This has been a really fun project! I had two old t-shirts that needed to be retired from my wardrobe, but I really liked them both and didn't want to just throw them away. So I had the brilliant idea to turn them into onesies for my sweet pea!
You can see that both shirts had pretty awful sweat stains, which is part of why I no longer wanted to wear them. But there was still plenty of good fabric to be had. I started with this one:
This was one of my favorite shirts for a while. I was upset when, not long after I bought it, I got a couple of bleach spots on it somehow. But I decided not to let that stop me from wearing it, so I bought a bleach pen and turned those pesky spots into a fun design! And then I loved it even more.
I was careful to preserve the design when cutting out the onesie front:
The back, being plain, didn't matter as much, so I just cut it in a way to make the best use of the fabric.
I wanted to be sure I had enough left over to cut sleeves:
There wasn't enough material to get the binding (without piecing it) so I bought some pale pink knit that matched the bleached-out design:
I did turn the original neck binding from the t-shirt into the binding for the lower edge of the onesie:
But I think the neck and sleeve edges look cute with the contrast:
Usually the backs overlap the fronts at the shoulders, but I wanted to preserve the design on the front so I did it opposite. It doesn't seem to affect the fit of the onesie at all.
Usually onesies are made with set-in snaps, but I don't have any of those. I used regular snaps, and they ended up a bit off-center. Oh well.
Now for fun, here are side-by-side shots of me and my sweet pea! Who wore it best?
(Don't answer that - I know she did!)
The second shirt was a bit more challenging, because it was originally made poorly:
What can I say? It was cheap. I corrected for the skewed grainline when cutting out the onesie, which unfortunately made the stripes slightly crooked. Not much I could do about that.
The back was a little easier to cut both on grain and with straight stripes, but I was not able to match the stripes from front to back because I needed to leave enough for sleeves.
As it was, I had to piece one of them:
I had also gotten a coordinating blue knit for the binding on this onesie.
With the leftover material from the binding fabrics (I had gotten a quarter of a yard of each), I decided to make matching pants for each onesie.
Since I had not quite enough material to get the proper length, I added a waistband at the top and cuffs at the bottom.
I think they turned out quite cute!
Photos of her always end up with blurry hands and/or feet, because she is always squirming! She takes after her mama in that respect.
I haven't finished the striped onesie yet, but I'll have to take pictures of it when I do.
You can see that both shirts had pretty awful sweat stains, which is part of why I no longer wanted to wear them. But there was still plenty of good fabric to be had. I started with this one:
This was one of my favorite shirts for a while. I was upset when, not long after I bought it, I got a couple of bleach spots on it somehow. But I decided not to let that stop me from wearing it, so I bought a bleach pen and turned those pesky spots into a fun design! And then I loved it even more.
I was careful to preserve the design when cutting out the onesie front:
The back, being plain, didn't matter as much, so I just cut it in a way to make the best use of the fabric.
I wanted to be sure I had enough left over to cut sleeves:
There wasn't enough material to get the binding (without piecing it) so I bought some pale pink knit that matched the bleached-out design:
I did turn the original neck binding from the t-shirt into the binding for the lower edge of the onesie:
But I think the neck and sleeve edges look cute with the contrast:
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| It's got some spit-up stains on it because I took this after she'd worn it once. |
Usually the backs overlap the fronts at the shoulders, but I wanted to preserve the design on the front so I did it opposite. It doesn't seem to affect the fit of the onesie at all.
Usually onesies are made with set-in snaps, but I don't have any of those. I used regular snaps, and they ended up a bit off-center. Oh well.
Now for fun, here are side-by-side shots of me and my sweet pea! Who wore it best?
(Don't answer that - I know she did!)
The second shirt was a bit more challenging, because it was originally made poorly:
What can I say? It was cheap. I corrected for the skewed grainline when cutting out the onesie, which unfortunately made the stripes slightly crooked. Not much I could do about that.
The back was a little easier to cut both on grain and with straight stripes, but I was not able to match the stripes from front to back because I needed to leave enough for sleeves.
As it was, I had to piece one of them:
I had also gotten a coordinating blue knit for the binding on this onesie.
With the leftover material from the binding fabrics (I had gotten a quarter of a yard of each), I decided to make matching pants for each onesie.
Since I had not quite enough material to get the proper length, I added a waistband at the top and cuffs at the bottom.
I think they turned out quite cute!
Photos of her always end up with blurry hands and/or feet, because she is always squirming! She takes after her mama in that respect.
I haven't finished the striped onesie yet, but I'll have to take pictures of it when I do.
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