Baby clothes rack

 When setting up the nursery for our baby we chose cabinets from Ikea - the Platsa range meant we could add a wardrobe and some glass door cabinets to display books, handmade blankets and of course all my old pandas! But I wanted to have all those cute baby clothes out on display so I made a simple clothes rail that uses the existing holes and therefore be removed without any damage!

The hardest part was drilling the holes in the correct place! These cabinets are designed with threaded holes in the base so they can be stacked and attached using a supplied screw. I simply cut pieces of pine then drilled holes to line up with those threaded holes, and used the supplied screws since my timber was the same thickness.

Them simply screw on the brackets and thread the rod through. The clothes rail and brackets were from Bunnings, normally used for shower curtains.

Links if you're having trouble finding them - bracket end, bracket centre and rod - they come in white and chrome as well as 19mm or 25mm!

Now I just need to painte the pine white and align the door hinges!!

Bellevue Baby Rompers

 I love the Bellevue Baby Romper pattern from Little Lizard King, well the first time I made it I didn't, I found it difficult and it took me forever. These days I don't have so much trouble, I assume it's because I was a new mum running on very little sleep! 

Both times I made it were using poplin from Spotlight and I can't decide which one is my favourite!

Galaxy booties & bonnet

 I love this galaxy fabric from Frankie Bear Fabric, she's almost outgrown her romper so I'll have to make her a new galaxy outfit.

These are Maggie's Stay on Booties, I bought the whole set so eventually I'll make some for myself! I made a few pairs with cotton lining instead of fleece since it doesn't get cold here in Autumn, now that we're in winter I put socks on with them, eventually I'll make the next size up with fleece lining.

I will say I put off sewing these for awhile as it just seemed like it would be difficult but they're actually easy to sew, and quite quick! 

I used non slip fabric for the soles since my daughter has started walking.

I made her a matching bonnet using the free winter bonnet pattern, also with cotton lining. Now that it's winter I'll make her a fleece lined one.

Pig tshirt!

 I found this cute little pig colouring page and put the graphic on a tshirt for my dad, he told us he wanted a pig so now it's a theme for all of his gifts - I don't think he'll ever tell me what he likes again!

This is an easy project if you have a Silhouette to cut the stencil for you, otherwise you can use a craft knife to cut it by hand. I use contact/vinyl adhesive used for covering school books and fabric paint that I sponge on. Once it's dry I peel off the stencil and depending on which paint I used, either iron it or just leave it to dry flat for the required time before washing.