Applique Onesies

My crafting goes in topic spurts. Although I've mostly been working away getting ready for my baby's arrival, there are still gifts to be made! 

This morning I made these little guys for my cousin and friend:

This was the first time I've made applique onesies, but they've been on my mind to try out for a while. They were darn easy!  That's good for me, because I end up with lots of baby gifts to make.

There are lots of tutorials and patterns on YouTube and Pinterest. You basically just cut out the shape in a double-sided fusible interfacing, iron it onto the fabric of your choice, cut that out, and then iron the fabric onto the onesie.  You can topstitch the pieces down like I did here if you want. It's not necessary, because let's be real - how many times is the baby actually going to wear these before he outgrows them? But I like how the contrasting-colored stitching makes the applique stand out. (You can't see it very well in the picture, but I used white thread on that blue and white fabric.)

I found the pattern for these little ties here.  And here is a bloggy tutorial.

The online pattern has two sizes, a 3-6 month and a 2T.  I didn't love how thin the smaller tie was, so I just shortened the larger one by an inch. I also trimmed the top portion just a bit to make a more concave shape to fit the neckline of the onesie. Easy-peasy!