November 23 ~ Gifts for New Parents
| New parents on your holiday list will appreciate your thoughtfulness with these fun (and innovative!) gift ideas… |  |
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Quick Trip Diaper Bag With it’s compact size and waterproof lining, the Quick Trip Diaper Bag from Liz at Sew4Home will be appreciated by any new parent. |
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Baby Blanket Gift Set Shower an expecting friend or relative with Jessica’s Baby Blanket Gift Set which includes a large baby blanket, reversible bib, 2 burp cloths, and an embellished onsie. Check out Juicy Bits for her complete tutorial with step-by-step instructions. |
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Fleece Baby Booties We’d love to see every baby in a pair of these irresistible Fleece Baby Booties from Julia of Adirondack Mama, guest posted at Rhythm of the Home. |
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Shopping Cart Seatbelt Caroline at Obsessively Stitching shows you how to create a Shopping Cart Seatbelt using a single canvas D-ring belt! |
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Sushi-Roll Changing Pad and Diaper & Wipes Pouch Our coordinating Sushi-Roll Changing Pad and Diaper & Wipes Pouch designed by Violet will make an excellent gift set for any parent still wrestling with diapers. |
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Felt Name Wall Hanging Welcome baby home with a colorful Felt Name Wall Hanging by Rae of Made by Rae. |
You might also enjoy these related tutorials from the SMS archives: Baby Kimono Wrap, Pacifier Clip, Reversible Baby Bonnet, Crayon Box Quilt, Sleep!, More Gifts for New Parents, Play!, More Gifts for Babies & Toddlers, Teach & Learn!
Here are just a handful of fabrics we love for some of these projects. Click on the fabric images to visit the Sew,Mama,Sew! shop:
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You Are Loved Baby Book from Gadanke Gadanke’s Baby Book has 70 pages to fill with stories, photos and memorabilia for you to treasure in the years to come. Gadanke will be giving away a journal of your choice to one lucky winner with your Handmade Holidays comment on this post today. Please specifically mention Gadanke, baby books or journaling in your comment if you’d like to win this specific prize. |
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Dairy, Egg and Nut Free Shortbread Cookies from Food Allergy Mama No one will notice that these Shortbread Cookies from Kelly at Food Allergy Mama are free of dairy, egg and nut. Bake a batch or two with a little one and enjoy their buttery goodness! |
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Modern Paper Mobile for Babies Entertain a little one with this simple Modern Paper Mobile from Joel at Made by Joel. These can be simple and fast to put together using Joel’s templates and clear instructions. |
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Tweet #handmadeholidays anytime this week for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!
Comment in today’s post for a chance to win one of these books! Visit our prize lists to see some of the other great giveaways this month.
By Lotta Jansdotter
(Chronicle Books, $29.95, ISBN: 9780811865470)
From the Publisher:
Beloved designer Lotta Jansdotter’s smart, organic design has earned her international acclaim. Now she shares her recipe for a stylish home: take a whole lot of Scandinavian influence, mix in a dash of flea-market finds, and then top it all off with expressive handmade touches. The result? An entirely fresh approach to home décor and contemporary living. In this lavishly illustrated book, Lotta shares her decorating secrets, design resources, entertaining tips, and family traditions. Tucked away at the back she’s included stencil pages and perforated recipe cards featuring classic Swedish dishes. Equal parts inspiration and how-to, this charming book shows readers how to create a warm home with elements of simple Scandinavian-influenced style.
Seams to Me: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing
By Anna Maria Horner
(Wiley, $24.99, ISBN: 978-0-470-25926-9)
From the Publisher:
Anna Maria Horner’s signature style combines the techniques of a seasoned sewer with the vision of an artist. InSeams to Me: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing, she walks you through the fundamentals, offering practical advice on everything from fabric selection to color choices to choosing and buying a sewing machine. Simple step-by-step instructions show you how to turn her designs into fanciful creations:
- Sideways Squares Skirt
- Prairie Blouse
- Full Contact Cooking Apron
- PlayingAlong Quilt
- Doggie Dreams Bed
Vivid full-color photographs and designs will invite you into the creative process. Whether you’re a beginner or a veteran, the twenty-four projects in this beautiful book will transform your home and wardrobe into a collection of unique treasures.
By John Murphy
(Lark Books, $14.95, ISBN: 1-60059-604-5)
From the Publisher:
Quick-there’s a monster in your closet! No? Then, MAKE one! Every closet hides a multitude of out-of-style sweaters, pearl-trimmed jackets, ill-fitting jeans…and worse. And all the repurposing in the world won’t make them wearable again. Fortunately, the inimitable John Murphy of Stupid Sock Creature fame has devised a “green” solution: take those ugly pink sport coats and muumuus and turn them into goofy goonies, multi-legged monsters, other awesomely adorable creatures. They’re all charmingly illustrated with cartoonish élan by the author himself.
