How quilts are made


What Do You Do When Baby Outgrows His Clothes?

You've recently had a baby. It's been apatchwork dresses, and pants into shorts
few months now, and the baby hasare some quick fixes to pinch pennies.
outgrown virtually two full wardrobes.Another way to use up material from old
Sure it's expensive, but there's a wholebaby clothes is to make stuffed animals.
other issue at hand. What is a mother toDo you have a favorite t-shirt of your
do with all of this extra baby clothes?baby's that his or her little arms just
There are a number of ways to deal withdon't quite fit right in anymore? Using
this problem. First of all, there is thethe material to make a little stuffed
donation route. If you don't have closebear is a great way to preserve that
friends with similar aged babies, youmemory for yourself and pass something
can put aside certain things for whenvery special on to your baby. The same
they do, or in the event that you havething can be done, if a hobby persists,
another. The rest of the clothes can gowith socks and jeans as well. Soon all
to the Goodwill or Salvation Army. Theseof your friends will be begging for
are also a great place to find gentlylittle stuffed dolls made out of your
used baby clothes for incrediblebaby's old clothing.
savings.If you are in fact creatively inclined,
Special occasion attire like baby'sanother great way to reincarnate your
coming home outfit, first Christmas, andbaby's clothes is by creating a memory
Baptism can be saved in a special placequilt. Save bits and pieces of your
for passing on to a next generation. Ababy's clothing and use it to create a
great way to do this is by creating afull sized patchwork quilt for when your
memory box. Get a small trunk at a craftbaby gets their own big bed. That kind
store and decorate it however you'dof sentimental value also makes a great
like. Fill it with small mementos likegift for a graduation or a wedding (if
the baby's hospital bracelet, firstyou can wait that long to show off your
outfit and blanket. As the baby getshandy work).
older you will have more things to addIf you're planning on having another
to it. This is a great way to preservechild, you have a built in way to get
memories that your child may not haverid of all of the extra clothes. You can
the foresight to think of now, but willput away the clothes that your baby
appreciate very much later.grows out of in a storage area. Just
Using material from old baby clothes tomake sure you launder everything when it
make new baby clothes is a great way tocomes back out for round two. Sure, it
save money and get a little more use outstinks to get hand-me-downs, but it is
of the items that your child quicklyunlikely your infant will notice, let
outgrows. Making t-shirts into cutealone care.



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