Personalized Onesies

What do you get for a mom to be that has everything?  Personalized onesies. 

Using Transfer Paper, you can easily personalize onesies in some fun and unique ways.

The ever popular birth date onesie is a fun photo prop for any newborn.

The detail tutorial can be found here, if you want to make a birth date onesie of your own.

 

Depending on if you give this as a gift before the baby arrives or after the baby arrives, the birth date can be circled when you create the calendar month OR you can throw in a Sharpie for the date to be circled after the baby arrives.

The second onesie I personalized, used a similar technique. 

I edited the baby shower invitation, taking the very cute and colorful baby equation and, again, was able to transfer it onto a onesie.

 I used this same technique here, transferring the logo of the father to be's band onto a onesie. 

The hardest thing, in making these personalized onesies, remembering to print the mirrored image. 

Personalized onesies, the perfect one of a kind gift to give someone that has everything.

Baby Blanket Turned Personalize Art

I am at the place in my life where I am packing up baby clothes. Certain pieces have great memories, in particular, Grace's blankets. She has always been a blanket girl SO instead of packing them up in a box, I decided to turn them into a piece of art I could appreciate and showcase.

So, I grabbed one of her blankies {destined for said box} and the following supplies:

Heat n Bond Iron-on Adhesive
Scissors
Embroidery thread and needle
Embroidery hoop
Background fabric

Decide on a shape, I opted for a 'g' {but you could do something like a heart or a car}. On the smooth side of the Heat n Bond, trace out the mirrored image of the shape. Iron your shape onto the back side of your fabric. Then, once cooled, cut out your shape.

Peel the paper backing of the Heat n Bond off {the back of your fabric should feel tacky}. Stick your shape onto the center of your background fabric {I used plain white fabric}.

Then hand sew your image down using an embroidery hoop, needle and thread. I wanted for a homemade look so I used a running stitch along the inside and the outside of the 'g'.

You can either continue by embroidering a name or word OR you can simply press out the wrinkles and frame it as is...

If you want to add more details...keep on reading.

I decided to embroider GRACE across the 'g' in a brighter pink. Using a water soluble pen, I traced her name out in Freehand 591 {a free font you can download here}. Then, using a line stitch, I embroidered her name.

So, instead of this blanket ending up in a box, it's now ready to be displayed. For the moment, I'll keep it in a frame...

but eventually, I think I'll give it to the 'queen of quilts' to add to a quilt as a personalized square.

The possibilities are endless and the memories persevered are priceless.

Hedgehog Taggie Tutorial

* If you don't want to make one of your own, I have now opened an Etsy shop and this little guy is one of the things I offer.

Supplies needed:
Fabric for the body {I used corduroy}
Brown Fabric for the head and feet {I used Flannel}
Scraps of pink fabric for the nose
Ribbons - different textures and widths
Fiberfill
Pins
Sewing machine
Needle and thread

Let's get started.

Using the pattern below, cut out the pieces of your hedgehog.

Line 1 piece of the body and 1 piece of the nose up together right sides facing in. With a seam allowance of 1/4 of an inch, sew the nose to the body. To provide a cleaner finish, open up the piece you just sewed and iron the seam open.
*Repeat for the 2nd piece of body and nose.

To create the nose, fold the pink fabric in half and roll it up. Pin the nose into place between the brown face pieces {which have now been sewn to the body}.

Cut out 8 hedgehog feet. Line them up, 2 sections together, right sides facing in. Sew the feet together leaving the top open. Turn the feet right side out.

Cut your ribbons {sorry, no picture}. I cut each ribbon into 4 inch sections.

Pin your hedgehog together:
1. Start by pinning along the seam where the head meets the body. You want to secure this seam in place so when the hedgehog is turned right side out, the seams of the head meet up as precisely as possible.
2. Make sure your nose is still securely pinned into place.
3. Pin your ribbons into place. Fold the ribbon in half and insert the looped side into the body. My loops are approximately an inch.
4. Pin the feet into place. I pinned the front two together and the back two together {on top of each other}.

Sew around your hedgehog, leaving the space between the feet unsewn. Turn your hedgehog right side out, through the space you left unsewn.

Generously stuff with fiberfill. Hand sew the opening closed with a needle and thread.

*Optional: Embroider in an eye. He looks just as cute with an eye as he does without an eye.

Done. Give him a little feel, he is guaranteed to feel better than a real hedgehog :)



* If you don't want to make one of your own, I have now opened an Etsy shop and this little guy is one of the things I offer.

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V is for Veronica

Perhaps a cure for CADD {Crafter Attention Deficit Disorder} is a looming deadline on the horizon.