The Green Grocery Bag Challenge is a project to encourage sewists to wrap their holiday gifts in reusable cloth grocery bags, thus reducing the amount of wrapping paper entering the waste stream while simultaneously getting multi-use bags into the hands of consumers. Please include Mother Earth in your holiday plans. Read more here and join us on The Green Grocery Bag Challenge Facebook page where we’ll be posting wrapping ideas, sewing patterns and tips for reducing waste this holiday season.
More Handmade Holiday Ideas (& don’t miss our Handmade Holidays photo pool!)… Gift ideas for:
22 ~ Scholars
21 ~ Sports Fans
20 ~ Audiophiles
19 ~ Deck the Halls
18 ~ Dads & Grandpas
17 ~ Hipsters
16 ~ Pet Lovers
15 ~ College Students
14 ~ Teachers
13 ~ Foodies
12 ~ Deck the Halls
11 ~ Sleepyheads
10 ~ Travelers
9 ~ Preschool Kids
8 ~ Outdoor Adventurers
7 ~ Tweens
6 ~ Crafters
5 ~ Deck the Halls
4 ~ Moms & Grandmas
3 ~ Babies & Toddlers
2 ~ Girlfriends
1 ~ Imaginative Friends
We respect the copyright of all crafters. All links and photos from blogs on our Handmade Holidays posts are used with permission.
524 Responses to “November 23 ~ Gifts for New Parents”
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oh the handmade living book looks wonderful.
Great idea on the shopping cart strap!
oh my!! where do I start? love all of the tutorials!! thank you.
we seem to be having a baby explotion here at work so this is perfect. thanks!
Love that diaper bag!
I love those baby booties! They look toasty for the cold months ahead!
GAH! Closet Monsters is too cute! I’ve got another nephew due in January so I’m off to Borders to score this book! thanks!
Oh that Closet Monster book looks like so much fun! I want one!
I am a huge fan of Lotta Jansdotter so I really hop eto win her book!!!
Great ideas for Christmas, thanks!!!
Great list!
Love the new baby set, and the super cute fleece slippers.
cute baby ideas. i don’t have a baby myself (yet)… but for now, i’ll keep these in mind for shower ideas!
Those booties are wonderful! I want a pair for myself.
These books all look so attractive and I love today’s fabric selection.
good ideas
Love the cookies… my best friend is a vegan and I am always on the lookout for yummy cookies that she can eat too!
I love that seatbelt, what a great idea!
Oh I just had a new baby and would love the journal by Gadanke. It would make it so special for our family.
As an expectant G-ma I love the bag and the basket set. Thanks for the great ideas! I also have nephews that would love the Closet Monsters. Starting on my Green Grocery Bag challenge bags today!
What lovely giveaways! Thanks for running them, and for Handmade Holidays all around. I definitely have some new mamas and papas on my list, and these are great ideas.
The daily posts just keep getting better! With a neice on the way, I am excited to sew up Julia’s fleece baby booties using her great tutorial. Her site, Adirondack Mama is wonderful.
Thank you for another day overflowing with inspiration.
LOVE the baby booties!
Oh my, those cookies look delicious!
love it!!
That diaper bag is cute!
Lots of cute ideas!
These are all really great gifts. I’ve made the burping pads and the bib from the baby blanket gift set and it turned out great!
Thank you for that recipe and for the blog it came from! I will finally be able to cook for my friend’s daughter.
There are some great ideas today!
Those little baby booties are so cute!!
Love the wall hanging!
love the diaper bag!
Love the fabric choices and the booties!
Those shortbread cookies like divine. Thanks!
Wahoo, another giveaway! Hmm, if I win, do I give the book to my sis for Christmas or keep it all for myself? Since we’re moving I’ll better give it to her so I won’t have to get so many presents myself.
So many cute ideas!
The D-ring seatbelt is great. It’s surprising how many of the attached belts on carts are completely unusable.
Love these ideas! Thanks!
Such great gift ideas!
love the diaper bag, but everything all looks so darn cute!
Such fantastic ideas!
So many sweet ideas – and a baby soon to be born in our family!
The Gadanke book looks lovely — as does Lotta Jansdotter’s book! Off to check out the diaper bag link now…
Oh I LOVE the Gadanke journals! The “She” journals are my favorite that I’ve seen, and the baby book is just precious!
Love the name wall hanging…might have to get on that right away for my grand-niece! Thanks!
I am making the shopping cart belt for my daughter immediately! Thanks!
What awesome books today! Love the beautiful Gadanke book, and the Lotta Jansdotter looks great too!
Would love to win Seams to me!
Those booties look so cuddly!
Those booties are adorable
Love the baby blanket tutorial. Very detailed.
This is perfect! I have so many friends having babies this month and next!
Very cute! I love having this resource.
Closet monsters! So cute!!!
Lotta Jansdotter’s book is on my Christmas wish list!
