Christmas Onesie

Firstly, hi.  My name is Danya.  Pleased to meet you!

I live in Sydney, Australia.  I am mum to two lovely little girls - my sweet 2 year, 4 month old "JJ", and brand new almost 2 week old "Bee". I blog at Danya Banya, and would love to see you over there some time.

As a young girl I used to love to sew and craft, but these interests had been abandoned to drunken debauchery and other hedonistic pursuits that I loosely refer to as "my twenties". Now that I am older, (but not necessarily wiser), I've found my love for the craftier & prettier side of life has returned. I bought my sewing machine about a year ago, and am doing my best to re-learn all the tricks I used to know, and learn a ton of new ones along the way.

Anyway, on to today's refashion - a Christmas onesie for your new baby or perhaps as a gift for someone you know who is expecting.

Here's the front:

Front: before and after

 And here's the back:

Back: before and after

Using an existing plain onesie, I added the Christmas tree and holly designs on the front and back, using fabric and ribbon from my upcycle / scrap fabric collection. Essentially I cut out the shapes, pinned and then sewed using a wide zigzag stitch in a pale green cotton similar to the colour of the onesie, or white cotton on the white ribbon "tinsel". I didn't use any iron-on adhesive in this instance, but you could also use that if you didn't want to pin. (Although, I'm not sure that I like the idea of the glue on newborn clothing...)

I liked how it turned out so much that I made another one! Now I have one for my friend's newborn and one for my own. Come Christmas time, they can couple dress. :)

Second version: front

Second version: back

For more info, check out my original post here.

xx
Danya