More fun ideas to celebrate with the Best Wishes Baby Bird pattern!🩵

Feb 27, 2026 | Blog, NEW Toy Patterns

He may be small but he has a BIG SPACE for embellishment!

I’m LOVING all the feedback photos you’ve been posting of the Best Wishes BABY BIRD Pattern. Today I am going to highlight some of the cool ways people are using this pattern!

He’s an easy memory toy pattern with LOTS of options:

You can use
pre-loved clothing items
to create memory BABY BIRD/keepsake toy,

OR use
all NEW fabrics
for your BABY BIRD toy!

Use the Embroidery Grids to sew a memory toy!

Best Wishes BABY BIRD has
2 embroidery spaces (with grids)!

The Best Wishes Baby Bird has a large, single-piece tummy with a 5 x 5inch space for embroidering a “Happy Birthday” or “Merry Christmas” message, plus the wings have a 3 x 3inch grid marked up for embroidering. Here you can see how the embroidery areas are marked with grids on the pattern pieces for easy centering/set up for placement of embroidery designs. You can add names & dates using hand or machine embroidery or heat transfer vinyl (cut with a Cricut machine or similar).

The large TUMMY SPACE is great for Baby clothes – fussy cut a cute graphic or text!

Jan Hofman sewed this pretty pink Best Wishes BABY BIRD for her 4 year old grand daughter. She preserved a special graphic from a t-shirt using the Best Wishes Baby Bird “no-seam” tummy piece.

Steve Palmer sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD as a gift for a friend. He used used a baby onesie on the tummy and selected fabrics to compliment the colors. He didn’t have stripes to match for the wing tips, so he used a fabric that resembles feathers.

This Best Wishes BABY BIRD was sewn by Janine.M. used using her son’s old baby clothes that she says she couldn’t bare to throw away. I like how she used the space on the wings to feature cute animal designs. The space under the wings is a great place for putting extra details, too!

Elena DAuria made this cute Best Wishes BABY BIRD out of baby onesies. She liked that the baby bird had big spaces for placement – like the Pooh Bear on his tummy!

The TUMMY space is perfect for embroidery.

Shelly Hibbs made this cute Best Wishes BABY BIRD for her new craft “she-shed” being built in the spring, and used the large “no-seam” tummy space for embroidery!

The TUMMY space is perfect for embroidering a baby’s birth stats.

Best Wishes BABY BIRD is a perfect pattern for embroidered baby keepsakes. Emma Williamson made this cute Best Wishes BABY BIRD out of her maternity shirts and maternity jeans with some cotton scrap accents. Her embroidery machine birth stats design looks great on the “no-seam” tummy!

And for a large initial.

Heather Hitt embroidered a large initial for an understated custom look on her Best Wishes BABY BIRD. A three-initial monogram would also look great on the tummy or the wings.

Best Wishes BABY BIRD makes a terrific T-shirt keepsake.

Susan.F. used one of her husband’s T-shirts to sew this very precious keepsake Best Wishes BABY BIRD. The grid patterns on the tummy and wing pieces (see up above in this blog post) make it easy to measure and center designs from t-shirts.

The WING SPACE is great for smaller details!

Laura Peters of Wanderchild Creations, sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD and added some embroidery on the wings to match the bee print on the tummy fabric she used.

It adds a special touch
that makes your toy UNIQUE!💛🐝

For adding a name…

If you’re using a onesie or T-shirt design for the tummy panel and don’t have room to add a name or date, just use the wings! Arianna Villela sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD and used HTV to add the child’s name on the wing.

Or a small initial.

And Aicia Rice sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD out of her husbands favourite shirt and embroidered his initial on the wing.

Take a look at these fun ways to celebrate with the BEST WISHES BABY BIRD…

Celebrate a birthday!

Michelle.S. used cute birthday fabric for this sweet Best Wishes BABY BIRD. I love how bright and colorful it is! This tummy fabric makes the toy a card and gift in one! If you’d like to use fabric markers to add a birthday design, I’ve included a sample layout for you in the pattern.

Angela Carter sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD with sweet florals, fun polka dots, and an embroidered message on the tummy. 🩷

Celebrate a NEW baby!👶🍼

Kimberly.R. used cute baby themed fabrics for her Best Wishes BABY BIRD. This would be a wonderful baby shower gift or decor for a nursery.💗

This Best Wishes BABY BIRD was sewn by Karen Long. Karen embroidered a new baby’s details on the tummy! She added matching hearts on the feet.

I love the soft pastel colors on this toy. Shirley.L. added embroidery to the tummy and baby- safe eyes on the Best Wishes BABY BIRD.

Celebrate an anniversary!

Maria Barnes sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD herself, with shirts from a trip with her husband. He passed in 2024 and they went to Hawaii for their 30th anniversary in 2013.

Celebrate a friendship!

Holly Moseley sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD for her best friend, nicknamed “Bird” (it is her maiden name). She says they met in high school, then became good friends in college (hence, the fabric choice). What a meaningful custom gift!

Celebrate a trip or a special holiday!🚢✈️

Shirley Bray sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD for a cruise trip she went on. The long-pile faux fur on the wing tips and tail give it a tropical vibe. Shirley used the tummy for her main image and put other details on the wings.

Celebrate a passion for patchwork and sewing!🪡🧵

Margie Hart sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD for her mother in law… and cut out the tummy from a piece of patchwork! That’s a fun way to preserve quilt blocks that’s didn’t turn into a quilt.

Sherry Bristol sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD . She said, “I sewed him for me. Enjoyed putting a quilted bird house log cabin block on the tummy. He’s so cute!” If you have an intricate quilt block but don’t want to use it in a quilt, the Best Wishes Baby Bird tummy is a great option.

I love the quilted bird house log cabin block on his tummy!

Pam.G. sewed this Best Wishes BABY BIRD using a range of cute sewing-theme fabrics. I think he would make a perfect pincushion – if you don’t mind poking pins into such a sweet toy!😂

Celebrate a much loved pet…

Best Wishes BABY BIRD makes a special Pet Memorial toy. Michelle Fish sewed this special Best Wishes BABY BIRD in memory of her pet.

And last but NOT least!

Jan Hofman had so much fun sewing her granddaughter’s Best Wishes BABY BIRD she went on to sew one for each member of her granddaughter’s Chipmunk (Scouts) Group!!!

WOW! That’s 20
Best Wishes BABY BIRDS!!!