Such wonderful ideas for new parents! I have a lot of those on my list for this year!
Love the diaper bag, how chic!
All of the ideas are precious. I’d really like to have that “You Are Loved Baby Book” from Gadanke since I’m expecting #3 in March! It would be perfect
Love the slippers and the Closet Monsters. I will have to make some of each!
I love the diaper bag, and the book of clothing creatures, and the sewing book. I love this gifting series!
I want a closet monster!
Thanks, I have a lot friends having babies these days!
The you are loved book is a great idea! I also really love the diaper bag.
Those letters hanging above the crib–gorgeous!
Those baby booties are adorable.. and I really want that monster book!
Wonderful gifts for new parents
Love the baby booties!
I like the felt letter idea
These are gorgeous! I’m trying that bag tutorial very soon!
I love all these great ideas. Thanks!
Thanks for the chance to win!
These all look fantastic ideas, I have a couple of new mummies to make fir too!
Thanks for the chance to win!! All of the books look great!
The Homemade Living book looks great. Goes to show you that Scandinavian Style isn’t just “IKEA!”
Love these projects for myself, as we have another baby on the way! Thanks for another great day!
Thanks for all the great Christmas gift giving ideas! Love it!
The shopping cart seat belt is so brilliant in its simplicity!
mmmmmmm… making those cookies tomorrow. too pregnant for sewing but never too pregnant for baking!
Those fleece booties are adorable. Wondering if I can scale up and make some for my 7-yr-old.
Closet Monsters would be a hit at my house.
my child would LOVE the fleece bootie/slippers!! and I love that monster book!
Yum Yum Banana bread.
Totally cute projects all!
The fleece booties look great- comfy and not too difficult.
Thank you so much for linking to my shopping cart seatbelt!
I am LOVING the Handmade Holidays links!
to a mom to a new baby (3 months old) the diaper bag looks like a must-have!
I love that diaper bag. Thanks for so many great ideas.
That bag is great for even more than diapers!
Love the quick trip diaper bag. That would have been ideal when my daughter was born!
Perfect for gifts!
Love that diaper bag.
The quick trip diaper bag is definitely going on ‘my to do’ list.
The diaper bag is cute! I want one in vibrant colors like that!
I like keeping tickets and stubs and other little memorabilia in journals like the Gadanke one, it would be perfect for baby memories indeed!
So many great projects, so little time.
The closet monsters book looks a.dor.a.ble!
I definitely like the diaper bag best out of those gifts.
Grand baby #2 is on the way! Love the baby things!
loved the mobile to print! thanks
That baby blanket gift set looks great – I bet my friend Jenny would love it! PLUS, it seems simpler than a quilt.
I love the Gadanke baby book. I need one for me and one for my bff! Great ideas again. The felt name is adorable.
I love that felt wall hanging!
Lovely items again
Such cute ideas!
That Closet Monsters book is awesome! Some really great gift ideas!!!!
Fleece baby booties are pure sweetness I tell ya!
Love the quick trip diaper bag – just got a nephew and about to get a new sister (!?!!) so this is a perfect project for me to embark upon – Thank you!
These are perfect!
You guys did it again! Great Tutorials!
Love all the tutorials!! Great ideas for everyone on my list!
I love these! I’ve got quite a few baby showers coming up from Feb-May so these would be great gifts!
Love these ideas!
Love the felt name wall hanging!
LOVE the booties and blanket set!!
Oh, I love all the things for babies!
those cookies look so easy!
Love the diaper bag! That will make a great shower gift!
What a great journal! I would like to win the Gadanke baby book for my giflfriend who is expecting her third child 7 years after her second. I love the blanket, birp cloth, bib and onsie gift basket idea.
so many books! I’d love any of them:)
All three of these books are fabulous and would keep me busy for hours and hours!!
Yay! Can’t wait to make my first gift basket for baby…
I do have the Lotta Jansdotter book on my holiday list…
I would LOVE to win that Gadanke baby book – I am way behind on journaling my baby girl’s milestones!
Love the stuffed letters!
I have to make that felt name wall-hanging! Too cute!
Love the felt letters/name. My daughter is expecting her third and this will make a great addition to the nursery.
Oh, my goodness! All of these projects are adorable!
everything looks great!
great ideas as usual! i’d love that baby book – baby #4 still doesn’t have one!
I love the booties! Great blog too. Thanks!
Homemade Living – looks like a great book!
Woo Hoo! Great ideas and books! Thanks!
I love the quick trip diaper bag!
Closet Monsters looks like fun! Love the felt name idea!
Can’t wait to check out those cookies. I’m allergic to dairy so they’re right up my alley!
I’ve got a friend who is expecting baby #2. There are so many choices here of things I get to make for her!!
Love that diaper bag.
what a great diaper bag! and those booties are so warm looking, perfect for my new nephew in TN.
These are so great!
