As If I Didn't Have Enough To Do...

You might remember a really cute onesie with a tie on it that Noah had...he outgrew it pretty quickly, and we were really sad about this because we thought it was super cute. Well, I decided to take a stab at making my own version using some of the leftover material from Noah's curtain project last week...
I googled for a tutorial online but all of them were applique and had the whole tie attached to the onesie. I wanted my tie to "flap". The one tutorial I found that agreed with me left the outer edge to unravel, which I didn't want. So here's my first attempt...No judging! :)

I started by printing a template I found online, cut it out, and pinned it to the material. I pinned the knot to the folded edge so I could reverse it smoothly (you'll see later..)

This is the knot unfolded. I folded the top edges down just a hair and ran a straight stitch along it to keep it from unraveling.

At the same time I pinned two pieces of the tie part together, wrong sides on the outside and ran a stitch along the outer edge (but not along the top.)

Then I folded the knot with the wrong sides on the outside and ran a stitch along the sides (but not the top or bottom).

And then pushed the bottom in between the two layers and out the top, so now the knot is right side out, and ironed it flat.

I did the same thing to reverse the tie, making it right side out, and ironed it flat.

With these two pieces being the end result.

Using iron-on hem tape, I attached the knot to the tie, and then attached the knot to the onesie.

And ta-da! The cutest onesie I've ever made! :) 

Now there is probably a much better way to do this...I am by no means a professional, but I thought this was a decent first attempt! I learned from this first one (to make bigger seams, for example) and hopefully the next one will be even better. I'm planning on using material from a button down shirt that Daniel no longer wants...

Also, I did all of this, AND made this blog post, in the time it took Noah to nap. So excited to have put my sewing machine to use again!