When I ordered this robot fabric, I had plans for a project using small pieces. But when it came in the mail, it was so cute, I knew I had to come up with a project that would use a larger piece of it. So I decided to make a "taggie" as a gift for my new nephew.
Essentially, making a taggie is like making a pillow without any stuffing. I found a small piece of red fuzzy fabric in my stash and cut my robot fabric to the same dimensions.
I started out pinning loops of grosgrain ribbon to the fabric, the folds pointing inward, but the fabric was puckering and I didn't think the ribbons would stay straight when I was sewing up the side.
So I broke out the painters tape and it worked awesome. I was careful to use ribbons that weren't too narrow, and I made my tags short so they wouldn't get wrapped around little fingers. I also avoided using painted ribbons; babies shouldn't eat paint!
Because my robot fabric was white, the red fabric was showing through a bit, so I sandwiched a piece of off-white cotton between the red and the robots. In the end, it made the white whiter and the brights brighter. It also gave it some extra heft.
I stitched up three of the edges, turned it right-side-out, stitched the last side and then top stitched all around the edges.
The finished taggie is approximately 8 by 14 inches (I think... I forgot to measure it before gifting).
After I was finished, I couldn't resist cutting out one more of the robots from the leftover fabric to make a matching appliqued onesie.
p.s. The fabric I used was Beep Bots in Multi by Hoffman Fabrics.
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This is part of my Handmade Gift Challenge.