I love these items for baby parents. My mom would love those cookies too. She misses all those things since she can’t have dairy.
The diaper bag is perfect for a gma who is also carrying a too heavy little guy!
I wish I had a lot more time to make adorable things for my friends!
What a wonderful idea! Fabulous handmade gifts! And a giveaway as well…..I LOVE this!!!
Kind regards from Germany sends
Claudia
Love the fleece baby booties!
Love the slippers and the sushi roll changing pad!
Yet more lovely ideas. I would love to win the handmade book.
8.5 months pregnant here… so I’ll have to gift some of these to myself!
Love the baby shower gift set!
Such the perfect post for me as I will once again become a new parent this St Patrick’s Day!
I love the felt letters!
Love the booties!
All great ideas! I really like the baby book by Gadanke – I’m expecting my second in January and would like to try this type of memory keeping.
I already see the name wall hanging in my nephew’s bedroom!
how sweet
OooooOoooh, the shortbread!
Very nice, I’m in the market for a new diaper bag and have been overwhelmed by the pattern choices!
More beautiful ideas!
those booties are so cute!
I’m 16 weeks along with my first child. I’ve already started a journal (and will cover it with fabric when I find out the gender, but not yet); the Gadanke journal would be a ton of fun for after baby is born (or perhaps it has pages for before?).
Anyhoo — all the books look like a ton of fun, any would be fun to have and try out.
Nice ideas!
These ideas are great -I know so many parents to be!
I love the “sushi roll” and the baby booties!
That felt name wall hanging is awesome.
I have so many friends that just had babies or are expecting. Thanks for the great ideas!
Handmade Living book is sweet!!! Those shortbread cookies are on the to bake list!!!
Can’t wait to try the shortbread cookies!!!
Can’t wait to try the shortbread – yum!!
I love making diaper packs/pouches for traveling – they get used constantly, and there are so many different ways of making them. The change pad ones are amazing!
i’m a new momma!
As a new mom, these all look like gifts that I would love to receive. I like the baby blanket gift set. The journal looks really cool.
I would love to win Gandanke’s lovely book… baby #2 is on the way!
I’ve been loving the handmade holidays. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely ideas. Thank you for sharing.
I love the felted wall hanging and the booties!
This diaper bag is great – and I love the monster-book!
mmmmmmmm…shortbread cookies!!
I like the felt wall hanging. Thanks.
Cute ideas! I have a cousin that just had a baby and these would be cute gifts!! Thank you!!!
Cute ideas!
What great gift ideas! I love that Gadanke baby book. So sweet!
Love those baby booties — so cute!
Those fleece baby booties are so cute.
Beautiful gifts. I don’t know any new parents now, but I know I’ll be referring to this before the next baby shower I attend.
Oh, I love all of these ideas! As a mommy I would appreciate receiving any of these!
I think I could use that diaper bag to organize all the extras kids throw my way at the beach. The goggles, sunscreen and books would finally be easy to find!
Loving these tutorials and I would LOVE to have a Gadanke notebook!
The felt wall hanging is lovely
Love all these ideas! I have a few friends with new babies and they would ll make perfect gifts! Thank you
great idea for a baby gift basket
I can’t get enough of sewing books!!
Love those closet monsters–so cute and fun!
Sweet SewMamaSew what a fabulous array of giveaways you have. Thank you.
Oh my goodness. That monster book looks like a winner!
those closet monsters look so cute!!
The fleece booties are just so cute and cuddly!!
So many cute projects. We have a new baby (preemie)that should be coming home any day. These would make great gifts, but I guess that’s why you posted them. Thanks
I love the diaper bag – should I feel guilty if I make something for myself this holiday season?
closet monsters! my son would LOVE that!
That diaper bag is sooo pretty. I need to make one of those.
I don’t have any monsters in my closets. Might be fun.
New babies coming that need gifts. Thanks!
Lotta always has great projects in mind and I love the idea of the shortbread cookies for folks with allergies. Yay!
Allergy free shortbread cookies?! Awesome!
Wow – I adore those felt letters! might have to make that a post-holiday project for our kiddos’ room.
The baby booties are the cutest!
I love the name wall hanging. Too cute all cushy!
I want to make the diaper bag for myself!
The diaper bag is great !
I love the felt letters!
Thanks for the Food Allergy mama site.
The handmade living book looks great!
I like the fleece baby booties
those fleece booties are too cute
I love the closet monsters idea, especially since I’m on a toy-making frenzy these days.
Great ideas again! thanks!
seat belt! now if i could only make them use it!
I love the booties! I am going to have to make some for my new baby.
I have now heard about4 babies on the way next year I’ll have to bbokmark this for great ideas.
These are fantastic!
Ooh I LOVE the basket of baby gifts. Too cute. And the fleece booties are great as well as the others.
This might just be my favorite day so far. I love the booties!
Everything looks so fun, and I just found out yesterday that I have a nephew coming soon!
