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YOU MADE IT!

 BABY LAYETTE D

by

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D

Now you're ready to follow the

7

EASY STEPS

to

designer baby layettes

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STEP 1

Get the 2 free programs you need and sign up for the free Spoonflower printing company account.  Follow the video below for

HOW TO GET POWER POINT - GIMP - SPOONFLOWER.

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STEP 2

Make a folder on your hard drive named BABY LAYETTE.

Follow the video below to do this.

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STEP 3

If you're going to design with

Computer Digital Art:

Find the Power Point (PPT)baby layette template files below and download them to the BABY LAYETTE folder you just created on your hard drive.  

If you're going to design with

Hand Drawing Art:

Find the Power Point (PPT)baby layette template files below plus the corresponding PDFs (PDF) and download them to the BABY LAYETTE folder you just created on your hard drive.  

3-6 months

Layette D

6-12 months

Layette D

3-6 months

Layette D

6-12 months

Layette D

For Those Creating Paper Art

Simply create it on PDF print-out sheets - crayons/paint/markers/3D compositions -and take an excellent photo of all pages with your cell phone.

Like this - squarely

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Not like this

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Upload it to your computer,

crop, edit for brightness and color,

save to Baby Layette folder.

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STEP 4

Now in your folder, right-click that Power Point document and make a COPY of it which can be renamed if desired, best advice is to AVOID USING THE ORIGINAL POWER POINT.  Follow the video below to do this.

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STEP 5

If You're Using PowerPoint

Open the Power Point document COPY of your choice and begin designing. 

Follow videos below according to your choice of artwork.  Hand Drawn Paper Art Users should view Digital Art Users training before advancing.

Digital Art Users

(creative commons/clip art or your own digital art)

Part A

Hand Drawn Paper Art Users

(crayon/paint/markers/3D compositions)

Part 1

Digital Art Users

(creative commons/clip art or your own digital art)

Part B

Hand Drawn Paper Art Users

(crayon/paint/markers/3D compositions)

Part 2

Digital Art Users

(creative commons/clip art or your own digital art)

Part C

Hand Drawn Paper Art Users

(crayon/paint/markers/3D compositions)

Part 3

Digital Art Users

(creative commons/clip art or your own digital art)

Part D

Hand Drawn Paper Art Users

(crayon/paint/markers/3D compositions)

Part 4

If You're Using Google Drive

(now you know why you got a Google account)

Watch the videos geared toward PowerPoint users above because you'll need to know the same navigation basics to manage Google Drive where you'll convert the PowerPoint(s) to Google Drive Slides and create your artwork.

Then watch the videos below.

Digital Art Users

(creative commons/clip art or your own digital art)

Hand Drawn Paper Art Users

(crayon/paint/markers/3D compositions)

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STEP 6

Next resize the artwork to become fabric print ready.  The following video shows you how to do this in GIMP.

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STEP 7

Sign into Spoonflower and upload the X-file created above.  Follow the video below to learn exactly how to do this and order your designer fabric!

Now that you're finished designing

and are waiting for your fabric to arrive in the mail,

take a look at these 

how-to sewing videos

we've provided for construction guidelines.

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