Another Baby Gift

So as I said in my last post, all our friends are having babies at the moment. This is a gift for Nicholas, who was born 11 days ago. Yesterday we got to meet him for the first time and have newborn cuddles. He was so sweet - I love that new baby smell.

The shoes are made using a modified version of this pattern (I construct them differently to make them reversible). The bibs are made from Amy Karol's great pattern in Bend The Rules Sewing. The dots and stripes fabric are both Amy Butler, the vegetable fabric is Michael Miller.

A few people have asked me about how to make the shoes reversible. I was going to do a tutorial, but someone else in the Flickr Cloth Baby Shoes group has made one already. You can find it here. It is similar, but not exactly the same, as the method I use. I warn you though - they are fiddly and you will swear lots making your first pair! But they do get easier. I am going to modify the fit of the pattern further after trying this pair on baby Nick yesterday. They were way too big for his foot, but by the time his foot is long enough to fit them, the opening in the shoe will be too small. Hopefully I am getting closer to a design I can sell...