One Talented Girl + One Piece of Fabric = Delightful Baby Gifts

My nephew Caleb married a very talented girl...Laura has an eye for the making pretty things...these items are simple and lovely...not overdone and busy...soft, sweet, and comforting. Laura has the ability to take an item and add just a solitary touch and it turns a boring something into an unique delight.

Laura sent an email explaining to me how she took one piece of fabric and created baby gifts for a friend. By simply buying some burp clothes and a piece of very busy fabric...she decomposed the pattern and added a simple image and made these burps clothes look so pretty. The simple image sewed onto the burp cloth took this much needed baby item to a new level...it looks very rich and personalized.

This is the piece of fabric Laura bought. She felt it was a little "too much"...so she cut out a single image and sewed it to the bottom edge of the burp cloth...WOW...what a great look...I actually can imagine how that cloth will look over a the new Mom's shoulder...

By individualizing the images...don't you think Laura made a great change...each image alone is so much nicer than all together...

Laura's eye for the simple really pays off with these gorgeous burp clothes...if I saw these in a baby shop I would need one for myself as I would be drooling to buy these!!!!!


Cute...Cute...Cute

Laura also embroidered "bambino" onto a plain piece of fabric and sewed it onto a onesie...what a great way to personalize a little "baby body suit"....

To finish off the package Laura is going to make little sachets filled with dried lavender...a simple touch to a wonderful handmade gift basket...this will be a very one of a kind baby gift....

Laura plans to open a shop at www.etsy.com to offer her handmade baby items one day soon...I believe they will a hit!

Elizabeth