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Do you have a new baby in your life that you’d love to make some adorable little gifts for? Or do you have a baby shower for a friend coming up? You can create many different personalized baby gifts, if you have an embroidery machine such as the Brother SE400.

Personalized gifts are such fun to make and give. They demonstrate a level of thoughtfulness and care that you just don’t get in store-bought gifts. Baby gifts are often cute, fun and colorful — just perfect for embellishing with a personal touch of embroidery. And parents love personalized gifts for their baby.

First, find a motif to embroider. There are huge number of choices: Animals or sports may be more appropriate for a boy. Or for a little princess, pretty flowers. Of course, there are cartoon characters for anyone.

Then, add the baby’s initials or name, date of birth and weight, and/or any cute, meaningful, or inspiring saying for the personalized touch.

Here are seven ideas for things that babies need that could easily be enhanced with embroidery:

Burp Clothes – People love to embroider clever or funny sayings relating to milk such as “Spit Happens” or “Got Milk.” Or for a little girl, you can stitch a pretty flower or princess design with her name.

Bibs are easy and very cute to design. Just stitch a larger motif in the middle and add the baby’s first name.

Babies, especially baby girls, have a lot of different clothes. You could embroider all the pieces of a coordinated outfit or just personalize one special item. Personalize it by embroidering his name, a sports design, or a funny saying like “Chip Off The Old Block.” If you knit, you can knit or crochet very cute little hats. Because they’re so small, the work goes very quickly. And it’s such fun because they’re so cute. Or buy hats with a design you like and just embroider the baby’s name. Booties can be knitted or just embroidered with a tiny motif and initial. Everyone loves clever sayings. Gifts for a new baby give you a perfect opportunity to express your creativity and wit.

Baby or crib blankets can be embroidered with initials or name and date of birth and weight. Many things can be embroidered on blankets.

Hooded towels personalized with the baby’s name or initials are adorable and practical to wrap the baby in after a bath.

Baby washcloths and towels.

Totes to carry all the baby’s stuff are always useful. Personalize them with their name or initials or a nice design.

How about adding your own creative touch to make your next gift for a baby extra special. In this world of machines and factories, nothing says how much you care like something handmade.

Kamala Kelly has been sewing since she was 10 years old and is now having a lot of fun with embroidery. If you’d like to join her embroidering baby clothes and don’t yet have an embroidery machine, the Brother SE400 sewing and Embroidery Machine is a very good machine for beginners. Visit my site, The BrotherSE400 Enthusiast, to find out all about the Brother SE400 and discover if it’s the right machine for you.

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