Fresh from the Queue Wednesday!

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

--Carl Sandberg

So, I actually DID get a little more sewing done last weekend than I said in my Monday post - but I had to keep it "under wraps" because I made a surprise gift for a friend of mine - a friend who has just had her very first baby - a boy!

Since he was kind enough to join the world yesterday, I thought I'd post the pictures today. :)

I made another Baby Bubble - this one without ruffled sleeve caps, as befitting his boyness. ;)

I think this may be my new favorite baby pattern. Can you believe that there are only THREE pattern pieces? A front piece, a back piece and the "tab" along the bottom where you snap (or velcro or button) the bubble closed.

On top of that, it's really an ingenious pattern and very interesting to put together, as it is reversible and every single seam is hidden inside!

I like using a simple print for one side and a fun print for the other, because it makes it more like two completely different garments.


My friend chose blues and browns for the colors of her baby's room, so I echoed those colors in this bubble.




One really fun fact - the ribbon I used for a tie at the neckline is the same ribbon that SHE chose as the tie for her pencil roll (the Christmas gift I gave out to friends in 2008). I'm sure she'll recognize it - isn't that cool?


Well, I'm off to the hospital today to see her and meet her son... :)