Vintage Baby Boy Sewing: Simplicity 1483

As I'm sure you can imagine, when I found out I was going to have a nephew, I immediately took to the internet to hunt down some vintage baby boy patterns. I knew I wanted to sew him a playsuit, and I managed to find an almost perfect match to a playsuit my grandma had made my uncle as a little boy. This is Simplicity 1483, a 1955 pattern.

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I started sewing clothes Lukas will need in a year or two because my brother and sister-in-law already have so much infant stuff. So sadly no pictures of the little one in these yet! 

I love the wooden buttons! I was also determined to match up the gingham. No nephew of mine will be seen with unmatched patterns. It turned out matching gingham was easier than any plaid I've matched before (it's so even!), so I'm feeling a little less daunted about some dresses I want to sew this summer in gingham.

I can't wait to see him in it! He's such a happy little baby, and I am adoring being an aunt and getting to sew for this little munchkin. 

In unrelated news, I recently did a couple of interviews that have published! So if you'd like to learn a bit more about me, what I do for a living, and how I learned to sew, take a gander. 

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