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Sweet!
(And I love all the pinning,girls after my own heart)
Well, we thought we’d outgrow this habit as we improved….but if YOU’RE still doing it, we’re a hopeless cause!!
If you still want the look of piping and you want it to still stretch, try buying another color of onesie in the same size cut a one inch strip from the same spot as the white onesie, fold it in half and insert it where the piping goes and sew around. It will be flat piping but give you the same sweet look !and it will stretch.
Would it work to just do the piping in the front so the back still has the stretch? The sac fabric or another knit fabric could be used for piping.
As I was reading this I was wondering how you would get a real baby (or even a doll LOL) into that meticulously piped bodice (there’s a reason that dresses have zippers or button plackets that extend down through the waistline seam).
Suggestion to get the piped look but retain the stretch– use foldover elastic, folded in half, inserted in the seam as you would piping, being careful not to stretch the elastic as you sew, so as not to draw up the bodice. You want it to look flat, like your piping would, but then be able to stretch as needed when dressing baby. Stitch the seam with either a narrow zigzag,or better yet, a three step zigzag so that your stitches won’t pop when you stretch the finished garment.
I have done this to “pipe” top and bottom of an inset yoke on a dress that I made of a stretchy knit instead of a woven and omitted the back opening altogether. I used the same foldover elastic around the neckline and the dress went on right over the child’s head.
Where did you find the precious knits?
The skirt fabrics were cotton . . . not knit on these. We did some other ones that were completed with knit, but not these.
I think these are so sweet. I have also seen them made with minky on the bottom. Lovely!