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fabric appliques as a baby shower ‘game’

January 12, 2010

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As a twist on the ever-popular ‘decorate onesies at a baby shower’ activity, we recently added onesie appliques to our repertoire. Along with the usual fabric paint and puff paint (which was also provided and well used), we set up an iron and ironing board and provided fabric scraps, fusible webbing, and stencils. With very little direction, the appliqued onesies turned out great!

To put this together for the next baby shower you throw, bring onesies, fusible webbing, a printout of items that could be appliqued (we tailored ours to the guest of honor’s interests and nursery theme), fabric scraps, a fabric pen, scissors (have several pairs on hand) and an iron to the baby shower.

Then let guests trace the templates onto the fusible webbing, cut out the webbing and the fabric in their desired shape and iron the applique onto the onesie. If you want, take the onesies home and zigzag stitch around the appliques.

The fabulous result is a pile of darling, personalized onesies… fun, right?

If you’re visiting from strut your stuff thursday at somewhat simple, welcome! 

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  1. Jessabells says

    January 12, 2010 at 11:01 am

    Wow, so easy. I always forget that I can easily do this and it makes a great baby gift! I have to go get some onesies and webbing. Thanks so much for this post.

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  2. kpmattingly says

    January 12, 2010 at 11:27 am

    Great idea! I have made some as gifts before but this is a great idea for the shower.

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  3. mjellis says

    January 12, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    What a cutie idea!

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  4. Aunt LoLo says

    January 12, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    Oh my goodness, I LOVE this idea!!! Forget the appliques…how have I never been to a shower where they decorated onesies?! LOL

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  5. Steph @ somewhatsimple says

    January 13, 2010 at 12:15 pm

    Those are adorable! Please link this post to our link party tomorrow! I love it!

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  6. Disney says

    January 13, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    Hey! I'm doing a baby shower this weekend! This would be so fun to do!

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  7. inadvertent farmer says

    January 14, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    goodness gracious those are darling! Great job, Kim

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  8. vanessa says

    January 14, 2010 at 7:16 pm

    I like this idea so much better than the puff paint! They turned out great!

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  9. The Cottage Mama says

    January 18, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    Those are adorable! Great job – thanks so much for the post!

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  10. Jodi Redmond says

    March 26, 2010 at 11:59 am

    where did you get the shapes for the items to print out? i'm looking for some cute stuff to use at my sister's shower.

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  11. JAci says

    January 17, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    Where did you get the solid colored onesies? All I can ever find is white pink and black even at hobby lobby walmart target you name it. they either arent solid or have a pocket on them?

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    • Kirstin says

      January 17, 2012 at 5:08 pm

      They are hard to come by, aren’t they? I think I found those ones at Dollar Tree (random, right?). 🙂

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  12. Kristin says

    July 6, 2012 at 10:25 pm

    Where did you find your Shapes? I am having a girl baby shower and need to find shapes.

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    • Kirstin says

      July 7, 2012 at 9:18 am

      Hey Kristin- I used dingbats (I think the font is called “Animals”- I am sure I downloaded it for free since I don’t often pay for fonts). I just added the animals I wanted to a Powerpoint document, resized them so they were applique sized and printed them out. The shower guests cut out the ones they wanted to use.
      Hope that helps!

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  13. Colleen says

    October 31, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    Did the fabric stay on in the wash or did you do anything else to it to make it stay?

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    • Kirstin says

      November 1, 2013 at 3:30 pm

      Hey Colleen- you can stitch around the perimeter, but the fusible facing works alone as well. Hope that helps!

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  14. Debbie says

    September 19, 2014 at 2:16 pm

    Is Stitch Wickery the same as fusible webbing? I hope so this is what I brought at Walmart?

    Thanks,
    Debbie

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    • Kirstin says

      September 21, 2014 at 5:15 am

      Debbie, I know Stitch Witchery makes fusible webbing… I bet you got the right thing!

      Reply

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