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08.23

vintage lady onesie

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Onesies are and will forever be my favorite baby item. They are so cute. The remind me of tiny baby smells and the first few weeks of fresh baby love. You can never have enough onesies, am I right? Most of Cohen’s onesies are stained to the point of no return, so it’s girl onesie time!

I’ve had this Melody Miller fabric sitting in my stash for a long time. The fabric is Vintage Ladies in Ivory from Ruby Star Rising. I just love the little retro ladies and their fun hairstyles. I knew this would be the perfect applique fabric, especially the ladies with the oval backgrounds. 

Materials:

*Vintage Ladies fabric (or choose any other fabric, cut into an oval)
*ruffle lace trim
*blank onesie

I picked my favorite lady. The hair! The collar! The frock! So Jackie O. She’s got a little sass in her expression and the colors are beautiful, too! I picked one with a background to make it easy to cut out, but you can really do this project with ANY fabric. Just cut out an oval or circle of your favorite part and go from there.

Cut out your applique, adding 1/4″ to the size you want.

Then pin the ruffle lace on top of the applique’s edge. I used lots of pins because of the curves. 

When the lace meets itself, fold the raw edge under a little.

Then sew the lace to the applique. A straight stitch will work just fine.

Next, pin it to the onesie and stitch it on. 

And you’re done! 

Now…wait 5 months for a baby (at least that’s what I’ll be doing!)

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9 Comments

  1. LisaRae

    08/23 at 1:40 PM

    You could always tie dye the stained onesies, that’s what I do :)

  2. Kelley

    08/23 at 4:21 PM

    very cute! I always appliqued pieces of shirts that were not redeemable to the stained ones. pieces of superman logos, and interesting sayings, but also making leaves and things. I did that to my own shirts that were stained as well…

  3. calinai

    08/23 at 7:25 PM

    cute idea she’ll have some of the most interesting onesies out there

  4. Bonnie MS

    08/24 at 6:26 PM

    Very cute! I was just thinking about doing something like this, a silhouette of my kid’s heads framed in lace like a cameo but on lap quilts for their great grandmothers. This on a onsie is genius! Thank you for the fantastic idea and tutorial! I must go browse my fabrics see if I have anything remotely useable for this…
    Bonnie MS
    http://www.etsy.com/shop/RidingTheBonnieWay
    http://www.ridingthebonnieway.blogspot.com

  5. Simple Simon & Co

    08/24 at 11:06 PM

    That is like some of the coolest fabric I have ever seen! Why the heck haven’t I ever seen it before? It’s so great. Love it.
    liZ

  6. Sew Much Ado

    08/25 at 9:55 PM

    That’s darling! Such cute fabric!

  7. the momma (aka Shannon)

    08/29 at 4:27 PM

    adorable! love love love the fabric!!!

  8. the momma (aka Shannon)

    08/29 at 4:37 PM

    ha!! just checked out the link and realized i did a bag with the transistor fabric, and already bought 1/2 yard of the vintage typewriter fabric to use them as appliques! no wonder i like the vintage ladies so much ;)

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