baby onesies for 1 month to 1 year

Ok, I'm back! With a posting of my OWN :-) I am super excited to show you because I am  in love with how these turned out!

I originally wanted to make onesies with each month on them for a coworkers baby shower.. but it sounded really time consuming. So I went to etsy to see if they had what I wanted. They did, but it was 75.00 for 12 onesies... umm.. I love babies... and they were super cute, but that is a bit much. Plus, I have "I -can-totally-do-that-myself syndrome" so of course I had to at least try.  You also could purchase stickers with these on, but they don't stay so it's pretty much a one time use only thing and I wanted mine to be durable so she can pass them on or keep them for baby #2. {hello run-on sentence}

Ok- getting to the point. I got 12 onesies in varying sizes so they will fit him all the way through.

I made the heat transfer on my silhouette as shown below.

I get all my cool fonts from here. {super easy to download and they have step by step instructions!}

Then, I flipped the words so it would come out correctly when ironed on. {i know you could figure this out, but i'm a visual person. I may go a little picture crazy at  times.}

The whole thing will look like this:

Then I laid it all out to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I went with blue & yellow because I always use blue & green when making baby boy stuff... I was trying to change it up, people! But I regret it. I think blue & green would have been cuter!

See all those little holes?? That was the time consuming part. Picking out all of those little pieces with a needle on 12 different logos... maybe it would have been worth the $75!

So here's where my tutorial deviates a bit from the silhouette instructions. See, I tried to iron it on like the directions said, but it did not work for me and I ruined the first one. It says to put a cloth in between your iron and the fabric and let it sit for 60 seconds. When I did this, it didn't peel off at all onto the material but it did melt the plastic part around the design. I don't blame silhouette.... I'm just a terrible direction follower. But this method worked for me x12 so I'm sticking with it!

First, I ironed the onesie. I set the iron there for about 10 seconds to get it nice and warm.

Then I placed the design where I wanted it, smoothing it down so it sticks to the onesie.

This is where I got risky. {i know..this is really as risky as i get. lame.} I put the iron right onto the plastic design and pressed down hard for about 2-3 seconds, moving it around so I covered the whole design. When you're ironing, make sure to leave a spot at the top that you don't go over because it will be really hot to the touch when you try to pull it up. My iron doesn't have a temp on it, but it was on the "cotton" setting, no steam!

You'll know it's adhered when it gets bubbly like shown in this picture {the right side shows it best}. Peel it up quickly while it's still hot. If it cools down, you can just run the iron over it again to warm it up.

After I was done with them all, I ran the iron over the top of them on a low setting for a while just to make sure they will stay! It's probably not necessary, but I want them to be durable.. after all, they are for a BOY.

And 12 onesies later, here they are!

I am truly in love with them! I want to keep them for myself and I'm not even pregnant yet! The quality looks great, too. They definitely do not look homemade.

And here they are all rolled up in their gift box ready for wearing.

I'm just in love!  {did i say that already??} I am thinking about making some of these to sell on etsy... what do you think? Would anyone buy them? And if so, would they rather buy the iron ons to make themselves? Or the whole set of onesies? They are time consuming, but they turn out so great! And will make a great shower gift! Wouldn't they be so cute in girly colors?

Anyway, If you made it this far, thanks for sticking with me on the lengthiest post in the history of ji@H.

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