I wish I had seen some of these about a year ago!
I know so many new-parents-to-be all expecting over the next 4 months, so I absolutely love this post! Thanks for the great links!
Another set of wonderful ideas.
Great ideas!
Great ideas!
I’m loving ALL of these ideas as I have a newborn and most of my friends are having new babies now!
Making those baby shoes asap! I have a new little cousin coming around Christmas!
I’m not usually a shortbread fan, but those cookies look sooooo yummy!
Awesome bag, I’ll be making that for myself!
I am currently working on a Christmas present for my new baby neice. Thanks for the ideas!
Re: The Mobile: Oh wow!
Such a helpful series!
These are my favorite ones yet!
I love the Paper Mobile for Babies! Beautiful!
love those booties!
I’ll have to check out those baby booties, they look great!
cute ideas!
I’ve been wanting to make a paper mobile!
Love these ideas for my own little guy!
The felt name wall hanging is incredibly adorable! I love th colors she used.
I didn’t know if I could comment for the last several days since I won a book early in the month Handmade Holidays posts, but I just had to say thank you for all the wonderful ideas, inspirations, and tutorials. Today is no exception. I LOVE the name wall hanging, and know just which little friend to sew it for. Thanks for all the hard work this month; it’s been so fun to read everyday! (PS – please don’t enter me for any of the giveaways; I want the joy to be spread as far as possible!)
oooh, this is a good one, what a creative thoughtful list of tutorials!
With a new baby, I know I would certainly welcome any of those gifts! Great ideas.
nice diaper bag! Great as a beach bag too!
I’m liking the look of the quick trip diaper bag.
love the baby book and the tutorial for the blanket, burp cloth, bib
Great ideas!
SO MANY cute ideas!! And, I have lots of friends who are expecting, so I can really use these ideas
Love the sushi-roll designs! And Lotta’s Handmade Living!
love the felt name wall hanging – it is on my list of things to try now! thank you!
Love the sushi roll!
Great ideas all around. I love the felt letters! I’m interested in the Lotta book.
The felt name wall hanging is just darling!
Great diaper bag tutorial. And thanks for the vegan & nut-free cookie recipe! Awesome!
Love the baby blanket gift set! So many wonderful ideas!
I love the fleece booties. might have to make a pair tonight for my daughter.
cute
I think that Closet Monster book looks like a lot of fun! Each one would be so unique too!
Crossing my fingers!
the closet monsters book looks fun!
Great ideas, as usual!
Adorable ideas!!
i made those felt letters, so much fun!
OH! I would love to get Lotta Jansdotter’s Handmade Living: A Fresh Take on Scandinavian Style! Fingers crossed!
SEW much fun!!!
I am loving the fabric selections today, such beautiful blues.
Love the prints of the baby blanket!
I love that diaper bag! When my 5 and 2 year olds were really small, I looked everywhere for a good diaper bag pattern, and that would have done the job nicely!
Babies, babies – gotta love them! Great ideas.
Have just discovered Sew Mama Sew and am loving the handmade holidays! Enough ideas here to keep me going until next Christmas!
These are all fabulous!
We’re only a few weeks away and we still don’t have a baby book. I love today’s ideas!
Great ideas here! I really love the mobile!
I love all the ideas this time! As a new mom myself, it would be neat to get any of these as gifts… also great ideas to give away to a few of my friends at this time!
Love the nappy bag!
Love these ideas! Thanks
The diaper bag is so cute!
I’d love to win the baby book. Or any of the other ones for that matter.
I love the name banner!
Great ideas! Ohh and I am really interested in the Lotta Jansdotter’s book… she always seems to have the simplest, but coolest ideas… very cool!
I love all the tutorials! Thanks so much for putting this group together!
So many cute ideas! And I love love love the Gadanke. Love.
I love the baby booties, so cute!
I know Katie (gadanke) from her other blog; MakingThisHome.
She is an amazing woman pilot. Fun to see your store as well.
Kathy from Dietz Airpark
I love the blanket gift set idea!
Yep – Handmade Living is beautiful! Thanks for the new parent ideas too! Sewing for a few of those this year.
I will be a new parent soon! I would love all of these!
Those booties are too cute!
Thanks for the new parents gift ideas! They look like great shower gifts!
I loved all the ideas today!
Love the felt names!
really cute gifts ideas, thank you so much. i would love to win any of the books in this post – what a cool gift for MYSELF that would be!
there are many people on my list that can use these great ideas!
As a new mom, I love all the tutorials today! Great for gifts too! Would love a chance to win the baby book too!
Love these! I am always looking for baby gift ideas because I much prefer to make them!
I really appreciate your thinking of the allergic amongst us.
I love sewing baby stuff! Thanks!
I love all the tutorials!
I am a new Aunt and all of these look fantastic!
Love the Gadanke baby book and the diaper bag!
These look great. I do wish I had the Closet Monsters!
