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Nesting with Sewing in No Mans Land

February 6, 2012 · Delia 6 Comments

Happy Monday!

Today, we have Kelly from Sewing in No Mans Land with us.

This beautiful mom is an amazing sewer with a slew of great patterns on her site. And her photography, nothing short of stunning and professional. Every shot. I love visiting her site, because I always leave amazed and inspired.聽

Today she’s sharing a very useful sewing project for her sweet little Chloe whom she had just three months ago. Here’s Kelly…

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Hi Delia Creates readers! I am Kelly from Sewing In No Mans Land and I am so excited to be here! Since I just had my own munchkin three months ago I am really enjoying this series and all the incredible inspiration! Before I had Chloe I had the best intentions of making her some sleep sacs. I absolutely hate dealing with snaps in the middle of the night and promised myself that this time around I would put her in jammies with no hardware ha! Of course life happened and I never got a chance to make them. So when Delia asked me to be part of this series I knew exactly what I was going to make, the Count Sheep Sleeper:

I bet you have all the things you need to make these cute little sleepers lying around your sewing room and believe me when I say they are SUPER easy!
Material list:
A onsie (new or old)
A quarter yard of fabric
Elastic
Any sort of embellishment you may want

If you only have old onsies you can always dye them! These onesie were new but I tea died them because I really wanted that vintagey feel. It worked great! (4 lipton black teas bags to a boil, stick in onsies and let simmer for a while until they reach the desired color, cold rinse and let sit then throw in the wash before putting on your munchkin). I also decided to embellish my tops with some pre made doiles. You might want to do this at the beginning. I just used wonder under to attach mine and it work like a charm! First take your 1/4 year of fabric, fold it in half and sew up the side. This will be your back seam:

Now take your onsie and cut it right above the midsection

That is it!! I really LOVE how it looks on… of course I love anything on Chloe!
Now let the sleeping begin! Or at least the dreaded tummy time right?
At least she will look cute going it!
Thanks so much Delia for having me! I can’t wait for your fluffy nest to greet your new bubs! Welcome to the world of sewing for your own baby girl. Its the best!!
Cheers!
Kelly

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I love that fabric and I am definitely going to have to try tea dying!
Thank you so much for nesting with me Kelly.

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  1. Lynn says

    February 6, 2012 at 2:21 PM

    Oh, too cute! I will have to customize for a boy!

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  2. jenette or more commonly known as "j" says

    February 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM

    Cute photos! Nifty idea 馃檪

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  3. Lucija says

    February 8, 2012 at 3:04 PM

    Kell麓s idea is great!
    I was just wandering, if the color would rinse by washing?

    And another thing, did you know your "Freshly picked baby hats" were featured on http://www.copyepaste.com/2012/02/camisetas-velhas.html

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  4. Tara says

    February 15, 2012 at 4:07 PM

    What did she do with the other end of the skirt part? Leave it open or put elastic in it?

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  5. Maria says

    September 6, 2014 at 9:43 PM

    Hi!!
    Great tutorial!
    I was wondering where you got your doilies ? Or did you make them ?

    Thanks,
    Maria

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    • Delia says

      September 9, 2014 at 12:30 PM

      Hi Maria!

      This is a guest post, but I believe Kelly bought them at a craft/fabric store. I think the dollar store may even carry them from time to time.

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