Lotta Jansdotter Bloomers

We have been having some beautifully warm weather in Sydney the last couple of days and in the spirit I made my very first pair of baby bloomers - and if I may say so myself, they are just divine! I love baby bloomers and matching singlets for babies in summer - nice and cool but they still looked dressed. Unfortunately most of the bloomers available are very girly and not really suitable for boys.

So here they are in a bright blue gingham!

The pattern said to make your own bias tape from the material but seeing as the bias tape is on the inside of the pants I used some commercial bias tape that I already had in my stash. By doing this it meant that I only needed one fat quarter of material to make the pants - which I was very happy about because I have quite a stash of fat quarters.

They are a size 6-12 months but I was worried that they might be a little small. I've tried them very briefly on and they seem to fit N OK and he is 9 months next week. When I remake the pattern though I will cut it a little larger to make sure they still fit around December / January.

Of course I had to do the matching applique t-shirt to make it a complete outfit. I can't wait for summer now!

We've got mail!

So, I'm right in the middle of taking photos of my latest creations for the blog when the doorbell rings.

It's the mailman with a package for me. Of course J had to do the honours of unwrapping.

Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing for Baby that I ordered from Book Depository. It's here!

Oh the projects just look so fabulous, I don't even know which one to start with. I saw this book in a shop whilst we were away one weekend and I had to have it. I'm off to drool for a bit now and will be back later to blog all the bags I've been working on.