I love to sew, although I'm not super good at it. I mainly embroider (OK, that's not really sewing) and mend and have recently started making cloth toys / pillows, working on a quilt, etc. I sew by hand not machine, if that matters.
Anyway, I would love to copy some of the cutey clothes designs they have at the mall stores. My daughter just had a growth spurt and needs a new spring wardrobe anyway. But those little T-shirts with cute logos on the front cost like 8-10$ a pop even at Target. I was thinking to get some plain white shirts and stitch a design on the front. But then I was thinking, why not make the whole shirt/skirt/whatever from regular old fabric? I have tons of fabric lying around.
My question is... would it be cost effective? Most of the baby clothes I see is made of this stretchy kind of material that doesn't shrink and is easy to launder. Would clothes I made by hand become stained in a sitting and unable to wash? My kids are super strainers. Also, how would I go about making things like those stretchy necks that aren't quite elastic? I know NOTHING about sewing clothes for kids. (Or adults, for that matter. But baby clothes are made so specifically stretchy that I don't know if it would make sense to try to make them from scratch. Should I stick to getting plain clothes and embellishing them myself?
I can't run to the library any time soon and don't have money for Amazon so I'm at you guys' mercy.
TIA!
Anyway, I would love to copy some of the cutey clothes designs they have at the mall stores. My daughter just had a growth spurt and needs a new spring wardrobe anyway. But those little T-shirts with cute logos on the front cost like 8-10$ a pop even at Target. I was thinking to get some plain white shirts and stitch a design on the front. But then I was thinking, why not make the whole shirt/skirt/whatever from regular old fabric? I have tons of fabric lying around.
My question is... would it be cost effective? Most of the baby clothes I see is made of this stretchy kind of material that doesn't shrink and is easy to launder. Would clothes I made by hand become stained in a sitting and unable to wash? My kids are super strainers. Also, how would I go about making things like those stretchy necks that aren't quite elastic? I know NOTHING about sewing clothes for kids. (Or adults, for that matter. But baby clothes are made so specifically stretchy that I don't know if it would make sense to try to make them from scratch. Should I stick to getting plain clothes and embellishing them myself?
I can't run to the library any time soon and don't have money for Amazon so I'm at you guys' mercy.
TIA!
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