Creating for Kids is a special place on the Missouri Star website devoted to answering the question, “What can I sew for a new baby?” Laura Piland demonstrates many clever baby sewing projects on this page. Since 2016, Laura has been designing and publishing patterns for Slice of Pi Quilts–a riff on her name and her previous career as a math teacher.

If you are not confident about sewing baby items like a quilt, watch Laura’s tutorial on the Streamer Crib Quilt. This pattern is a quilt-as-you-go, which means that you stitch the front, batting, and backing together all at once. In this short video, Laura takes you all the way from cutting out the fabric to stitching on the binding. You will be confident that you can make this streamer quilt after Laura shows you how! This baby blanket sewing tutorial would also be helpful for school FACS classes, 4-H Clubs, and volunteer groups who wanted to make quilts to donate to charitable organizations as a service project.

Jenny’s tutorial for a Self Binding Baby Blanket is one of Missouri Star’s easy sewing projects for babies. You can make the blanket from flannel, double gauze, fleece, or Cuddle fabric. If you use fleece or Cuddle fabric, you don’t have to worry about finishing edges.

Once you have finished sewing baby blanket, you might want a fitted sheet to go with it. Never fear, we have got your crib mattress covered! Laura shows you how to sew the crib sheet using an easy-peasy Missouri Star pattern for the crib sheet. Wouldn’t it be fun to stitch a sheet or two from some of the same fabrics you used in the Streamer Quilt?

Now that you can lay the baby down to sleep, there are other things to sew for baby nursery. How about a set of Cuffed Nesting Bins? These would be perfect for keeping diapers, wipes, creams, and onesies organized and close at hand. These stacking bins would be great things to sew for kids. Older children and even teens might like these bins to keep toys, collectibles, keepsakes, or fashion accessories neatly organized. Of course Laura shows you how to put the bins together in a jiffy!

Still wondering, what baby items can I make? We have another great suggestion: how  about the Streamer Pocket Tote? This handy tote has loads of pockets to help keep all of the kid-stuff organized and easy to grab. This tote is so functional, you may want one for yourself! It would make a great school tote for a student or a teacher. This tote is among the many sewing projects for kids you will find at Missouri Star. Although some adult help may be needed for novice sewists, watching Laura's tutorial is enormously helpful!

There are great sewing ideas for kids’ gifts on this page - just scroll back up to get inspired! For example, soft books created from fabric panels are great gifts. They are easy to make and can be easy sewing projects for kids. Laura demonstrates how to make a soft book in the tutorial on the Creating for Kids page. And Missouri Star carries many soft book fabric panels from which to choose.

If you are looking for other sewing ideas for kids that you can do with kids, check out this video of Jenny and her grandson Talon making a pillowcase together. In the video, Jenny shares a tip for helping a beginner get ready to sew. Pillowcases are great starter sewing projects for kids. They can also be wonderful service projects. Folks in nursing homes and kids in the foster care system might love to have a bright, cheery, home-sewn pillowcase.

Spell it with Fabric Letters is another of Missouri Star’s sewing patterns for kids. Laura demonstrates how to make the letters in a video tutorial linked on this webpage. A set of these letters (plus multiples to build words!) would be a treasure to any parent or teacher who is working with a beginning reader. Sewing ideas for kids gifts can also mean gifts for adults who work with young kids–these letters are a great example!

Misty created a playmat that doubles as a drawstring bag to store small toys such as Hot Wheels cars and Legos. This sewing for kids idea would work just as well for infants. When you are on-the-go, this clever Drawstring Playmat Bag can go along so that you have a clean, machine-washable place to put Baby down for tummy time! As Misty demonstrates in the video, you can store engaging baby toys cinched inside the mat.

Creating for Kids is a web page to keep your eye on if you like sewing baby things. This is where Missouri Star will post baby sewing patterns and ideas for sewing baby gifts, ideas about sewing for and with kids, and you might get ideas about sewing for people who love and teach kids!