Onesie Dress and Liten Shrug

So...having a girl is so much fun. I have really enjoyed making clothes for her to wear. A long time ago I saw the idea of sewing a skirt onto a onesie to turn it into a dress, and I finally got around to trying it out. I'm very much a beginner at sewing and even this simple project took a few tries. First I sewed the skirt on inside out. Next, I did something wrong that led to my sewing machine eating my fabric and breaking my needle. Finally, I went over to my sister's house and she helped me with it and let me use her machine. The instructions that I followed were from love city.

I purposely picked out fabric that would match some Sirdar yarn that I purchased so that I could make a matching shrug. The pattern is called Liten and can be found on ravelry. It was super easy, but I did make it a little small. I followed the 6 month instructions and it is snug on my almost four month old. But I tend to knit that way and I really should check my gauge before making clothing. It was a fun easy project that helped pass the time while we road tripped for a wedding over the weekend. Here's my baby wearing the combo:

Simple Peasant Dress

Pregnancy this time around has done strange things to me and put me in the mood to sew, which is a rare thing. I really liked the cardigan that I made, so I thought it would be fun to sew a simple dress to go with it. I saw a pattern from Sew Much Ado on Pinterest and thought it might be something I could handle.

The instructions and pictures were very thorough and helpful. I ran into a lot of issues along the way, but I think it was mostly because of my machine, and because of me. I'm just not good at sewing! I loved the fabric I picked it and even though I think the colors go well with the cardigan, I'm not sure that the dress sleeves will actually fit well inside the cardigan. Oh well, another thing I'll just have to wait and see! And the dress can definitely be worn without the cardigan, so it doesn't really matter.