It is rainy day in western Montana. The carrot, zinnia, beet and basil seeds I put in last week love it. So I decided today is a good day to think about making some art since I am in a show in like three weeks and have felt completely lame about making anything for a really long time. I am sewing tiny 2 1/2 in square pillows. Don’t yet know what the installation will look like but I am trying to just make art and not feel like every single decision needs to be conceptually perfect. Tiny pillows.
Then I decided to switch to craftiness which rainy days also inspire. And since there is a tyke (whom I call bug) on the way and I have been purchasing onesies for pennies at garage sales to avoid contributing to the baby consumption clothes mania obsessed culture (why are new baby clothes even made anymore?)…exhale…I got crafty with the onesies. Today I post about spiffing up stained, used onesies.
I got this great vintage fabric from my mom and saw a bird-like shape I cut out.
I cut out similar shapes of HeatnBond and placed them on the wrong side of the fabric, shiny side up and ironed for two seconds.
And then I peeled the paper off. The glue is left on the fabric cut-out.
I ironed the fabric cut-out on the onesie (opted for one shape instead of two as the design took over the tiny item of clothing.)
I hand-stitched on little bird legs and sewed around the edge of the bird body with a straight stitch. This means the edge of the bird body will fray with washing and I am fine with that…kinda like plumage. If you want a no-fray situation, use a zig zag.
voila. I did a spunky ant too.
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It was good to see you at the fabric store yesterday. And really good to see your craftiness. I love the onesies. I have thought about doing something like this, I will store this away in my mind for later. Can’t wait to see the dozens of little pillows.
Great to see you to. I think these would make great gifts for the millions of women we know who are pg. How did your curtain turn out? And, I think you are so ambitious for reupholstering your couch! You must send pics.
Just lurkiing around your post and had to say that these are adorable onesies!
NICI! I love you! So, i’m not into sewing or babies (at this time) but i LOVE this post. and your sewing machine is so cool and the picture of you sewing is amazing and i love that i have a friend like you who does this kind of neat stuff. i also look forward to seeing the small pillows, as i love tiny things, and i love pillows. speaking of tiny things, have i told you that andy and i are really into miniature food? for example, see: http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/487807351/in/set-72157594280123615/
s, Do you have an easy bake oven? Do you guys actually eat miniature food? Like make tiny pancakes and drink coffee from tiny cups while making tiny dobs with tiny napkins?
Nici,
I love this! I remember that fabric, I bought it in about 1973 when Dad and I were living in married student housing. I especially love what you are doing with it;it is so special to see you sewing on your Grandma’s Singer Feather wieght….the very same one my Grandma taught me to sew on. This Bug is one lucky babe! I can hardly wait to see him/her!
xo, your Momma
My curtain is almost done. I actually finished it and then decided I wanted it to be just a little shorter, so I am taking out the bottom and redoing it. It looks great though. I actually started my blog, FINALLY. I am going to post the curtain there as soon as I wrap it up. The blog is very basic right now, but I just wanted to start it.
nissy, love your lil onsies too.
S-i don’t believe your small food thing for one second. the title of those pix is ‘american kitchen’ and nothing in amercia is small.
-lisa
n and l – the miniature food is actually plastic, so sadly, we cannot eat it. but man i wish we could. they are seriously so amazingly to scale. i’ll have to take some live action photos of our collection next to my hand. then you’ll understand.
action photos?! they move too?
hmmm, i try to avoid food if it is moving.
they don’t move on their own; BUT, for example, there is a little egg carton with individual eggs that are removable and a lid that closes. all this, and the size of your thumb nail. AMAZING!
I just wanted to send you this quick link to another blogger’s onesie project Here it is!