Perfect! I have so many parents to be on my list this year!
Closet Monsters! = Awesome!
So many great projects – where to begin?
Very good ideas!
Great giveaways — especially that sweet Gadanke baby book!
This is a fabulous roundup. I’m expecting a new baby and could use everything here especially a baby book.
Glad to get the shortbread recipe and website – I have a little boy with recently diagnosed food allergies. Thanks.
I love the idea of a Felt Name Wall Hanging and Joel’s paper mobile!
Great ideas!!!
oo oo I would love to win the seams to me book.
awww I love that closet monsters book! cute!
The Gadanke book is so cute!
Neat ideas!
Awesome ideas today!
A gift basket of homemade goodies is a warm and wonderful way to welcome a baby. I also really liked the name idea. There’s a lot you can do to take it further. Like a hanging mobile with their name letters.
Oh the closet monster book looks so cute. Love the baby ideas too!
Now I have to keep sewing… I will need to add a sushi roll changing pad to the baby gift basket…In fact I may just keep going and make several baby gift baskets to keep on hand…You never know…Thanks..
The Gadanke baby journal would be a treasure of a gift for new parents…I’m thinking of a special pair who are expecting the baby they were told could never happen. He is loved already, by so many people.
Great ideas for gifts! Thanks for the awesome giveaway too
CLOSET MONSTERS?!?! I think I have to add a new book to my “wants” list!
I would love to win the baby book! Thanks!
My first baby is due in early January and I would love to have the Gadanke book as a keepsake!
I’m expecting in January and would love to have the Gadanke book as a keepsake
I need to try making those fleece baby booties – cute!
That Closet Monsters book looks like a lot of fun!
P.S. At a time when my To Do list should be shrinking as Christmas grows ever closer and I become more realistic, it just keeps growing: I see cute projects here and keep adding them to my list! I don’t know whether to thank you or avoid you. No, I do: Thanks so much!
love it!
Oh yeah, missing or broken shopping cart belts are so irritating!!!!! If I had seen this when I had a strapable kid, I’d have made it in a heartbeat. Thanks for the link!
The wall hanging is just adorable and the love the basket idea!
I love that felt name wall hanging – isn’t Rae one clever cookie!
Great ideas! How do you do it??
All of those gift ideas look great!
Fantastic! So many cool prizes, I’m loving the recipe inclusions too.
Seems to still be baby season all around me so…What a timely lot of inspiration!!
Would love the Anna Maria book!
Lotta Jansdotter is super amazing
Baby shower coming up soon. Will use one or more of these ideas.
Thanks!
I love the seatbelt idea! Thanks!
I love the felt letters…so easy!
These patterns are all cute – like the sushi roll a lot as well as the baby gift set basket.
I love the diaper bag design. I’d be making one if I wasn’t figuring out how to go even smaller with my toddler. I love the knot detail in the strap though.
I love the travel diaper bag – good stuff. I believe names always look better in felt!
love the quick trip diaper bag!
Fleece slippers!! I want a pair
SheilaC
I do love the felt name hanging. I’m thinking of doing Sweet Dreams for my baby (and maybe for a friend’s baby while I’m at it!).
Great ideas! I can’t wait to make the sushi roll changing pad for my girlfriend!
We will welcome our first great-nephew in the spring and I will be with his mama and daddy for Christmas … bearing many homemade gifts! These are perfect!
Cute things for babies and yummy cookies.
Hmmm…wondering who I could make one of these nifty projects for…
Great! Thanks for all the awesome ideas. I especially love the Gadanke book! Would love to win that for my sister. She’s having her first in April! I can’t wait. This little journal would be perfect for documenting the new little ones precious life!
Genevieve
I love sewing/craft books! Would sure love to win one of these!
Love all these – I know heaps of pregnant people at the mo!
The Gadanke journal would be a wonderful keepsake. I just had a little boy a few months ago and I’d love to have a journal like this.
The fleece baby booties are so cute. Pity my baby is now 10!
I have so many new parents to gift to this year. This is great!
Sweet! I’ll have to try the cart belt. I hate when those things are broken!
The tutorial on the baby blanket binding is excellent. I love that she did it all on the machine too! Thanks! Handmade Living book looks fun.
Perfect ideas just in time! Lots of friends with babies!
I’m a new parent, can somebody sew me this nice sushi roll changing pad for xmas?
great books!
The shopping cart strap sounds like a great idea…
L-O-V-E the felt name wall hanging!
Ooh, perfect. It seems like the whole world is expecting right now, I needed some new ideas for gifts.
Love it all!! I am actually having our 4th baby in April and I am in need of some new cute stuff for this one. Going to be making a new diapers and wipes pouch and some fleece booties for sure! Thanks!
this is a great category!
Wonderful tutorials! Love the Handmade Holidays!
Great ideas today!!
I love the diaper bag, and there is so many new parents around, thanks.