This weekend, we'll be meeting the newest member of our family, Veronica. So the pressure was on to finish the ABC Sampler I started in January.

Guess what, I did it!

I focused my attention, ignoring all the other crafts calling my name, trying to tempt me to stray from the craft at hand, and I finished.

To thwart off any temptation to keep this sweet sampler for myself, I personalized the V with the baby's name.

I guess this just gives me an excuse to make another one. After all, I actually completed a project so there is a craft void to fill!

Made In Indiana

Are you curious what I did with this...

I turned it into a custom onesie.

And here's how.

You'll need the following supplies: A blank outline of your state of choice to use as a pattern, I found mine here. Ultra hold Heat N Bond to attach the state without having to sew. A Faded Glory Onesie from $2 from Walmart. *The embroidered 'Made In State of your choice' on matching material. An iron, pair of scissors and a pencil.

*If you don't have an embroidery machine at your disposal, there are still options. You could hand embroider 'Made in'. Or you could simply embroider a small heart in the spot on the state where the baby was born. If embroidering is not an option for you at all, there is still hope, just find material you like for the state and cut it out without any embellishments.

Using the state pattern, trace the mirrored image out onto Heat N Bond paper. Cut the image out from the Heat N Bond leaving a generous border.

Using an iron, preheated to wool setting, iron the Heat N Bond onto the back of the embroidered material.

When the Heat N Bond has cooled, cut along the outline of the state you traced, removing all excess Heat N Bond and material.

Peel off the paper backing from your Heat N Bond.

With the state, right side up, determine where you want to attach it. When you find the perfect spot, using your iron still heated to wool setting, iron your state onto the onesie.

Allow your transfer to cool completely and then admire your finished product.

Three customized and personalized onesies completed for under $10.

The only thing left to do, send them off to this adorable baby.

Birth Date Onesie Tutorial

I have been smitten with the idea of a birth date onesie, thanks to Pinterest and Sugar Photography. Not only is the idea of a birth date onesie adorable BUT just imagine the photo options it provides.

Fortunately, I have 2 good friends both expecting their second babies. I knew I wanted to make my own version of this adorable onesie for both of them.

Welcome to the world Jude. Can you guess what day he was born?

I may be biased BUT isn't that one of the cutest baby pictures?

To make your own, sorry adorable baby not included, you'll need:

Transfer Paper, I bought a package of 12 for less than $10 (you are able to get 2 calendar images from 1 sheet of transfer paper)
Onesie, Did you know that Walmart sells Faded Glory organic cotton Onesies for $2?
An Iron
A printer

Either search for an image of the month needed or make your own. I made my own. Ehow has a great tutorial that walks you through the process of creating your own calender using word.

When you have the image you want for the calendar month, place it into a word document. Using word, you will be able to highlight the date the baby was born by inserting a shape, in this case a circle.

Your cursor will turn to a crossbar. Using your mouse, you will be able to draw a circle over the birth date. By Default, your circle will be filled in and outlined.

You'll want to remove the fill from your circle.

This now allows for you to view the number behind it.

If you are interested in changing the outline color of the circle, you have that option as well.

In this case, I selected red.

If needed, you can arrow up, down or right and left to adjust the exact placement of the circle over the date.

You will need to create a mirror image of your calendar, in order for it to be ironed on in the right direction.

Some printers will allow you to print flipped on the horizontal. If your printer does not give you that option, save your calendar as a pdf. Pull your pdf image into either Photoshop or Picnik. Picnik is a free online photo editing website. In Picnik upload your pdf image, go to the edit tab, rotate and select flip < i > to mirror the image. Then save your mirrored image as a jpg. In Photoshop upload your pdf image, select OK, go to image ->rotate ->flip horizontal ->file save as a jpg.

With the calendar now saved as a mirror image, open a new word document. Insert picture, if you click on the image you should be able to resize it. Print a test copy on paper to check the size against the onesie.

When you have the size you want, print it on your transfer paper. Once printed, trim around your image leaving 1/4 of an inch around the sides.

Iron your onesie free of any wrinkles. Place your transfer paper, image side facing down, centered, on the onesie.

Making sure your iron is set on the highest cotton setting and has been heating for approximately 8 minutes, begin to iron on your transfer paper. Apply firm pressure with your iron, working in all directions for 3 minutes.

When the transfer paper has completely cooled off, use a fingernail to gently lift one corner of the paper backing.

Hold down the fabric and continue working the paper backing off of the onesie until it is completely removed.

Then sit back and admire a job well done.

The finished product a personalized, homemade gift for under $3.

You could also make a onesie for a baby shower gift and include a sharpie for the birth date to be filled out when the baby arrives.