Welcome to the Breaking Ground Blog Tour 2018! This week over 20 bloggers are joining together to break new ground by trying a pattern designer that is new to them, try new techniques, new styles, or whatever way they want to push themselves.  We’re always up for a new challenge, and today I’m sharing a little project I’ve been working on – sweet little baby clothes!  Lately I’ve been sewing less and spending all my extra minutes snuggling my sweet new baby, who is growing up way too fast already!  For this blog tour, I just knew I needed to try sewing baby clothes. Baby girl still spends a decent portion of her day snuggling and sleeping so I wanted to make something comfy, cozy, and cute. I think every single one of the patterns at Brindille and Twig meets that criteria! I always see so many pictures of adorably squishy babies modelling their mama’s newest Brindille and Twig makes in the PDF sewing groups on Facebook but never had a reason to try out those patterns before now.

I started out with B&T’s Bodysuit Dress: 82 and used navy cotton lycra from Peekaboo Fabric Shop. Usually when I sew with knits, I opt for patterns that have a band option, but I tackled the binding on this pattern and I definitely felt like I had the hang of it when I got around to making the second dress.  This project gave me lots of practice because there is binding around the neck, around the lower edge of the bodysuit, as well as on the sleeves.  I love how this little dress has the coverage of a bodysuit – even when she pulls up her skirt to play with it, her belly won’t get cold. The waist seam is thoughtfully designed so that it is between the right side of the bodysuit and wrong side of the skirt and so there isn’t a seam to rub against baby’s belly. The waist seam is high enough that the bodysuit dress can be paired with leggings for warmth.

These Drawstring Leggings: 22 paired with this dress perfectly. One thing that I especially appreciate about both of these patterns is that they are both generously cut in such a way so as to accommodate a fluffy cloth diaper bum without needing to size up.   All cloth diapers seem a bit bulky at this age and clothing that fits well with them makes us all happy.  She was a bit short on the size chart but I went with her chest and waist measurements and made her the size 6-9 months anyway. The fit was spot on with some room to grow.

I made a little bandana bib to match using a free pattern from Sew Journers and it is perfect for helping keep her clothes dry.  I love how it changes the look of a solid colored dress! I’m sure I’ll be making more of those. I used the same style of snaps on the bib as I used on the dress and with my snap pliers, construction was super fast.

I made another bodysuit dress and paired this one with tights and little baby shoes. I’m glad the pattern has a short sleeve option and goes up to a size 3t  – I plan to make many more of these versatile dresses over the next couple of years. And the leggings pattern goes up to a 6T so those will last even longer!

You know a pattern passes baby’s test when she immediately snuggles up and goes right to sleep while wearing it. She barely made it through a few pictures before this happened. Comfy clothes and her favorite swing are the perfect combination for naptime.  A big thanks to Brindille & Twig to providing these patterns for the blog tour!

Thanks for stopping by the Sew and Tell Project and feel free to check out the rest of the bloggers who were also trying new things and breaking ground this week! Don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

Monday March 12- mahlicadesigns, Sewing Vortex, Sewing A La Carte, Little Heart Threads, The Sewing Scientist

Tuesday March 13- Musings of A Seamstress, A Custom Clothier, Octaves of Color, Aurora Design Fabrics, Sew Altered Style

Wednesday March 14- Flaxfield Sewing, Chook n Duck, Tales of a Tester, Sewing By Ti, Sewing Vortex, Kathy’s Kwilts and More

Thursday March 15- Very Blissful, Manning the Machine, Sew and Tell Project, Musings of a Seamstress, Stitches by Laura

Friday March 16- Lulu & Celeste, Tenille’s Thread, Sewing A La Carte, The Bear and Pea Atelier, Aurora Design Fabrics, Sprouting Jube Jube, Kathy’s Kwilts and More

To make the tour even more fun, our Breaking Ground blog team member, Gail is offering 2 patterns of choice from her pattern shop Flosstyle to one lucky winner.

Enter Here!

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We’d love to see how you’re Breaking Ground this month. Share with us what you’re working on by using the hashtag #BreakingGround2018 across social media.

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As always, thanks for stopping by today.