I love every single thing here, but I am definitely making myself that diaper bag!
great ideas and great books! thanks!
Love those plush letters!
Love the diaper bag!
love the gift basket!
OOOh, another diaper bag decision to make…I want Closet Monsters!
That baby book for journalling from Gadanke would be just perfect for our daughter and her husband who are expecting baby #3 in the spring!
And of course this Gramma will sew for a new baby so thanks for the ideas – and the giveaways!!
I love the felt name wall hanging. So adorable!!
Those fleece booties are adorable! Great idea!
Love that diaper bag! Super cute!
oh so sweet!
The diaper bag and changing pad are perfect! I had a set when my son was an infant, and it was so easy to grab and go.
I love the “Clementine” wall hanging. Absolutely darling!
Lucie (LAupperlee@sheppardpratt.org)
As a new parent, I would love any of these.
These are wonderful ideas and so fun to make!
This is the most fun post yet! I love the booties, the felt name, and the “You are loved” baby book. Those booties are on my “to do” list for a niece due in the Spring.
Love the felt name!!
Love all the baby ideas! Lately our friends won’t stop having babies so I am always looking for fun new baby gifts to make!
I was just thinking last night I needed to get on the ball making baby presents. I am intrigued by the gift basket set.
This is the first I have seen Gadanke–How wonderful–If I win I will gift this journal to my darling daughter who has a gift with words and is expecting a dear little girl in February!
I love that diaper bag must make one after Christmas though
Love the look of the handmade living book
Love the look of the lotta book handmade living
All the parent I babysit for are expecting second children in the next few months. =) I’d love the book as a gift for them.
I’ll have to give those allergen free shortbread cookies a whirl. I can’t do dairy and SO many folks are allergic to so many things. I love all the baby ideas especially the bag. I’m an Amy Butler fan.
OOps! The bag isn’t Amy Butler. My bad.
I love the diaper bag!
So many wonderful ideas. Love it!!
So many cute ideas!
I love all these ideas. The booties are especially cute.
I really like everything that is shared!
it’s almost enough to make me have another baby! almost…
The quick trip diaper bag is really cute!
I love the diaper changing set!
Ooh, those slippers look so cozy!
its all great but the diaper bag and booties tutorials would ahve been awesome when my youngin was a bit smaller. he’s almost 5 now **gasp** =)
Such lovely baby gifts! and I would love to win the Gadanke baby book, too! (I love the “You are loved” message on the front)
Those booties are darling! Thanks for all the lovely ideas!
What sweet gifts for baby
I might have to make a Quick Trip Diaper Bag for myself!
These are gorgeous ideas! Wish I had known about them about 6 months ago when my friend due…I would definately have made some of these things for her. But she did get some applique baby grows from me anyway
I love the quick trip nappy bag
Gill
Wow – these are all great!
I love the felt wall hanging and the baby blanket gift set! Both so great ideas and opportunities to mix and match fabrics!
I’m loving This November Special! Oh, I want one of these books! Please, please!
The felt letters are really cute.
The Gadanke book is fabulous – if you haven’t clicked through to the link then do it now!! The inside is spectacular! Love the sushi roll changing pad and wipes case, too.
so many great ideas! I added several things to my to do list.
i love Gadanke, baby book or journaling…. beautiful…
thank you for the inspiration..
That diaper bag is something my daughter has been looking for. I’ll have to make one for her now. Thanks!!
The felt name is really sweet!
Great ideas! I can’t wait to begin.
Lovely ideas! Would love to try the Quick Trip Diaper Bag.
love the letters – but am I brave enough to make an alphabet run for the boys bedroom wall???
maybe I’ll start with the letters in their names just incase i don’t get so far…
Great tutorial roundup, but I have to say that the books are grabbing my attention evn more. Can I want them all?
Definitely going to make the diaper changing pad roll.
Love those fleece baby booties! Think I can make them in my size? More great ideas here.
Great ideas!
That shopping cart belt is so simple and so smart. I get so angry having to search the shopping carts for the few that have unbroken seats and functional belts.
more great gift ideas
Great ideas! Thanks.
Love the cookie link! (I will have to substitute gluten free flour to fit my son’s needs, but it’s a great springboard!)
oooh, new Lotta Jansdotter book!
I would love any of these books! They look fantastic!
Oh, I have had dreams about making that shopping cart belt! Brilliant!
So cute. The at felt name is cool.
Those booties are adorable….have 6 co-workers having babies in the next 5 months, thanks for the great ideas.
Adorable and great gift ideas!
I love the felt name wall hanging!
closet monster book looks amazing!
Those little booties are just too cute!!
This is just in time for all the post-holiday showers I have.
Really appreciate the baby tutorials. Have several coming into my life right now and handmade gifts are the best! Also love the books in the giveaway… would love to add any of them to my collection!
Oooh, Lotta is back!
