Summer Oufit Drive

We are starting our second quarter here at Bella's Babies. That means our next delivery will be the beginning of July. This is the time of year to make summer going home outfits. Of course we are also collecting the usual, blankets, hats and burial garments.

Some things to keep in mind when making summer outfits. Please do not use Worsted Weight yarn (especially Red Heart SS) the outfits come out much too large. Stick with baby weight, sport weight and DK weight.  My favorite yarn to use is Bernat Baby Softee.  It is the perfect weight for summer.

Donations will be due by June 30, 2014.

Here are some of my favorite patterns to use. Some are mine and some are links to other sites.

My Patterns:

Azalea Dress
A-Line Dress
Cross Stitch Pullover
Onsie
Sweater Dress *can be made with short sleeves for summer*
Baby Shorts
Boys T-shirt


Favorite Patterns:

Baby Girl Sleeper set (pinafore& diaper cover)
Baby Ripple dress
Peggy's Shell Dress
Ripple Gown
Preemie Bubble Suit & Dress **if you use a G hook it will be a newborn size**
Easy Baby Sun Dress
Bev's HDC Shirt

Blanket Drive Totals

We have received 34 blankets during our Jan/Feb blanket drive. I will be delivering them tomorrow.
Thank you so much to all that helped.  We will now go back to our regular needs. Just click on the "What we need" tab above to see what we can use. Of course we still need newborn blankets. We can also use burial garments, we don't get a lot of those.

January Blitz

From now until February 1st Bella's Babies will be working on making Newborn Blankets. If you can make one or two that would really help. Just scroll down to the previous post for details.
Thanks!!

Newborn Blanket Drive 2014

It's that time of year again, blanket time!

 I will be collecting warm newborn sized blankets for our winter delivery. The drive will run from January 1 to February 1, 2014.

Sizes: 30" X 30" and larger.

Blankets can be knit, crochet or fleece. Think warm, no holey patterns.  I will include some pattern links, check back as I will be adding more as I find them.

Pattern Suggestions:

X Box Stitch Afghan

Box Shell Afghan

Twin Stitch Baby Blanket

Hugs for Baby Blanket  (this is one of my favorites to make)

Lilacs in February Baby Blanket -I'm making this one right now. I used Pound of Love so I had to Chain 99 to get up to 29"-

Bubbles Baby Blanket

Summer Baby Outfits Needed

It's time to start on summer going home outfits for the babies. The next delivery will be in early July. Here are some links to outfits I like to make for the summer.

We also need the usual things: hats, newborn blankets & preemie blankets.

My Patterns:
Azalea Dress
Boys Summer Oufit
Cross Stitch Pullover
A-Line Dress
Onsie
Shorts

My Favorite Patterns:
Baby Girl Sleeper Set
Baby Ripple Dress
Peggy's Shell Dress
Ripple Baby Dress
Newborn Romper
Bubble Suit and Dress

March Donations

Here are some of the beautiful items we received for our first delivery of 2013. To see them all click here: March Donations

Donations

Here are some blankets we received in January. Thank you to Jane and Donna. And please remember we can always use blankets, especially newborn size.