DIY Necklace Onesie

My favorite part about the baby shower (besides crafting for it!) was making my niece clothes.  I loved looking up ideas on Pinterest and imagining a mini-me of my sister in them.  What can I say, I have a lot of time to daydream.  And my favorite outfit had to be the necklace onesie.

This onesie was (on a scale of easy to super hard) was easy/medium.  The first time I tried this I added too much water and the onesie came out more purple than grey.  I also forgot to put cardboard inside the onesie so when I painted the necklace the paint leaked through.  Luckily, I found out that you can semi-easily remove acrylic paint from clothes so I will be doing that at some point.

I got the idea for the onesie from this blog post and found great tips on how to dye fabric from this post.  Once I was armed with all the information I was ready to get started (for the second time).

Make sure you follow the directions on the inside of your dye box exactly!  I used a bucket instead of the sink to put the hot dye in and lined the bucket with a plastic trash bag, which made it easier to clean!  I also added twice the amount of water and only left the onesie in the dye water for about ten minutes because I wanted to end up with a charcoal grey color, instead of black.

What You’ll Need:

• Onesie – I used a 0-3 month
• Rit-dye in whatever color you want – I used black
• White acrylic paint
• A pencil with an unused eraser
• A rounded sponge – I used the smaller side
• Cardboard to stop the paint from leaking through the fabric
• Large oval cutout to use to paint the necklace

I used the large oval cutout to get the perfect arch for the necklace and I used the rounded sponge for the circles.  I had to go over the circles three times to make sure there was a nice layer of paint on the onesie.  Then I let the strand dry for a few hours (I was being extra cautious, you’d be fine after an hour) before starting on the second strand.

Follow the same instructions above for the second and third strands.

I wasn’t able to take pictures while I was making the fabric flower since I was the only one home at the time.  However, I found a great link a few days ago on Pinterest that gives you so many options for fabric flowers!  The one I made is called the Rosette Flower (just a tighter version).  It was really easy, after I burned my fingers a few times!

I attached the flower by hand sewing it into position.  You could also use a safety pin in case you didn’t want to use it for a day, but I thought that if it came undone it would make for a pretty unhappy child.  To me, sewing was the best option.

The onesie was a huge hit at the baby shower.  Someone even said they would wear an adult version if they were available (future shop idea?).  I love that there are so many options for this outfit and it’s completely customizable.  You can do pretty much whatever you want and it will still come out looking great!

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