One of my little nieces recently celebrated her first birthday. Of course, I had to make some birthday goodness for her. In addition to the Mr. Pinklegs shirt, she ended up with a (fortunately) un-life-sized stuffed ladybug and some customized onesies.The ladybug pattern is from Amy Butler's Little Stitches for Little Ones book, the Bed Bugs Large Ladybug. This is actually the second ladybug I have made; the first went to a different niece last Christmas. I chose to use the traditional red and black coloring, but, really, most any colors would work as long as the spots/body stripe/head/antenna are a solid (or near-solid) color.
For the custom onesies, I used basic, plain white onesies. I found these at Target. I used some scraps of fabric for the appliques. The fabric for the "E" is actually some of the red fabric my sister and I used for this project, which was a gift for Little E's parents. Aww!
"How did I make the shapes?" you ask. I used cookie cutters. Thanks to one of my good friends, I received a set of 100 cookie cutters at one of my bridal showers back in the day. I love cookie cutters and making fun cookies and especially eating fun cookies. I don't do that enough, make fun cookies.
Anyhow, I found these three shapes among my cookie cutters I thought would be appropriate: a duck, a tulip, and an E. After tracing the "E" out, I snipped it up some to give it a little more definition since the cookie cutter makes a sort-of puffy "E." The duck and the tulip worked just fine as they were.
I used some fusible interfacing on the backs to help minimize fraying and then hand stitched them on. I did not use my Huskystar because I thought I might stretch the onesies out too much if I tried to maneuver them onto the machine. I used a basic back stitch, although it looks like a straight stitch, with two strands of embroidery floss for the thread.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag meiner kleinen Nichte!
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--Beth