handmade - baby shower gifts

baby gifts!!!

A good friend of mine had a beautiful baby girl a few weeks ago.  i thought i would share with you what i put together for their shower.  guest were asked to bring handmade, eco friendly products for the new baby girl which was a wonderful incentive to sew something up and make some purchase on etsy.

(like i would do anything else)

at the time of the shower we didn't know if the new baby was a boy or a girl.  what we did know were the nursery colors were curry and white... i took that and ran.  for the new little babe i whipped up a baby quilt that would work for warmth over the baby in the stroller or even for a make shift changing pad on the fly. 

i used white and curry fabric mixed with an adorable fish pattern that added pops of orange and red.  the pattern i laid out by eye and then extended the pattern and exaggerated it when quilting the blanket.

i loved (LOVED) how it turned out... a bit more free form than the other quilts i have made in the past and much more me.  it's hard to see here but i quilted the blanket with curry colored thread so it would be a subtle accent on the white fabric.

in addition to the quilt i picked up few other items on etsy. 

this super adorable little fawn teether has been a favorite of mine forever.  the etsy seller little alouette has quite a selection of organic wooden baby items which are to die for.  i am making a list of things i need from this shop for my little one on the way.  seriously, they have so many lovely things i don't know where to start.

 

for the last (but not least) part of my gift i purchased a little eames rocker t-shirt from tiny modernist.  my friend is a fellow architect and design junkie so i knew the little eames rocker wouldn't be lost on her.  the little t-shirt was absolutely adorable and worth every penny.  the new mommy loved it.

it was great to go to a handmade shower... now how to hint to others that i would like handmade things too!  (hmm maybe i just did)