Continuing with yesterday’s theme, I wanted to take a minute to show off the gift I made for the baby shower we had at church on Sunday.
Like 90% of my crafting ideas, the inspiration for this project rests solely with Martha Stewart. On a random note, I told my Mom that I steal a lot of ideas from Martha and she responded by saying, “well, as long as you don’t take her parenting advice.” Oh, Momma.
This time around I decided to replicate Martha’s monthly onesies. The onesies start at 1 month and go all the way to 12 months. The parents are supposed to use the onesies to take monthly pictures of the baby growing up.
To complete this project, you will need 3 0-3 month onesies, 3 3-6 month onesies, and 6 6-12 month onesies. I had a hard time finding matching onesies but ended up having success at Target. You will also need to buy print on iron on transfer paper for white fabric. I always buy this from Michael’s since I usually have a 40% off coupon.
After you collect all your materials, you will first want to print out the number templates from the Martha Stewart tutorial onto the iron on transfer paper. Originally, I was going to make my own but I ran out of time (you would just need to remember to design them as a mirror image).
I recommend printing these on the highest resolution possible for your printer. You will also want to let the transfers dry for at least 15 minutes before you try to use them.
While you are letting the iron on transfers dry, take this time to iron your onesies. Mine were a hot mess coming out of the packaging.
Once your onesies are all ironed, it is time to cut out the numbers from your template. When you’ve got the numbers cut out, it’s time to match them to their respective onesies and let the ironing begin.
A few tips for ironing though. Make sure you use a hard surface and not an ironing board. I always use an old wood cutting board. Be careful though. This means that your surface will get incredibly hot. Also make sure that you don’t slide your iron around like your ironing. You want to drop your iron in one place and let it sit for 20 seconds. Then lift the iron straight up and place it down in a new location. Make sure that you properly heat each section of the iron on transfer and pay special attention to the edges.
Once you’ve finished ironing, your iron on transfer should look something like this. If you want the finish to be matte, allow the transfer to cool down for about 10 minutes then pull off the paper backing. Do not however allow the transfer to completely cool. I made this mistake and it was nearly impossible to pull off the paper backing.
With the paper backing pulled off, my onesies were complete.
I folded the onesies in thirds and stacked them numerically inside a memory box from Michael’s (yay for another 40% off coupon and a husband that will go to Michael’s with me just so I can use 2 coupons).
Then I wrapped up our memory box and it was ready for gifting. The gift went over really well (if I do say so myself) and the Mom really appreciated the fact that it was homemade, although she did ask me where I bought them from at first 
I’ve always loved crafting so I was super happy that I found a way to use my crafting abilities to make a meaningful gift for a friend. There’s nothing better than giving a gift that you’ve made from our own two hands.
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