Letsa Dress Baby in Mario!

2021 may be over, but the year of the baby boy continued in 2022! In January one of my closest friends gave birth to a new son, and my daughter's favorite person to share outfits with gained a new baby brother. The whole family is full of Mario fanatics, so this print was perfect. 

This set consisted of shorties, a baby cap, a blanket, and some pillows. The shorties and baby cap are from the Peekaboo Patterns Lullaby line - the Chicka Chicka Bum Bums and the Hat & Mittens Patterns respectively. I really can't recommend Peekaboo Patterns enough; that line is my go-to for baby things and I've been happy with every pattern I've downloaded from there. 

The blanket is, as always, a "Magic Blanket," meaning it's made of incrdibly soft, incredibly cuddly Luxe Double-sided Minky. This one had a great Mario scenic, and I always just sew wrong-sides together, turn, hand-stitch the turning hole closed and then do a line of zig-zag stitches 1" from the outside to help the blanket keep its shape.

This time, I also couldn't resist the urge to add pillows. This particular custom offering came with a set of pillow panels. I ordered them in the "magic" fabric, and then (having learned my lesson on the Final Fantasy pillows, where hand-stuffing them got lumpy pretty quick) I put them over 12x12 pillow forms from Joanns. Double-sided Minky stretches a lot, so I'm not sure how the pillows will wear in the long run. But they looked pretty cute when I finished with them!

This set was gifted in Jan 2022, and in retrospect shorties were not the best gift for a winter baby, but the hat got plenty of use!