Super cute gift ideas for new parents. The diaper bag looks really cute and useful even if you don’t have any babies.
I just love the baby name idea in felt… have been trying to think of something to make my new niece and this might be it!
The prizes are what drew my eyes today-that handmade living book looks divine!
These are all wonderful baby gifts!
I love the subtitle on the monster book, but Lotta’s book…sigh.
I really like the felt letters!
Great! my boss is having a baby next month…..I’m whipping up the diaper bag for her this weekend….and may be she”ll be so happy with me that I might just get lucky eh
Wonderful ideas! I love the fleece baby booties and will have to make some.
Oh, those booties are just too cute!
Loving all of the ideas!!
That baby blanket gift set is absolutely adorable. I can see this being a regular Go To project, for sure!
I absolutely love Rae’s felt name wall hanging. So easy, yet so pretty.
Oh This is helpful!
I have some recent mammas on my gift list
What fun books!!!
I SO need to make that shopping cart belt! I’m sick of always getting the cart with broken clips at the stores.
I sure could use some of these items for myself in a few months! I’ll hope to make some and stash away in the meantime.
The gift basket is one of my go to shower gift.
Oh, makes you wish you know someone to be new parents!
The diaper bag is brilliant. The sushi roll and little diaper clutch are great. So much easier than the other one I’ve made! Hooray for simplicity! The Closet Monster book looks wonderful and quirky.
I just recently found out that I will be a grandmother in the spring! The Gadanke baby book looks lovely, as are all her things, and I’d love to win one.
I love making things for baby showers. Thanks for the new ideas.
nice round up!
i like the felt letter idea!
Love the diaper bag, I have a friend that I should make that for!
Oh what cute little baby things, I think I like the shoes the best.
Great diaper pouch and changing pad. That’s a keeper for new babies!
Cute, cute things. I love sewing for babies!
I’ll bet that gift set is a huge hit at baby showers!
I love that book. It looks so cute.
These tutorials are great. There are several I would consider making for some friends who are expecting.
I love the baby booties! (my power has been out here in the PNW, so I am a bit late commenting!)
the baby book is a really cute idea.
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I love those felt letters.
Today I can not make up my mind on your ideas – I love them all!
Thanks
I would love a copy of the baby book! Perfect for quick but meaningful journaling – thank you!
The booties look so warm and comfy!
These books are great
Love the quick trip diaper bag!
What a sweet book that is from Gadanke, I love the title.
Fantastic ideas! Thanks!
Please specifically mention Gadanke, baby books or journaling in your comment if you’d like to win this specific prize.
YES YES YES! I want soo bad!
cute projects!
that you are loved book look AMAZING! I would love to give one to my cousin so she can journal about her first child due early next year.
the other books look fabulous too – so many great projects!
Love the baby gift sets! Put them on my “to do” for right after the holidays! I know those Spring baby showers are going to start up again!!! Thanks for the ideas.
My sister’s having her first child in April. She’s requested I make her some things, but that baby book from Gadanke looks like it might be a pretty good surprise to put in with the requests.
love the felt name hanging…such a good gift!
The You are loved journal is simply divine.
Loving the booties!
Love the fleece baby booties.
So many great projects – I’ve got lots of new parent friends!
Without all these tutorials, how would I sew?!!! LOL. Thanks for posting
I love all of the ideas today! Thanks for sharing!
The new parents I know are a little far out of the gate to use the items on this page, but I’ll definitely bookmark it for the next round of babies!
Love! Especially would like that Gadanke journal too!
The felt name wall hanging would make a wonderful gift for a new baby, but also for any kid. They’d all love it.
The closet monsters book looks really fun!
Fun ideas!
Those cookies look incredibly yummy!
I don’t know why I never thought about making baby booties out of fleece?!
I adore these book choices! Wonderful and hard to pick just one I’d like. Also the idea of journaling with the option above by Gandake is nice.
Hmm. Diaper bag.
This will come in handy in a few months when three of my cousins are due. Thanks!
I’ve been knitting and crocheting booties for my sister but now I have to make some of these fleece ones too, so cute.
I love the name tutorial!
Crocheted a baby bear hat for a young cousin.
The felt name Clementine is, well, darling.
The fleece slippers are super cute–do you think I could make them in adult sizes?
Love the Diaper Wipes pouch, so nice to throw into a purse so you don’t have to take a whole diaper bag
all brilliant ideas. i’ve an expecting friend so will peruse these in detail. and thanks for the egg & dairy free biscuit recipe, the mum to be is also Vegan!
Baby Blanket Gift Set is really cute and very practical kind of gift.
I love the fleece slippers–so cozy!
The baby booties look so comfy!
I have so many friends having babies in the next few months. These are great ideas!
My perfect sister-in-law’s pregnant… will bookmark this page!
Really cute projects!
the Fleece Baby Booties look great!
Wonderful ideas
My sister is due March 1st. Thanks for the ideas!