Running With Scissors

Onesie to Cute Summer Outfit

3:38 PM

It seems all my friends that are expecting or just gave birth are all having/ had girls. So this is another cute little baby girl gift. This little girl lives in Florida, so the weather is warm all year, and I was thinking of an outfit that would be light and cool for the heat of summer, but still cute enough to be considered an outfit.

The worst is having to put your kids in a steaming hot car!

So my idea grew to make a whole outfit with a single white onesie, so easy to get baby dressed, and light and airy to keep her cool in the heat.

BEFORE:

-white onesie

-scraps of paisley print cotton

-scrap of red

-red fabric paint/ freezer paper

-paisley for wing

For the bird, I cut a pear shape with the triangle for the beak out of freezer paper and painted it red. I did iron a scrap of fusible interfacing on the back of the paisley wing to reinforce it.

I hand sewed the wing on with turquoise embroidery floss, and added the bird legs also in the turquoise.

The baby modeling the outfit is my nephew, Dax. He is four months old and filled this 6-9 month onesie dress. Here he is pointing to the cute bird on his gut! His older sister was disgusted with me when she walked in to see her baby brother in a dress.

For the skirt, I made a rectangle tube, added the red border on the botttom, and sewed it right to the onesie. I got this turquoise paisley print from the remnant basket and I loved it. I thought it was so cute--I find I prefer colors other than pink and purple for girls often. Feminine, but out of the pink sphere.

I also added a narrow ribbing on the sleeves to try to make it a little more than a onesie with a skirt sewn on.

I thought about making some little red shoes, but the whole point was to keep her cool, and so I went with a soft headband instead. I used a white knee-high nylon and 3 red circles of t-shirt knit topped with a turquoise button.

So hopefully baby Jayne will stay cool, and mom will love this little summer outfit that is really just a no fuss onesie.

I am thinking of making another outfit and document the steps to make a tutorial, because this was really easy, super cute I think, and will hopefully be really convenient for mom's with summer babies!

12:37 PM

Freezer Paper

Fun with Freezer Paper

12:26 PM

Playing Dress Up

11:31 PM

Today my little sister, Lynette, came over. She's introducing a new spring line of her clothing. She owns her own little tailoring business, and designs clothing on the side. She is very talented. Of course you hate to model your own stuff, so she came over and had me try to make her dresses look appealing. We had a lot of fun. It was pretty much like playing dress up again, except we are adults, less feather boas, and our heels actually fit us.

We both felt so awkward trying to pose. But it was fun. She's planning to reveal each piece, so you can see them on her blog the next couple of days. Some are so great, I wish I could have kept them. One in particular, look for it--cream, 50s inspired, with a green sash. I felt like Jackie Kennedy wearing it. All of her designs are beautiful, comfortable, and cover you up in all the right places. I don't know her plan to make a bunch to sell, or take custom orders, she'll probably explain all that on her blog. So the good shots will be on her blog, a few mess ups/ silly ones are here.

Napolean Dynamite 80s boots with a formal and plywood backdrop-boo-yah!

The truck shot is actually for the jeans. Yes, Lynette designs and makes custom jeans. Our brothers love them. I'm still waiting for mine. These jeans are Top Gun, thus the 80s hair and my Aviator jacket.

This last one popped up and Lynette and I both started laughing. I was mainly laughing at the swooped hair and the sky. It was too bad the jeans look so bad with the awkward crotch and waist, and what were we thinking, an upshot is never flattering. I think of all the bad shots, this one was our favorite and made us laugh the most. The hair almost makes me think Maverick may just walk by any second...and my jacket is an actual airforce issued Aviator overstock I bought from a military surplus store. I was showing my 14-year-old nephew my purchase and pointed to a pocket on the shoulder, and said: "What are all these pen pockets for on the sleeve?" like a bimbo. He pointed out they were far too short and wide for pens...those were for bullets. Oh. Thanks.