Little Mama Baskets

Last night I finally finished up the baby doll diapers I’ve been working on for the girls Christmas gifts.
I used this awesome pattern and love how they turned out. The only thing I changed was I made the velcro go all the way across the front of the diaper so that it could be easily adjusted to fit whatever baby/stuffed animal my girls were playing with.

Here are “the twins” sporting their new diapers:

One thing I learnt while making these was to never, under any circumstances, try to sew on self adhesive velcro. In theory it was a good idea. Stick it on and then simply sew around the edges. Ya, no.
You will say many a four letter word. And yell out many a loud GRRRRRRR. Your needle will get all sticky, your thread will break a gazillion times and your stitches will bunch up and look horrible.
So, take it from me- stick to the sew on stuff. Much easier to work with!

I decided that I would make each of the girls a little mama basket to go along with these diapers. So, today I went to the dollar store and bought some fun animal plates, bowls and spoons. I also decided to throw in some old bottles that we had laying around the house.

See this wee bottle?

We used those for our son when he was in the special care nursery at the hospital. Ahhhh, memories….

Anyways, we have a ton of them so I thought why not spice this one up a bit with a cute little ribbon. I think they are just the perfect size for my girls to feed their little babies.

So there you have it.
Quick and easy ‘Little Mama Baskets.’
Can’t wait to wrap these up and put them under the tree…
🙂