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| Photo credit: Culpepper General via Babble |
This version is from an etsy shop called Culpepper General, but there are hundreds of styles available on etsy. (Check out this shop and die of cuteness when you see these giraffes and these robots.)
All of the preceding designs are silk-screened or iron-transferred, and I really like that look. But when it came time to move this project from mind to matter for my friend Rachel, I decided to go with fabric applique instead. My new Silhouette makes the cutting easy, and I've kind of got a history of giving tie onesies.
This is a bigger project that I usually tackle for a baby gift, but I was so excited for Rachel and Ryan and the baby boy on his way in August, I just couldn't help myself. (You may recall Ryan and Rachel from the "Hoping to Adopt" button on my side bar a while back. Their story is heart-wrenching, inspiring, touching, and thrilling. I'm not the only one who was over-the-moon-excited to celebrate their good news.)
So, I ordered a bunch of onesies, bought some fun boyish printed fabric, and fired up the Silhouette.
This was the result:
I was lucky to find a box in the basement that fit the whole set perfectly. (This is why I can't throw anything away, folks.) Look at them all lined up! Aren't they cute? (Excuse the fact that all the pictures are blurry. There was a giant thumb print on the camera lens, apparently.)
Rachel and Ryan are moving away this summer (and even if they weren't, I am), so I won't be around to see Baby Atticus* grow. But I made Rachel promise to post pictures monthly (at least) so I can watch him fill out his onesies.
* The baby may or may not be named Atticus, but because Rachel's an English teacher, and To Kill a Mockingbird is her favorite book, and Atticus Finch is her favorite character, and we discussed him extensively at our book club meeting, that's how I'll think of him either way.
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