Boys' Outfits

I know it probably seems like Heidi Sage is always decked out in the latest and greatest and the boys get the short end.  Not to worry, they're not completely left out....I'm not saying things are even...but they're not left out.  :-D

We have been cleaning out my mother-in-law's house and I have found several treasures.  In a box of her sewing items I found 2 demin iron on patches with a bullrider. I decided since my husband Clint was a bull rider, she probably had bought those for me when I was pregnant thinking that we might have a boy...but that didn't happen.  We didn't even get a Tom-Boy.  We got two prissy britches....that we dearly love.  Anyway...

Not wanting them to go to waste, I decided to use them for my grandsons, Clinton and Rex.

I ironed each patch on a shirt and used a close zig zag stitch around the outside.  Super simple.  I know you can by these types of patches at your local fabric/crafts stores.  Rex got his sewn on a white onesie.  

Clinton got his sewn onto a red shirt down in the bottom corner...since he refuses to tuck in anything!  Found the demin shorts at Target.

I also decided to try Chelsea's freezer paper idea to make Clinton a shirt.  Clinton loves the Texas Longhorns (which I'm sure has nothing to do with his mother brainwashing him),  so I traced a longhorn onto my freezer paper and cut out my design.  With the shiny side down I ironed it to the shirt and got out my fabric paint.  When using a dark shirt you should also use a dark paint.

I had a few problems but seem to make it work anyway.   Note to self-- If using a paint brush to apply your paint you should never spread the paint from the inside toward your pattern edges because the paint will seep under the edges.  Always paint in!  I found the camo shorts at Target.

Crazy 'bout our boys,

Monsters Are For Girls TOO!

I've been trying to get caught up on baby gifts and I'm almost there. There were a crop of adorable baby girls born in November and December and I thought they needed some cute onesies and bows to get them started!

Miss Emery Rose got these cute little onesies and matching bows.  I found the knit pants at Target then whipped up some hairbows and made some onesies to match!

I know Emery is going to be a little monster if she acts anything like her momma, and I hope she does :)  That's right, monsters are for girls too, all they need is a little hairbow.

Emery's mom loves orange so I had to work that into her reverse applique heart onesie.

Miss Canyon got these cute little onesies and hairbows! I know that Canyon's mom appreciates a BIG hairbow, so I did my best!

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O...M...G!

I wish Chelsea could have been here this morning when I opened up the box she sent to find these adorable things...

I realize you've already seen the big Gingerbread Shirt, as Chelsea did a tutorial on that here.  Another close up to help you see all the amazing detail...that's so easy even you can do it!  And NO SEWING MACHINE necessary!  :-)

What Chelsea didn't show you was this UH-DORABLE onesie she made for Baby #3.  While there's not a tutorial on this specific shirt, there is a tutorial on the method she used.  Just check out the stencil painting method used in this post.

If I'm not mistaken, Heidi Sage has a coordinating outfit coming from Deborah...can't wait to see that!

...and we'd love to hear from you if you plan to make these adorable Gingerbread Shirts.

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Cute Little Baby Gifts

This post is not about the adorable Heidi Sage, but it is going to help you give the cutest gifts at the next baby shower you attend. Our friends Marisa and Rafa, from Florida, are expecting a baby boy in February. We are seeing them this weekend, so it's only natural we show up with CUTE gifts.

You don't need any sewing knowledge to make these cute little onesies. I started by buying a package of onesies and a package of knit cargo pants.

Besides onesies and knit pants you will also need:
-freezer paper
-fabric paint
-embroidery floss
-sew-on googley eyes in two sizes
-a small swatch of cute fabric

The first onesie uses the technique of reverse applique. The first step is to find a cute design to work with, I chose a fish since our friends live in Florida. You can find ideas by looking at images and clipart online.  After you choose a design, you need to make a stencil. I drew my design on the dull side of a small piece of freezer paper.

You want to choose a very simple design to start and it will get embellished.

Cut the design out with an exacto knife or scissors.

The design is cut out.

Iron the freezer paper to the onesie, in the proper position, shiny side down.  This will hold your stencil in place for painting.

Use fabric paint and paint in your design.  I used two shades of blue.  When painting, make sure to put something between the two layers of the shirt/onesie.  You can use wax paper, freezer paper, cardboard, etc.

After paint has dried, peel off the freezer paper to reveal your cute design.

The painted design.

Cut a small piece of fabric slightly larger than the painted area.  I used the center that I cut out of my stencil as a guideline.  If you use knit fabric there is no need to finish the edges because knit won't ravel.  I used a woven fabric so I serged the edges so they wouldn't ravel.  You could also zigzag the edge if you don't have a serger or bind the edge with bias tape.

Turn the onesie inside out and pin the fabric to the back side of your painted design. 

Turn the onesie back the correct way making sure your fabric is covering the whole design, and make adjustments if necessary.

Take a piece of embroidery floss and divide it into three strands.  It is six strands to start with but I want to make it thinner so I simply divided it, as shown.

Thread the needle and put both ends back together and tie a knot.  This means the string is doubled back to six strands.

Start from the back side and sew a running stitch, a simple up and down, around the fish attaching the fabric to the onesie.  When the design is completely sewn around tie off your thread on the back side.

The painted design with stitching around the edges.

Now you are going to cut out the center of the design on the top layer ONLY. Cut into the design making sure not to cut the under layer.

Cut around the edge of the design close to the stitching, about 1/8" away from edge.

When you cut out the center the cute printed fabric is revealed.

Pair the onesie with some cute knit pants and you have an adorable outfit for a baby boy!

The second onesie is simply a stencil with a little embellishment.  I started by drawing a cute little monster on the dull side of freezer paper. Then cut out the design with an exacto knife or scissors.

 Iron the shiny side of the freezer paper to the onesie.

Paint in the stencil with fabric paint.  When the paint dries remove the stencil.  Since there are multiple pieces I had to stencil in two parts.  I did the blue first, then the black.

The completed stencil.

Sew on the googley eyes, I used different sized googley eyes for a fun touch.  Make sure the eyes say sew on, you don't want to glue these on.

Add some cute pants and you have a perfect little boy outfit!

Cute little onesies packagee in a take-out box.

Tie it up with a pretty bow and you have a great little baby gift.

Happy Baby Gifting,


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