Monday, October 18, 2010

Appliquéd onesies for a foodie baby


From last week's baby shower, I made a couple of appliquéd onesies for my nephew-to-be. My sister-in-law is a true foodie, so the onesies were part of a gift basket that was all food related. (Unfortunately, I didn't snap a photo of the whole basket.)


There are probably a million tutorials on the internet about appliqué, so I won't bother with one. I use Wonder Under and don't mess with stitching the edges (mainly because I'm not a very good sewer).

For the first onesie, I used a brown-on-darker-brown damask patterned fabric. You can kind of see it in the photo above, but it's pretty subtle.


I traced my letters from a very fancy font called Carrington. It was a little difficult cutting out the letters, but it didn't actually take all that long. A sharp fabric scissors is all you need.


I wanted to do another onesie using this apple green polka dot fabric, so I went looking for an apple shape. The silhouette is from a font called WM Food 1.


I apologize for the general rumpliness. I didn't realize how wrinkly the onesies were in the photos. I did iron them, but then folded them up to put in the gift basket. Then I realized I hadn't taken photos yet.