From last week’s baby shower, I made a couple of appliquéd onesies for my nephew-to-be. My sister-in-law is a true foodie, so the onesies were part of a gift basket that was all food related. (Unfortunately, I didn’t snap a photo of the whole basket.)
There are probably a million tutorials on the internet about appliqué, so I won’t bother with one. I use Wonder Under and don’t mess with stitching the edges (mainly because I’m not a very good sewer).
For the first onesie, I used a brown-on-darker-brown damask patterned fabric. You can kind of see it in the photo above, but it’s pretty subtle.
I traced my letters from a very fancy font called Carrington. It was a little difficult cutting out the letters, but it didn’t actually take all that long. A sharp fabric scissors is all you need.
I wanted to do another onesie using this apple green polka dot fabric, so I went looking for an apple shape. The silhouette is from a font called WM Food 1.
I apologize for the general rumpliness. I didn’t realize how wrinkly the onesies were in the photos. I did iron them, but then folded them up to put in the gift basket. Then I realized I hadn’t taken photos yet.
Very cute and thoughtful gift.
I googled applique and it appears to be pretty easy. But like you I’m not much of a seamstress. Most of the sites recommend finishing the edges by sewing or it will ravel. Others mentioned fabric paint but had no details of how to do it or how it would look.
Did you use a certain fabric or any method to stop it from raveling?
I use a fusible product called Wonder Under and it does not require sewing or paint to keep the edges from unraveling. I haven’t put anything through a million washes or anything, but the package says that it does not require finishing the edges.