Beginning to sew

[JessKM]

Hi ladies, ive just bought a sewing machine and Im wanting to start creating some sewing projects for a trip to babies home im taking this summer, does anyone know where I can get some good ideas/patterns?

Oooo, new machine, very exciting! I am (very very slowly) making a baby gym which is great because I can use up lots of old scrappy bits of material. I'm using pool noodles for the arches and it's great fun covering them with my funny patchwork. I'm sort-of copying this lady: sewingformybabyboy.blogspot.com/2010/10/baby-activity-gymtummy-mat-tutorial.html

Also I gave up on looking for a nappy bag and made the most awesome nappy bag ever which looks a bit like this one www.flickr.com/photos/sewspoiled/sets/72157624445753018/detail/ - PM me if you want a pattern

WOWEEEEE thats beautiful!!!!! looks hard tho did u find it easy to follow?

Today I attempted a beautiful pair of cloth baby shoes, from this pattern4

stardustshoes.blogspot.com/2006/10/cloth-shoe-pattern.html

THey came out realllllly cute! and were quite easy to do!

What fun, a new machine! Here are a couple of my favourite links for ideas and patterns:

This site has loads of really clear and pretty easy tutorials for baby/kids stuff. And Tipnut has masses of links to ideas and tutorials for all sorts of things (sewing and other crafts) so you can browse ideas there - most of them are very straightforward to do.

Oterwise, just use Google - if you search for something like "easy baby sewing project" or "free baby sewing pattern/tutorial" it'll throw up loads of ideas.

I hope that helps, and that you have plenty of fun discovering your new toy!

OH WOW look at the clothes on that MADE site! they are stunning!!!!!! thank you so much, im gonna be so busy lol!