Rae is by far one of my biggest sewing idols. I LOVE pretty much everything she makes, I love her sense of humour, I love the cute faces of her kids and I love how amazing she is. I'm always making Made by Rae things, and between her and Dana's Celebrate the Boy series I got motivation to sew for Vince when he was a bebe.

On her website she has quite a few tutorials for cute things, as well as a mix of free patterns and patterns for you to buy {$10 and under}. Here's a few of my favourites:


The Dragon Slippers are the cutest things ever! I made some for Vinnie when they premièred last Celebrate the Boy and for a little while he would only wear them to dance in for about 5 minutes, but now they are his 'slipee' of choice! These red ones are the ones I made for him:




The Peekaboo Bonnet is not actually one I have in my collection just yet! But looking at the adorable photos of Rae's daughter in hers, as well as the gorgeous ones in the Flickr pool makes me want one! The pattern is only $10, so if you miss out on the giveaway you can still buy one to make a cutie girl in your life!



The Pierrot Tunic is a pattern I watched evolve from a cute dress she made her little girl and into a pattern. I ended up buying it when I found out I was expecting Edison, those ruffles around the neck were just too perfect to pass up! Check out the Flickr pool for the things tagged 'pierrot' for inspiration!


I made the Pierrot only once so far, but when I have time I'm going to make some more. It looks so cute and the ruffles are just, well it makes everyone go awwwwww when they see it in real life. I bought a plus-size blouse from the op-shop that was blue broderie anglaise and I only JUST had enough for this dress. The sleeves of the top were resized down into the sleeves for the dress, and the ruffle is cut from all the scraps I had left joined together!


The Big Butt Baby Pants {or B³Ps!} were probably one of my first patterns I bought from Rae. I don't even know how long ago and unfortunately I don't have any photos of the first things I made from it! I made matching pjs for Vin and two of his friends, the Big Butt Baby Pants became flanno shorts with matching singlets. These pants are so perfect for big giant nappy bums!


A few days ago I made from some random flanno fabric I was given {I have a lot now, all different pinks!} a pair of small Big Butt Baby Pants from Rae's pattern. The ruffle edges were left unfinished, and I fluffed them up a little. So cute. Can't wait to see her butt in these! {Guys, is it me being super Australian or do other people call flannelette 'flanno' as well? I am highly suspicious of myself}