We are attending a first birthday party this afternoon, and with all of the current concerns over toy recalls (even our carseat was recalled yesterday, sigh), I knew that I really wanted to make the birthday boy something instead of buying something. Since I am in a pinch timewise, I resorted to my default present, appliqued tee shirts.These are crazy easy to make, and if you haven't done so yet, you should! For the puppy dog I just googled puppy clip art, traced whatever clip art suited my fancy and used that as a pattern.
The whale came from the Martha Stewart nursery decoupage templates , which I love and adore and use for everything under the sun. I like Steam a Seam II to hold them down while I do a very simple running stitch around the edge with embroidery floss. There is also a mini tutorial at Shim & Sons , which is where I got started when I made my first one. Now go applique something! :-)
Those are crazy cute!
ReplyDeleteOk Girl! You're making me drool over these effing cutecutecute onesies! I just dicovered steam-a-seam 2 and I lovelovelove it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments on my blog.
Opps! I meant tee-shirts not ONESIES!
ReplyDeleteVery cute and thanks for the comment earlier.
ReplyDeleteand it is sciatica
ReplyDeleteWay cute, Sarah. Thanks for the link to the Martha templates! I have 'scouring MSonline for good ideas and patterns' HIGH on the priority list, but it may have taken a while to find these ;-)
ReplyDeleteVery cute t-shirts! I actually have a t-shirt I bought specifically to put an appliqué on and I haven't gotten around to it yet:)
ReplyDeleteThese came out beautifully! I still doubt my appliques would look as nice as yours. :)
ReplyDeleteToo cute, Sarah!
ReplyDeleteI am such a sucker for a decorative onesie!
ReplyDeleteLove your t-shirts. Absolutely adorable!
ReplyDeleteadorable!
ReplyDeletedo the appliques fray at all?