I wanted to put together a couple special onesie’s for my best friend Sarah’s new little baby.  I found some really cute patches at Hobby Lobby, but then I thought I’d rather do something a little more personal.  For the first onesie I found a font I liked and printed out the words “Baby Boobie”.  I know…ridiculous right?  But my bff & I have been calling each other boo, boobear, boobie…for years.  So, she’s having “Baby Boobie”.  This is definitely one of those things that no one else will get, but will hopefully be special to her.

I then bought some carbon paper and a pack of 3-6 month old onesie’s.  I placed a square of cardboard inside the onesie to give more support and allow me to press the carbon paper against something.  Then I cut a small square around the words and a small square of carbon paper.  I placed the carbon paper between the onesie and paper with the words.  I did tape the square in place so it didn’t shift around while I was tracing.

You have trace pretty hard to get the words to show up on the onesie – and go over it a couple times.  I tried two fonts – just to see what looked best on the onesie.

After tracing the words, I first started sewing the block letter font.  I ended up not liking this version as much – so I changed to the cursive font.  And I think it’s adorable!!  Ah!!!

And then for the second onesie I used the same technique (tracing) except this time I found a cute dragon graphic.  I’ve always been a fan of dragons and Sarah has always made fun of me for it.  So…I want to make sure her little one develops an appreciation for them early.  Once I had the outline traced, I used navy fabric paint to color the dragon.

I need to give it a quick wash before I wrap it up – there’s a little carbon paper residue that I’d like to get rid of.  But all it all – I think they turned out pretty cute.  And definitely personal.

Brooke- Brooke@Goodsmiths.com