Little Guy Floppy Tie Tutorial - Baby Tie Onesie

With Easter right around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to re-post my Little Guy Floppy Tie Tutorial.  I shared it several weeks ago on Someday Crafts. 

'Tis the season to make sure our little guys have a spiffy new set of church clothes.  With my older son, his church clothes used to drive me crazy...particularly the shirts.  He looked so cute dressed up, but the button-down shirts seemed bulky and uncomfortable for such a little guy, and the shirts never seemed to stay tucked in...not to mention trying to get a tie to stay on a little guy.

So with our youngest I've gotten smart and made him tie onesies.  I've made a couple versions, but my favorite is this Little Guy Floppy Tie onesie.  This puts a new twist on the classic tie onesie.

Instead of having the whole tie sewn onto the shirt, the tie is loose and just the "knot" part of the tie is sewed down.

My little guy loves having the tie to play with.  I love that I don't have to fight him to keep the tie on and the tie never gets lost.

Little Guy Floppy Tie - Guest Post at Someday Crafts

Today I get to take a break from our For the LOVE of BOOKS series to be part of Crafting for Baby over at Someday Crafts.  With Easter coming up, 'tis the season to make sure our little guys have a spiffy new set of church clothes.  With my older son, this church clothes used to drive me crazy...particularly the shirts.  He looked so cute dressed up, but the button-down shirts seemed bulky and uncomfortable for such a little guy, and the shirts never seemed to stay tucked in...not to mention trying to get a tie to stay on a little guy.

So with our youngest I've gotten smart and made him tie onesies.  I've made a couple versions, but my favorite is this Little Guy Floppy Tie onesie.  This puts a new twist on the classic tie onesie.

Instead of having the whole tie sewn onto the shirt, the tie is loose and just the "knot" part of the tie is sewed down.

Click on over to my guest post at Someday Crafts to see the full Little Guy Floppy Tie tutorial.

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Here's another project that I finished a year ago and never managed to get it posted.  I thought now would be a good time with Easter coming up.

I was reminded of it when I went to make a friend a baby shower gift...paired with some Comfy Newborn Cuffed Pants in grey or black.

Little Boy Neck Ties: Hand-Me-Down REHAB

We were gone for about a week for a family reunion.  I thougtht I might post while I was away, but I was just enjoying vacation and family too much!

But now I'm back and will get back to posting. :)

Ages ago when I first stared this blog, I did a tutorial for making little boy neckties out of a regular necktie and elastic (no sewing machine required!) .  I never got around to making one for Boy, but since my sister got married a last month, I figured he needed a real tie to wear to the wedding since he'd outgrown his old one.

Doesn't he look sharp?

A tie so cool he even looks handsome playing in the dirt.

And it's comfortable enough, he doesn't even know it's there most of the time...and if he does notice it, he can't take it off...a big advantage over clip-ons.

The ties were 50 cents a piece at the thrift store or you could use one that Dad doesn't wear anymore. 

You can find my tutorial for the ties here or if you like his church pants that you can make from a pair of garage sale pants without a pattern, click here.

I'm linking to:

Make Your Own Baby Ties (with Optional Matching Toddler Tie)

Update April 2011:  Since this was one of my very first posts, I've updated it with some newer pictures of the finished product.  I've used this tutorial several more times, and the ties always look great.  Little Brother hardly notices it's on, so he's not pulling at it...and they don't come off since they're held on with elastic instead of a clip.

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Because afterall, you want your Little Man to look dashing even when he's playing in the dirt.