When I saw Megan’s ruffle bumsie a little while back, I knew I had to pick up a package of white onesies and perfect my ruffling technique. I used her tutorial and serged each side of three 1.5-inch strips of fabric leftover from the aprons. On my sewing machine, I increased the stitch length and turned up the tension as far as it would go. I sewed straight up the center of each strip and it perfectly ruffled them. Then I pinned each strip onto the bottom area of the onesie and sewed them into place.
I wanted to embellish the front of the onesie, so I cut out the letter “A” (for Addie) from coordinating fabric that was printed with the alphabet. I used light weight Heat’n’Bond and ironed the letter onto the onesie using the package directions. Added a few rolled fabric flowers and two leaves to the bottom. Then I just used a regular stitch on the sewing machine and stitched around the edges of the “A” and the leaves, and over the top of the flowers.
The whole project took about 2 hours, while watching TV and chit-chatting. I think Addie knew she was extra fancy in her onesie because she let me take a lot of pictures! That or she was happy that I was letting her suck on an eye drop bottle.
A couple notes:
1. On the next one, I may stretch the fabric on the bottom horizontally a bit while pinning the ruffles. When I put the onesie on Addie, I had to be cautious to make sure that the stitches didn’t pop.
2. I will add at least two more rows of ruffles below the placement of these three on the next onesie. I love this one, but when she was crawling around, I thought it would be cute to have ruffles actually cover more of her bumsie.
3. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how the letter applique turned out. Now I want to order more of this fabric so that I can use it up and still have it.
Comments & Reviews
Kara@ Creations by Kara says
This is adorable! Love how you used the applique and the rosettes!
Janeen Jordan says
So adorable! I can’t wait to try this!!
Liz says
So cute! er Sew cute? 🙂
Either way very sweet!
~Liz
Stephanie Lynn says
Hi Stef! Just wanted to let you know I’ll be featuring your onesie today! Stop by and grab a featured button if you like! Thanks so much for linking up to the Sunday Showcase. ~ Stephanie Lynn
Stephanie Lynn says
This is simply adorable! I loev the fabric and the ruffles are so precious! Thanks so much for joining the Sunday Showcase Party! I greatly appreciate it! Hope you are enjoying your weekend! ~ Stephanie Lynn
TOTEally Posh! says
SO pretty!
Randi says
That’s really sweet. Love the ruffles!
The Exchange says
Oh so beautiful! You did a terrific job! Wow~
Carolyn @ My Backyard Eden says
Could that be any cuter! Ruffles on an adorable baby! Great job on the Thanks for linking up to Make it Yours Day!
Lori says
Way to cute for me! I’m loving this!Thanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thursday. Please join me next week for another great party!
Embellished Bayou says
So, so cute! I love making these, they are addictive! The letter & roses on the front are great.
Katie says
This is adorable and gave me a great idea! I bought some $1 tees for my cousin and I am going to put a G for Gracie on it!
Camille says
Very cute fabric! I have been needing to do this for a while, and I think yours was just the perfect inspiration I needed! Camille@allaboutmommies.blogspot.com
Melissa says
She looks so sweet in it. You did a great job!
malia says
ok this little one is adorable! and so is your project. (-: thanks for sharing.