So what exactly do you do with a onesie shirt when your little girl is potty trained?  You certainly can’t put it on her since she can’t deal with the snaps.  Just turn it into a little dress!

Tiger Dress

This was a plain brown Old Navy onesie. 

  • First, I cut the bottom off the top, right above where the leg holes started.
  • Then, out of the skirt fabric, I cut a 3″ strip that was as wide as the stretched knit material would likely go.  I needed this to go over her head so that is why I used that measurement.  Next, I cut a 45″ x 8″ piece for the skirt.  
  • Out of scrap fabric, I cut out the tiger and leaves and affixed to the shirt using double sided iron-on interfacing.  Then I used the button-hole zig zag stitch to permanently affix to the fabric.
  • I sewed up the skirt seam and gave it a simple fold over hem.  I gathered the un-hemmed seam and attached the smaller piece.  Next I folded over the smaller piece side so the edges were enclosed and topstitched.
  • Lastly I attached the skirt section to the knit shirt, making sure the stretch was even.  I used a zig zag stitch.  Then I topstiched it again with a straight stitch.
  • Clear as mud?  Thought so…just thought I would include what I did in case anyone was interested…