Find an animal that "speaks" to you. Choosing one with a simpler shape, less sharp points or legs, may serve you well when it comes to the stitching, unless your advanced in free motion quilting then you have no need to worry about that. To find an animal shape you can do a google image search of any animal name + silhouette and you will find ample examples to draw from or print and trace. Or you could print and use one of my little animal silhouettes.
Size your animal however big or small you like, trace and cut out.
Cut a piece of Wonder-Under large enough to fit the entire animal with some overhang. Iron the glue side of your Wonder-Under down onto the wrong side of your silhouette fabric.
Lay animal on top the Wonder-Under paper, taking care that the animal is facing the opposite way you'd like it to be in your final project, trace and cut out your silhouette.
Simple as that!!! Now use your little shadowy friend on a tote, a t-shirt or anywhere you like!
My foxy friend ended up here...
on the pocket of a new Mei Tai carrier.
I love this new carrier. It's comfortable to wear and not too fussy. The one confusion I ran into when working with the Sew Liberated pattern is that the main panel pattern piece mentions cutting it out of 2 layers of flannel for lining but that is not mentioned anywhere in the instructions, nor does it call for flannel in the supply list. I'm assuming this was something they forgot to edit out. I originally added the 2 layers of flannel and was unhappy with it, too heavy and thick, unnecessary. So I got out the old seam-ripper, took them out and reassembled with just the main fabric panels. Now I'm very happy and so is baby Camilla!
Oh and just a note: I meant nothing by putting a FOX on my baby's butt! I didn't even think about it until later... I just really like little foxes, I've been seeing them quite a bit lately, they're so cute and they seem to be a pretty popular and reoccurring theme in the craft world, one of my favorites right here. Though she is a "foxy" little baby, I wasn't consciously making that reference! ;)
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Glad to see you are enjoying that mei tai! We still use ours, but less often now that it's a bit hot for the flannel :) Have you tried back carries with it? If you need help, there are babywearing meetings at Sprout Soup!
Oh, btw, this is Jennifer! Ran into you with Alice in our mei tai at Northstar when you were ~36wks with Camilla.
I've been looking for some animal shapes to applique, thank you April!
Very Very Cute!
Adorable!
cute carrier! I think I need to make one for (eventual) baby #2! ;-) And I'm printing those animal silhouettes! Too stinking adorable! I think I may applique them onto onesies for a craft show I'm participating in - in Nov! Yay! Great work April!
That is so cute! I love the animal silhouette on the pocket and the ticking fabric is a great choice. You have inspired me to try the silhouettes, thanks. I made the same pattern for a gift for a dear friend, they now are using it for baby #2. Ran into the same confusion on flannel, and figured they didn't edit it out. I do have a question? Did you make the bottom straps longer? The Mom says the knot in the back bothers her. Also she would like me to put foam padding in shoulder...wondered your thoughts? Thanks
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