I love being an Auntie almost as much as I love being a mom. I have a beautiful niece who is just about seven. I also now have a nephew named Chase. The lucky little (okay, big - he was over 10 lbs!) guy was born on my husband's 30th birthday, so his birthday is going to be super easy to remember. Anyway, I wanted to spoil him, just like I spoil my niece. I decided to make him a set of homemade personalized fabric blocks. They have letters, ribbon taggies, and even make noise!
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How to Make Fabric Blocks for Baby
What you'll need to make your own set of fabric blocks:
- Printable Template - You can find the free pattern at the end of this post.
- Fabric - I used flannel and faux fur
- Felt letter stickers
- Sewing machine
- Ribbons
- Jingle bell - I made one block jingle
- Small plastic Easter egg filled with dried beans
- Stuffing - I used quilt batting since that's what I had on hand.
- Hand sewing needle
- Thread
I know that list looks long, but I promise, these blocks were super easy to make. I followed this homemade fabric baby block tutorial. I added ribbon taggies to two blocks, put a jingle bell in one (letter E, I think!), and put the Easter egg filled with dried beans in another. And since I used felt letter stickers, adding Chase's name to the blocks was easy too!
I love how they turned out and, honestly, my boys couldn't stop stealing them to play with. Thankfully, they didn't destroy them before I finished the whole set! Sewing with kids is a bit challenging sometimes, but fun too.
These are adorable!
ReplyDeleteThank you, George!!
DeleteSo beautiful Dyan! I love this idea for a baby gift! Lucky nephew!
ReplyDeleteAw thanks, Sue! He is certainly one lucky little guy. After all, he has ME as an Auntie ;)
DeleteQuelle belle idée!
ReplyDeleteJoyeuse journée
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Thanks!
DeleteThey look really cute, so I tried to make some for my goddaughter:
ReplyDeletehttp://lottegoespinterest.blogspot.be/2015/04/baby-blocks-tutorial.html
Thanks for the inspiration!
They turned out great! I love the strawberry fabric!
DeleteHi. I love your blog and so happy to find your project on Pinterest. Just want to personally thank you and let you know that I featured this project on my blog in my sewing for babies post.
ReplyDeleteHere it is, http://sewingmadesimple.net/sewing-projects-for-babies/
Please let me know if I missed something or if you want to change and add information about your blog and project.
Xoxo,
Amber
P.s. I’m a new fan. :)
Looks wonderful, Amber! Thank you so much for including my project!
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ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your tutorial. You cann see my blocks in my blog: http://veroszakka.blogspot.de/2016/12/cesta-regalo-de-bebe-para-felix.html?m=1 ;)
Regards, Vero
So happy to hear the tutorial worked well for you! Thanks for sharing.
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