When I saw some of the cutesy crafts that Meg at Whatever made, I was totally impressed. Then I found this Martha Stewart video and decided to attempt my own personalized appliques.
And a little onesie for a friend’s baby…and let me tell ya, the straight lines of the “W” were definitely easier than the “C”. Since the little one is named Willow, the modern pink leaf-patterned fabric is reflective of her ‘natural’ title.
In my mind, packaging gifts is just as important as the gift itself. So a chocolate satin bow with a personalized tag makes this onesie more popular than Super Bowl commercials. Well, almost. Steph – be on the lookout, the package is in the mail 🙂 I hope our little girl likes it. And yea, any smiling, drooling, gas, or sleeping means that she loves it.
How bout you guys? Have you attempted an easy-peezy-lemon-squeezy craft that is too cute? Please share. Afterall, we adults have to do the crafts. Because babies can’t sew…they can do this…but they can’t sew 🙂
I love these! The gift tag really makes it look well thought out. I officially love to sew, and am looking for ideas often. Thanks for posting this great one.
So cute! I am going to have to try that myself!
Love the appliques! And oh my gosh, that video was too cute / funny.
Uhhhh I want one! Great job..I think I will make my kids one of those ummmmmmone day.
Love it all, and you definitely have sewing skillz, lady!
YAY!!! Love it…. can’t wait to put it on her chubby little self! I’ve been debating on getting a sewing machine myself to try out my craftiness….. now I’m sold. I just might have to get you to come make things on it for me 😉
Love ya- Steph
Hi- Love this post! Sadly, I went to Martha Stewart’s site and i guess I was a little too late because the applique page was gone. 🙁 Do you have another site you recommend to learn how to do this?
Thanks! Congrats on the upcoming little one!! 🙂
Hi Katie! Question for you…
I’m not very skilled at sewing…okay, I’ve never really done more than sew on a pant button that got too loose due to ten too many Christmas cookies. But I’d like to get a sewing machine and learn to sew simple things like pillows and curtains. Now I have two aunts that are super-sewers and have machines that probably cost more than my last car…but then I see ads for machines at Target in the $150 range and wonder if they’d serve my humble purposes. So I guess what I’m asking is…what kind of sewing machine do you have and how do you like it?
Thanks!
Allie,
I have the cheapest sewing machine I could find. It was under $70 at Target…and I have done a number of things with it. I do wish that I had a number of other fun ‘functions’ but in the end, I don’t use it enough to justify an expensive one. Really the number one thing I use it for is straight stitching for pillows, upholstery and basic hemming. It’s all according to what you want really…so maybe you should wander into a sewing machine shop and see what the pros can tell you about a starter machine that is still affordable. And then hurry back and tell me what they say 🙂
XO – KB
I am totally going to do this for some of my friends that are having babies!