Making an Infant Gown For Baby

i have found these tutorials
and i like certain parts of all of them

Cutest Hoodie
Hoodie #2
Kimono Top
Cute Toddler Shirt
T-Shirt Gown
T-Shirt Hoodie

i'm thinking of a
- sweatshirt material or t-shirt/knit material
- kimono front
- long sleeved
- fold over hand protectors
- gown
- with seat belt slot!

i'd like to leave the edges unfinished
to let the knit roll over on itself

unless i can tackle nice edges/trims

i like the style of the baby soy kimono bundler $17US
but it is so expensive!
and it has so many snaps!

so i'm going to order one 
and use it to reverse engineer the patterns

i like this closure pattern too
it is a L'ovedbaby unisex newborn wrap shirt $14US













Day 1: gathering materials
my baby soy infant kimono bundler arrived
and i made a rough pattern off of it

i also went to Old Navy
and picked over the clearance rack
for super soft knit materials
i found three striped shirts for $0.97US each
and three ultra soft cream shirts for $5.49US each
all of the sizes were either L/XL/XXL

the fabric store didn't have anything
to match the patterns, softness, or price
plus i'll be able to use some of the
existing hems and trims that come with the garments

i ended up with short sleeved shirts
which caused a problem when i went to cut my pattern
i barely had enough room to place the pieces
and i had to run over an area with stitching
but i didn't mind that
it will just add funkiness

i decided to make a two layer gown
with a shorter (crotch length) striped long sleeved shirt piece
over a gown length sleeveless piece
i'll attach them inside so they're one piece
but it will not be reversible

Day 2: create pattern
i ended up using parts of this pattern
T-Shirt Gown
with my own take on the baby soy gown

Day 3: cut out pieces for shirt
i ended up with a shirt over gown idea
because i didn't have enough striped material
to go the full length

i started to stitch the pieces together
and do some hemming
i ended up using a baseball stitch
because i'm still working by hand
and it allows for a "rough" look
versus a terribly crooked straight stitch

Day 4:  cut out second layer
i can use my existing pattern pieces
to create my sleeveless inner layer

stitch in second layer

Day 5: attach sleeves
i'm going to use the method of
stitching in the open sleeves at the shoulders
and leave the "cross" shaped piece open
so i can place in the second layer

i'm not going to make long sleeves in the second layer
so it will be a sleeveless gown inside a long sleeved top
i don't want the sleeves to be bulky

Day 6: add buttons
i'm going to use buttons as my fasteners
i'll have three on the shirt
and some inside on the gown

decide where seat belt slot goes

update:
i finished gown 1 (except for buttons)
and now i'm halfway done with gown 2
i'll post photos soon