So this week is the official start of my business taking off. I got two orders this week, one for the straight tutu's and onesies on my site (from a friend of a friend) and another custom order from a lady at my church. She just would not accept that I haven't done any cute girlie onesies and challenged me to come up with something cute for the tutu's she picked out. This was not an easy task (one reason I like the ties is that it's all straight lines, most girlie things like flowers and butterflies are all curved edges). So, baby went down for a nap and I got to problem solving. First I tried to sew butterflies with the wrong side of the fabric out so the edges would be clean (problem: i have no idea what i'm doing and they looked AWFUL!!!) Second I tried to overcast the edges so that there wouldn't be any fraying when washed (problem: they are so flippin small that my presser foot literally took over the entire butterfly so that i could no longer see what i was doing) Lastly I decided that a simple zigzag stitch would be the most forgiving and that I would just cut out the butterflies after stitching (They finally turned out!!) I might not have had so many issues if I was doing a straight appliquéd piece but I was obsessed with figuring out how to make them 3 dimensional. All in all I'm pretty happy with how they turned out and I'm stoked that my free time is starting to pay off.
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