Hi Everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I last posted. A lot has happened in the past few months. I had a baby boy, (and he is steadily growing like a weed), I went back to work, and then I quit work. I'm now a stay at home mom on a budget and it's AWESOME. I love seeing my son's smiling face when I greet him first thing in the morning. I love not being so exhausted that I barely have the energy to rock my son to sleep. And most of all - I love that I am being creative again.
I just thought of, completed, and now blogged about a baby clothes project. Awesome right??
I hate onesies. I hate that ALL the baby clothes for infants under 12 months are always onesies. Do you want to know why I hate them? Aside from the fact they look ugly (who wears all their shirts tucked into their pants?). They are a pain to change diapers in. Especially if you have a breastfed baby that mere mortal diapers can't contain their bowel movements. It never fails, his poo will explode out the back or front of his diaper, then when I try to get the onesie off I end up smearing poop all the way up to his ears. I hate that.
I have a million onesies, about a dozen shorts/pants, and only two actual shirts. I went to three different stores looking for regular shirts and apparently they don't exist. So, on the way back from the store today I had an idea. Why don't I turn all those onesies into shirts? It would be easy right?
Turns out, it is. (I apologize, since I don't work anymore I don't have access to all my photo programs so some of these pictures are awful and I can't resize them).
I started with a thin crappy onesie that I bought. It was supposed to be for babies 3-9 months (really? That should have been a sign, I know) but it turned out to be for 3 month old babies and the fabric is thin. So it's going to be my guinea pig.
First, you cut straight across the bottom removing the snaps and trim.
Then you fold up the bottom and sew. I used a zigzag stitch so it would still stretch at the bottom. I managed to spit out 5 of these puppies in about 5 minutes. Be careful not to stretch the knit as you sew. If you do then the fabric will ruffle. Just let the machine pull it through.
One of the onesies I did had a plastic-y image printed on it. My machine didn't like it. I think the plastic was sticking to the foot so it couldn't slide it through very well. Maybe next time I will try a quilting foot with top and bottom feeders.
And here's my angel relaxing in dad's chair sporting one of his new shirts.
I hope you enjoyed this. I know I did. Now my son has shirts to wear with all those shorts.
