Ottobre 6/2013 'Indian Elephant'

Almost 2 years ago, when our youngest was born, a friend gave me some fabric.

I finally used this piece here--the white stretchy, almost terry-like fabric.

Ha, can you tell I have no idea what it is called and it's the first time I've used this type of fabric.

 

But, a friend at Church had a baby boy a while ago...a wee little preemie born at 29 weeks, 2 days!

And, he is already home, just over a month after his birth--I can hardly believe it!!!

 

So, I thought I'd sew something up for the little guy.

I had already sewed something up, but now that he is home, those won't be necessary (I'll blog about them later!)

I pulled out my Ottobre magazines and leafed through them Thursday night. I was too tired to do any tracing that night but Friday night, I traced, cut, and started sewing.

Saturday, I finished--the most time-consuming thing was lining up the snaps and hammering them in. Seriously.

This pattern is a quick sew, but I really like how it turned out.

It is from Ottobre 6/2013, 'Indian Elephant' which is pattern #3.

I sewed up the smallest--size 50...we'll see when he can fit into it, although I can hardly imagine a baby so small!

The blue knit fabric is from the thrift store.

I love myself a good deal on fabric!

 



I hope I can pass this off tomorrow, finally!