What baby items can I make? If you are asking yourself this question, you are not alone. You are also in the right place! This page is full of cute kids projects and baby sewing inspiration, plus plenty of helpful tutorials so you can learn how to sew for kids the fun and easy way!

Let’s suppose you have basic sewing skills. There is a baby coming into your life, and you have been wondering how to make baby things. You may also be asking, What is the easiest thing to sew for a baby?

Watch Jenny demonstrate the Self Binding Baby Quilt (Receiving Blanket). As you can see, this is the easiest of our easy baby sewing projects for beginners. It needs a straight stitch, two pieces of flannel, and some thread. With basic sewing machine skills and minimal materials, you can make a cozy blanket! Whether you are sewing for baby boys or baby girls–all newborns need to be swaddled–and receiving blankets are the perfect thing for that.

More recently, Jenny demonstrated a Self-Binding Baby Blanket with Shannon Cuddle fabric. This is the same baby sewing projects for beginners pattern as the flannel receiving blanket but with easier construction techniques! Whether you use flannel or fleece, these blankets are fast and easy sewing ideas for baby gifts. Every parent needs more than one of these multi-purpose blankets.

If you have never made a quilt before but want to attempt one for a baby who is special to you, Laura Piland can help! In her sewing baby items tutorial, she guides you start-to-finish through construction of the Streamer Quilt-As-You-Go Crib Quilt. This easy-peasy quilt is one of our perfect baby sewing patterns for beginners.

Maybe you are an experienced quilter and sewist looking for baby sewing patterns and quilt ideas. Missouri Star can help you too! Watch Jenny’s tutorial on finishing a baby quilt with a flange binding. This binding is easy but it looks like you went above-and-beyond. Jenny’s Baby Kisses Quilt tutorial highlights one of our best baby sewing patterns.

Laura Piland has great ideas about things to sew for baby nursery and the sewing for baby tutorials to help you do it. Would you like to make a Fitted Crib Sheet to match the beautiful blanket or quilt you’ve made? A set of Nesting Bins is one of the baby sewing projects that can keep a nursery well organized. The Streamer Pocket Tote might be the best gift you could make–for the baby’s parents!

How about getting those young readers off to a great start with a Soft Book made from a fabric panel? Spell It With Fabric Letters is one of our best toddler sewing projects–perfect for kids who are learning their letters and sounds. These are wonderful sewing projects for children's gifts, and they can all be found here in our Creating for Kids tutorials.

Misty Doan also has great ideas about things to sew for kids as well. The Grow With Me Growth Chart is one of Misty’s multi-purpose sewing patterns for kids. This chart is home decor, a record of a child’s growth milestones, and a keepsake. (It is also one of those wonderful things to sew for grandchildren!) A Reading Pillow is a sewing for kids project to encourage literacy. It is excellent for snuggling with a book at home, but it also works well as a travel pillow. Kids can tuck their book and flashlight into the pockets and load up for the ride.

Two other of Misty's sewing ideas for kids are the Back to School Lunch Bag and the Fabric Checkerboard. The Lunch Bag is an example of simple sewing projects for kids that could also be sewn by kids–with a little help. If you are looking for more advanced kids’ sewing projects, the Fabric Checkerboard is a great introduction to piecing, setting zippers, and basic machine quilting. What kids wouldn’t be proud of making their own roll-up, on-the-go checker or chess board?

We hope you will come back often to the Missouri Star “Kids & Baby Sewing Projects” page to be inspired by fun ideas to make for and with kids!