Ellie's Birthday Shirt

I had a hard time deciding what Ellie should wear to her 1st birthday party. Yes, I know she'll only be ONE and this isn't her prom or wedding or something where the outfit is uber important but still...If you know me, you get it..

So I found a picture of an outfit online that I liked but it didn't coordinate with E's party and it would take too long to get it here (I found it last night and I need the outfit by Thursday morning for her 1 year pictures.). So I went about figuring out a way to make it myself.

I found a tutorial for how to make ribbon flowers on you tube. Here's my own mini tutorial:

Cut a circle out of cardstock (the size you want the flower to end up).

You can use any width of ribbon you want. Now the length you cut your ribbon is really a toss up. For this circle, I used a yard and a half. This was litterally my first time to do this so I winged it..I over cut the first one just in case.

Ok..so get your hot glue gun going and attach one end of the

ribbon with a dot of glue in the center of the cardstock circle.

Then loop the ribbon to tie a knot and glue that down over what you just glued.

 Once that dries a bit, begin twisting your ribbon around that know, gluing it down in a few places as you go. You'll do this until the whole circle is filled with twisted ribbon.

Once you come to the end of your circle, wrap the ribbon over the edge and glue it down on the back. Then trim any leftover ribbon. You should have a ribbon flower that you could use on picture frames, headbands, or like I did...on a shirt. I practiced a few last night before I made these. And I know this tutorial is lacking, but its my first one so bear with me. Google "how to make ribbon flowers" and you'll see tons of helpful videos on you tube.

 To make her shirt, I just appliqued her onesie with the cupcake bottom, candle, and flame and sewed them down. 

 

To attach the ribbon flowers, I tried to sew them on at first but with the cardstock backing it was too hard. SO..I...you'll never believe this..I sewed some fabric where the flowers would go and HOT GLUED the ribbon flowers to the onesie.

 

 I sure hope it stays long enough to make it through her photo shoot and a little bit of her party! Hope you like it! I think it turned out pretty good for my first go at it.

What do you think?

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