I love the simple animals on the IKEA burp cloths, and I thought they would make cute embroidery patterns.
To make E's shirt, I photocopied the burp cloth, cut out the pictures that I liked, traced over the lines with an iron on pencil, and ironed the design onto a t-shirt. I embroidered over the pattern using the backstitch. This was fast and simple to do. I've embroidered several bibs and a couple of onesies with the different IKEA animals, but the monkey is my favorite. I plan to embroider several more t-shirts for E to wear...they are so much easier than onesies now that she is using the potty often (more on that in an EC post!).
Did you use a stabilizer inside the shirt? I've been planning an embroidery project on a shirt of similar fabric, but couldn't find stabilizer and feel jinxed w/out it... (I've never done this type of embroidery before.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing the project - it's adorable!
Very cute. That's such a great idea.
ReplyDeleteI didn't use a stabilizer. Although it is a good idea! So far the embroidery has held up very well, and she has worn the shirt often. I always wash it on delicate...
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