Onesie Tutorial!

Finally, the onesie tutorial that I said I'd post! For the three onesies I am showing you, I used this stamp set, Sweet Kawaii, by My Cute Stamps.

Here are the other supplies. I didn't want to clutter my post with too many links, so the product and shopping deets are at the very end.

1. Stamp the image on the onesie using Brilliance Ink. Heat set it for a few seconds with your heat gun.

2. While the fabric is still warm, quickly color the image with Copics. The heat will help the alcohol evaporate more quickly, decreasing bleeding. Thanks to Marianne Walker for that tip!

If you don't have Copic markers, you can buy fabric markers at any craft store for a buck or two each. Copics look much better, imo, but the fabric markers are an inexpensive and widely available option.

Compare - Copics above, fabric markers below.

3. Stamp or iron on writing if desired.

About the T-shirt Transfers....

You just print pictures, text, whatever on your printer and iron it on to your fabric. When doing text, you need to print backwards. The T-shirt Transfers came with a free disk that is supposed to help you reverse your text. That disk made my computer poop itself, but no matter, because it's really easy to print your font backwards without it. Here's how:

On your regular print dialogue box, hit Properties in the upper right corner, select the Finishing tab, then in the lower right corner, click Mirror Image.

You may notice the bottle of Stickles in the first pic. Here's where my project took a turn towards fiasco. I wanted to try adding sparkle to the images, so I researched and found that Stickles are safe for fabric. Safe, yes, permanent, NO. I put Stickles over the images and it was adorable, but I ran them under water and it quickly rinsed away. Hrrrmm, not impressed. Art Institute makes clear glitter glue for fabric, I think that paired with translucent glitter will give the same pretty results and will be washable. I've ordered some to try out, lets just pretend that I used that here, ok? ;)

So here are three finished onesies with glitter. They are really cute in person, even Jesse thought so!

Another note about washing. Copic states on their site that some of the colors will bleed or fade when washed. I washed my monster onesie from a previous post and did have a little fading, but not enough to ruin it. Of course, I washed it on heavy duty with bleach. If you use the iron on transfers, be sure to turn the clothing inside-out before washing, or the writing will crack and peel.

What and where to buy:

Eclectic Paperie:

Brilliance Ink

Copics

Stickles (non-washable projects only)

Amazon.com:

Avery T-Shirt Transfers

Gerber Onesies

Art Glitter:

Ultrafine Transparent Glitter

Fabric Dries Clear Adhesive - (for washable projects)

I hope that's helpful to those of you who had questions!