Making Childrens Clothing Cute

Childrens Clothing that was for Sale made with PaperCraft Dies

Just look at these beautiful outfits! Most of the pretty Childrens Clothing shown on this page was made with Cutting and Embossing dies by my friend Kim of KayCey Bee Designs. Kim has used the Stampin' Up! dies to decorate these tops with shapes cut from the matching handmade skirt fabric. Then she has carefully hand embroidered the appliques on to the shirts.

They are lovely outfits and I had agreed to post them here as they were for sale, but now I want to show them as examples of what you can do with your Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine dies. I know crafters like to make special things for their families especially at Christmas and Birthdays. Why not customise a plain t-shirt in a similar way to what is shown here?

Each outfit was unique in that there was only one of each set of handmade apparel available.

Of course, if you own a Stampin' Die Cut and Embossing machine, some dies  and are a dab hand with a needle yourself, you can whip up your own custom-made children's clothing. This page may inspire you to sew and craft and customise your own way instead of moving you to buy ready made clothing!

How to Applique

If you need to learn how to hand applique, you could start with this tutorial.

You can also machine applique shapes. Find out how by starting with this tutorial.

If you already know how to applique, you can purchase ready-made tops and applique your own shapes to them. I would use a small blanket stitch to sew them on once you adhere them with fusible webbing.

A quilting friend may be able to help you learn about this process in person.

Childrens Clothing with Die Cut Embellishments

KayCey Bee Designs Oval die top and skirt, Size 3. Cost is $AUD41.00 (includes postage within Australia. Additional postage required for International buyers). Quote Code KJB001.3

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Kim used her oval dies to make the shapes on this top. You could make them become Easter Eggs quite easily. But they could also become rocks1

KayCey Bee Designs Butterfly die top and skirt, Size 4. Cost is $AUD41.00 (includes postage within Australia. Additional postage required for International buyers). Quote Code KJB001.4

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Kim used a butterfly die to cut shapes from crossword fabric and she even filled out the crosswords with a black fabric pen. You could use this idea to write your own message to the person who is going to wear this shirt.

KayCey Bee Designs Heart die top and skirt, Size 4. Cost is $AUD41.00 (includes postage within Australia. Additional postage required for International buyers). Quote Code KJB002.4

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Kim used layers of hearts to make this embellishment.  Each heart is appliqued on separately.

KayCey Bee Designs Doll top and skirt, Size 4. Cost is $AUD44.00 (includes postage within Australia - additional postage required for International buyers). Quote Code KJB003.4

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A big heart die was chosen here and Kim made a rag doll out of lace pieces to be sewn on top of the heart.

KayCey Bee Designs Flower die top and skirt, Size 6. Cost is $AUD44.00 (includes postage within Australia - additional postage required for International buyers). Quote Code KJB001.

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Kim made flowers with circle and petal dies for this cute t-shirt. I love how she used the same fabric in the skirt to really tie the two clothing pieces together, though they could each be worn separately as well.

I know we were concentrating on little girls' clothing here, but imagine the embellishments you could make for a little boy's t-shirt as well.Here are a couple of ideas for you but I bet you can think of more:

• Follow the ideas I show you here for making a caterpiller shape for example
• Use squares to represent building blocks
• Circles or ovals could become basket balls or footballs
• Build a Minecraft shape with basic squares

Purchasing Die Cutting Machines and Dies

You can order current die cut and embossing machines and dies from me if you live in Australia. Your purchases will come directly to you from the Stampin' Up! warehouse. Payment is required before the order will be made, and you are in control of all that.You can create your own STampin' Up! account by signing up here. It's free!

You could be making your own childrens clothing in no time! And apart from making gifts for loved ones, this is just one more idea for making home crafts into a cottage industry for a little extra income, perhaps at a craft market.

If you come up with more ideas for how to use your dies to decorate clothing, please do show us all by sending me a picture and little story here. It could get published on PaperCRaftCentral.com too.

I am definitely calling embellished clothing Altered Art:

Now you may like to check out these other project ideas on PaperCraftCentral.com, many of which use dies in some way during the creative process:

• More about Altered Art
• 3-D paper crafts
• Making paper flowers
• Giant paper flower tutorial