Infant Boy Clothes: Tie Onesie Tutorial

Today, let’s do something for the boys; I don’t usually have much in the realm of infant boy clothes.  In a previous post, I wrote about how adding a faux tie makes a darling look for little boys, and when I wrote that I was sincere.  Naturally, I had to give it a try for my onesie embellishment series, but I was going to make it my version of the tie onesie.  I’ve seen a lot of “tie” onesies on Etsy and even other places online, other tutorials, etc., but I’ve never seen a tie that actually flopped like a tie.  Maybe there’s a reason that I don’t know yet, but I decided my tie tutorial was going to flap like a real tie!  Ha, ha!  So here it goes:

You will need:

• plain, prewashed onesie
• coordinating fabric for the tie pieces
• sewing machine
• coordinating thread
• fabric scissors
• fusible interfacing (such as heat n’ bond)
• iron
• sew-in interfacing (or you can use more fusible if you want)

To start, I made my pattern.  Because the bottom part of my tie was going to “flap,” my pattern had to be in two parts.  So I have my “knot” part and my “flap” part below.  I needed to cut out one knot piece from fabric and one piece from my fusible interfacing; my flap piece needed two pieces from the fabric and one piece from the sew-in interfacing (hence the notes below).  I’ve created a template for the ties pieces that you can download here.

After I cut out my template, I cut out my pieces.  The sew-in interfacing for the “flap” part, as I’m calling it, is mainly for stability and structure.

For the flap part of my tie, I sandwiched the interfacing between the tie pieces and sewed all the way around.  Then I pinned it on my plain white onesie and zig-zagged it in place (as it’s diagrammed below) to keep it really secure.  The edges will fray some, but I kinda like how that looks.

Then I ironed on my fusible interfacing to the piece of fabric for the knot according to the package instructions.

Then I cut out the knot shape, tucked it under the neckline as best I could, and ironed it onto the onesie so it overlapped the zig-zagged part of the tie.  Then I just sewed around the edge of the knot piece, mainly for looks.

And there it is!

Here is my little model, she even models boys clothes on occasion!

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