Surprise Baby Announcement

                            Surprise Baby Announcement

Oh baby, Carly has some exciting news! I'm expecting a baby in December. I wanted to share the news to my mother and mother in-law in an exciting way, so Kim and I put our heads together. After looking all over the internet we came up with a brilliant plan, a onesie with a cute message on it. I put them in a box and had them open it on Mother's Day. They were both brought to tears and couldn't be happier.

Material

• One or two white 0-3 month onesie
• Two colors of embroidery floss
• One needle
• A 1/4 of a yard of fusible interfacing  
• Iron
• One pencil or washable marking pen

 

Steps

1. Measure out the area you plan on embroidering
2. Cut out the fusible interfacing  to fit in that space.
3. Then flip your onesie inside out and iron the fusible interfacing by following the directions. that come with the fusible
4. Then in your best handwriting use the pencil or marking pen to write your cute message on the front of the onesie.
5. If you are happy with the front and print, you may beginning the time consuming process of embroidering :)
6. The knot was something I could never get down, so Kim had to help me. Take the tail of the floss and wrap it tightly around the needle 3 times. Hold the knot between you thumb and pointer finger and pull straight down.
7. Start on the inside of the onesie and make your stitches small.

Tips and Suggestions

Cute messages- Guess What? or Surprise!
Alternate the colors for even more fun.
Use a French Knot for the dots
Great gift for baby showers
Even though a onesie is small, this project easily takes 1 hour. However you can do this while watching Doctor Who :)