Holy cow, I actually sewed something! I made these sweet tie onesies for Samuel and had to show them off. Plus I can’t resist posting more baby photos. And yes, the poor guy has some unfortunate baby acne.
This is a super easy project – perfect for beginning sewers! This was my first solo sewing project, and I pretty much did everything wrong. It’s definitely not perfect but I powered through. Now I’m familiar with why you pin things, how my my seam ripper works, and how to re-thread the needle. I’m going to blame sleep deprivation. At least I didn’t break anything – yet.
So if you have any plain onesies or T-shirts that need a little extra pizazz for Father’s Day, you can whip one of these out in no time.
What you’ll need:
1. A plain onesie or T-shirt
2. Scraps of fabric
3. Tie stencil – you can download mine here. This is sized for newborn to 3 months. If you want to put the tie on a bigger onesie or shirt, then enlarge it a bit.
4. Some kind of backing to give the tie fabric some weight. I used Heat’n'Bond, which worked fine. But it didn’t hold the fabric to the onesie so I really should have pinned the tie before sewing. Wonder Under would be even better because you can adhere the tie to the onesie. This makes it much easier to sew!
Instructions:
1. Trace the tie pattern onto the fabric. I traced on the wrong side of the fabric but tracing on the right side would make it easier to cut out later.
2. Cut out your backing and iron it on.
3. Then cut out the tie shape and iron it onto the onesie.
4. Sew around the tie with a zigzag stitch. The above photo shows where I started sewing – at the bottom on the straight edge going to the top. And I just kept lifting the footer and turning the onesie to go all the way around.
Voila!
I may now be on a little applique run. So many fun things to do with a plain white onesie!
Haven’t visited for a while….Congrats on your new baby boy! Samuel is precious! I absolutely LOVE your new blog look!
I have that green polka-dotted fabric too. :D But I still haven’t gotten around to using my sewing machine! These are so, so adorable. And so is Samuel!
Yay! Good for you on the sewing! Great job!
Your little man is so ADORABLE! And what a cute onesie! My nephew was wearing one of these the other day and I thought it was the cutest thing! I’m glad I know how to make them now :)
What handsome little pumpkins little Henry and Samuel are :)
Oh my goodness, he is so adorable! I love the way newborns sleep! Soak this stage up, because you know how fast it goes! And these onesies are so sweet!
He is so cute! Love the sleepy bottom picture x
Love it, just found out we’re expecting a 3rd grandchild…assuming it’s a boy (no girls for 99 years!) and this is adorable. I have to make, thanks!
Ha! This is such an adorable DIY. Looks like he’s ready for his first interview!
He is so adorable! You must be doing awesome if you are up sewing! I think I laid around for weeks after having my babies. ;)
Stephanie, he is adorable. And all the outfits are great. You are so talented.
Okay, now you’re just showing off! LOL He looks gorgeous, acne or not. My little boy had it too. I figure if they have it now, they won’t have it when they’re teenagers! LOL You’re doing so well Stephanie. xx
Anne xx