Baby Clothes Competition

Don't forget about the Hidden Domestic competition going on now.

Here are the lovely prizes:

You can pick any one of the items in the Etsy shop, or I can make a new item especially for the winner (featuring your child's name, for example).

Here are the competition details:

To enter:
1) Look at Etsy and then comment on this post saying what you think of our new Etsy shop.
2) Place an order with us on Etsy.
3) Follow The Hidden Domestic.
4) Follow me on Twitter (@KeriWithington)
5) Tweet about the competition or shop (must include a link).
6) Like the Hidden Domestic on Facebook (click here)

You can do just one of these or all of them; I'll give you an entry each. Just leave a comment here and let me know which ones you've done so that I make sure to count all of your entries. Just to be fair, if you're already a follower you get an entry for that too as long as you let me know.

Good luck everybody!

Also, Thank You Thank You Thank You to Lisa for being my secret elf and sending me cooking magazines!  I'm enjoying flipping through them and look forward to trying out some ideas I'm getting.  Lisa's blog is Lisa's Adventures.

The Big Arrival

Little Baby Feet

I'm very happy to let you all know that baby Preston was born on May 3rd.  It was a planned c-section and the birth went really well.  Preston is healthy and I'm recovering well.  He's a happy baby and pretty much the handsomest little boy in the world.  He's the perfect addition to our family.

More Baby Sewing Projects

In my last post I showed you the baby quilt that I recently made.  Here are some more little baby sewing projects that I've been working on.  Although I don't sew very often, I've been enjoying spending quiet time each evening to work on a little project.  I'm also excited for my baby boy to have some customized clothing.  After having two girls, a lot of the clothes we have for him are plain white things that were unisex and could be handed down (especially for vests/onesies).  So it's been kind of fun to make them more boyish and add designs to them.

All of these are little hand-sewn things that I did using hand-me-down white vests and scraps of material/ribbon/thread that we happened to have.  I didn't use any designs or anything, so they are a bit wonky in places and my stitching's not always even.  I like the end results though and love that he'll have some clothes made (or at least decorated) specifially for him.

In addition to preparing for this new arrival, I've been busy with the girls and lots of writing.  I've been able to review and write about several baby products lately, like these organic clothes companies.

"I'm as blue as a boy can be"

Many of you know this already, but I'm pregnant!  I'm very excited to be able to tell you that we're having a little boy in about 8 weeks!



Me from the side at 31 weeks.  I always heard old wives' tales about boys carring higher than girls and disregarded them.  My baby bump is definitely shaped differently with this little boy than it was with either of my girls though.



As we have two little girls, our loft space is overflowing with boxes of old baby things.  The only problem is that they're all in pink.  So I decided to make some baby things especially for this little boy we're expecting.  This is my first attempt at sewing a baby blanket/quilt.  I'm not a very good seamstress, but I think the end result is cute.

I was given the blue fabric (along with some other fabric and craft bits) from a lovely lady on Freecycle.  The other material I bought at a charity shop.  I found a vintage Disney bedding set with super cute material, and -best of all-it was only £3.  I cut it up for the fabric for this and other sewing projects.

Again from the vintage Disney fabric, this is the material lining the back of the baby quilt.

I used some of the same material to applique a matching baby vest (onesie).  I can't wait until he's born and I can dress him up in it.  The girls are really excited about getting a baby brother.  Miriam (she's 4) keeps telling me all the things that she'll do to help once he's born.  She also wants to make a chain to count down the days until he's born (we haven't done it yet because she wants to make "a real metal chain, not just a paper chain").  Anya (she's 2) keeps asking to look at the baby's blanket, and then trying to find his bed (we'll set it up closer to when he's due).  They'll both be great big sisters.