for adding seam allowances when tracing out patterns. There's an adjustable double tracing wheel, seam allowance discs, you can rubber band 2 pencils together or use various washers like you buy in the fastener section of the hardware store & put the pencil in the hole of the washer. Always good to have lots ways to tackle a challenge. Love all your tiny clothes projects! He's going to be the best dressed baby!

[xfairfaeriex]

I noticed that you were using a regular foot when sewing jersey which tends to warp jersey fabric because the feed dogs on the lower fabric move at a different rate and stretch the fabric differently than the upper fabric under the regular presser foot. I highly recommend using a walking foot with stretch fabrics because they have feed dogs and help both layers of fabric pass through the sewing machine at the same rate/stretch so that it's less warped. It's been a game changer for me.

[claudiaaugusta]

I actually prefer patterns without seam allowance. I think it's so much easier to do alterations on them (more for clothes for myself than for babies). But I understand it comes down to what everybody is used to.
A lot of people already gave great suggestions how to add the seam allowance when cutting the pieces out.

Regarding sewing elastic fabrics: My machine has an elastic straight stitch, sometimes it's called a triple stitch. I use it for jersey and sweat fabrics all the time. It works grea - it's just a pain to seamrip, so better don#t make mistakes!
And my machine was built in 1990, not computerized.
I'm sure your much newer machine also has that stitch.
Since jersey and sweat don't fray, I don't even bother with finishing the cut edges.
I've sewed a lot of elastic clothes for myself and for kids and was quite successful without an overlock machine, so I'm sure you can do it, too!

[feliciabourque]

Everything is so adorable. I think it is so cool that baby boy has a mom who loves sewing and wants to make things for people especially him.

[johannechampagne]

I believe we typically avoid buttons and opt for snaps instead because the buttons are a choking hazard for babies. The clothes are thoroughly adorable.

[Sarah-scrm]

Just saw this after making my first dress for my daughter. Now I’m going on to making something for my baby boy, so this is very inspiring! Making things for your children is such a wonderful feeling. ❤ I have been watching your channel since I was 17 and now as a mother in my mid twenties, I love that you still make content that I associate with.

[sheilafelix]

A bespoke wardrobe for the little man.

[kellyfernando]

I'm late to these videos so hope your baby enjoyed the beautiful new clothes. Spray starch helps you gain some control over knit fabrics and then washes out when you're done sewing.

[SandieMitchell]

OMG, The outfits are too stinking cute! I absolutely love them! Try stay-stitching around the items before you zig-zag stitch; this might help with the stretching. Also, the overalls with the feet can grow with the baby by lengthening the legs before adding the feet or leaving them off. This is so much fun; I would be sewing my behind off! LOL!🥰

[chelsealewis]

I will say my favorite outfits for my baby are ones that are either pull overs that are stretchy enough to fit easily around his head or less stretchy ones that have zippers. I've found that we don't like the ones with more than a couple snaps because a lot of snaps or buttons are a pain for frequent diaper changes. Also, he doesn't really like hats so I haven't used them much. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't like the bit of compression around his growing skull. I do have a few hats that you can tie under the chin to keep them on.

[amtlcreates]

Absolutely precious! ❤

If you want a neater finish when hemming jersey (less streched and watped edges) you could use a twin needle. That requires two top threads and one bottom thread and uses the straight stitch. It makes such a difference.

[paloma_hill]

you get a funny little magnet that attaches to the scissor blades, and you line the magnet up with the pattern line so the scissor blades are the right distance away.

[windkind]

I'm pregnant with a baby boy, too and I have been eyeing the goose fabric for a while as well. Those outfits are adorable!
I have a recommendation for fabrics: For my last baby I made a lot of clothes out of old wool sweaters and shirts from my grandma (mostly thin and some even cashmere) and unexpectedly it was a dream to sew.

[NatyMC]

Gutterman has the Maraflex thread that it’s for stretch fabric as it’s a bit elasticated. With that you can use a straight stitch. Or use the bolt stitch with regular thread, the finish is more “straight”

[reneekuijpers]

OMG I made that same pyjama with the attached feet and it BROKE me. I toke lessens to help me make it but even the teacher was lost. It took weeks to finish it and looked so bad and miss shaped. Then when I put it on my baby all the snaps came flying off. I cried and threw the whole thing in the trash.

But nice to see that someone with so much more experience also had issues with it