Personalized Onesie DIY

I've been working on these today.

They make great gifts and are simple enough to make.  Here's what you need:

• blank onesie
• iron-on tear-away stabilizer
• fusible transfer paper (like Wonder Under) and pressing cloth
• scrap fabric
• computer print-out of initials (I used the font Georgia and increased the size)
• sissors
• iron
• sewing machine
• thread
• sharpie

1 - First, iron the fusible transfer web to the wrong side of your scrap fabrics following the directions on the package.  You are preparing your scrap fabrics to eventually be ironed/fused to your onesie.

I used Wonder Under that I purchased at Hancock's - it's sold by the yard, so you just have to ask a sales person to cut it for you.  I used less than 1/8 of a yard for this project.

2 - Next, trace the reverse image of each initial with a sharpie onto the paper-side of your scrap fabric (now lined with Wonder Under) and cut out each initial.

3 - Iron your stabilizer onto the inside of the onesie where you plan to put the initials.  The stabilizer is necessary since you are sewing onto a knit fabric - it keeps your stiches from puckering.  Hancock's also sells this.  This package was about $3 and I only used a small portion of it.

4 - Take the initials you just cut out and position them on the chest of your onesie.  Make sure there is plenty of stabilizer on the reverse-side of the onesie.

5 - Peel off the paper backing on each initial left over from the Wonder Under.  Reposition initials on onesie and set with iron following directions on Wonder Under package.

6 - Using your sewing machine, stitch around each initial remembering to backstitch at the beginning and end of each initial.  This could also be done using a needle and thread if you don't have a sewing machine. 

7 - Inside out onesie and tear away stabilizer on inside.  Trim all of your threads. 

And here's the finished project - This one is for a sweet friend of mine who just had a little boy named Jackson. 

And my model is sleeping upstairs, otherwise, I'd include a picture here of him wearing his new onesie.  I'll try to capture one of him later this week.