Even though I have no intentions of expanding our family, I couldn’t help but pick up Anna Maria Horner’s latest release, Handmade Beginnings: 24 Sewing Projects to Welcome Baby. Not only do I love her style, but with several friends expecting soon, I figured I could make several projects to welcome their new little one. I never expected that I would find some projects that I would want to make for myself.
Aside from a simple introduction (personally, I was happy that there wasn’t a section devoted to ‘how to sew’), the book is divided into 4 sections: For mom (which include projects such as slippers, bag, thank you notebook, and a wonderfully creative blouse that allows you to easily nurse), for baby (cutie projects include an adorable hoodie, booties, and even a sleep sack), for the family (high on my list is the ‘dad bag’ – I’m thinking I may need this before Bret), and nest sewing (lincluding a mobile and lampshade, several quilts, and an adorable chicken stuffie complete with baby chicks). With over 20 projects in Handmade Beginnings there’s lots of variety in this book – in fact you don’t even need a baby to make some of them!
Now time to find some Anna Maria fabrics to recreate some of these projects….. I see a new bag in my future!