Kangaroo Pocket Onesie Tutorial

The kangaroo pocket – the only pocket I know of where you can twiddle your thumbs while keeping your hands inside your pocket. Pretty cool.  Let’s add one to a onesie, shall we?

Here’s what you need:

• plain, prewashed onesie
• 8″ x 5″ rectangle of knit fabric
• optional: another rectangle of knit fabric, slightly larger than the first (I used a thin jersey fabric)
• sewing machine with coordinating thread
• fabric scissors
• pins

The steps for this onesie are pretty simple.  First you make the kangaroo pocket.  But how?

Start with your rectangle of fabric.

Fold in half and cut a “swoop” (that’s a technical term) out of the corner.  When you unfold it, you will have this:

This is optional, but I traced my pocket shape onto a second fabric, cutting it about 1/4″ – 3/8″ larger on each side.  Not optional: zig-zag the swoops.

Pin your pocket to the onesie.

Zig-zag the bottom, sides, and top – NOT the swoops.

(I ironed it after I finished, because ironing gets all the weird stretches out.)

Now I could have stopped there, but I’m a glutton for punishment sometimes.  So, I cut out two partial circles and fastened them to the back.  Here’s an in-progress pic below.

I just needed a little more contrast to the white.  I initially tried a contrasting trim all around the neckline, but that wasn’t working as easily as I hoped.  So the half-circle-on-the-back-idea was my next best option.

This is how it finished out:

Because the pocket is all made of knitted material, I didn’t worry about folding anything under or seam allowances or anything like that.  In fact, I intentionally sewed the pocket on the way I did because I thought the rolled edges of the pocket would give it a casual, fun look.

Plenty of personality, right?

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