carseat canopy

Carseat Canopy.

So I bought the material to do this a long long time ago and totally forgot about it until the other day when I was cleaning my craft room and found it so I decided to make the canopy before I forgot again. I did take some pictures of the process but they really didn't turn out at all so I will just tell you how I did it without the step by step pictures. It is really easy and just a few steps. The front of mine ( the pink) is just regular cotton material. The back is white minky material. If you buy a yard and a  half you will have plenty of material with some to spare. 

Step 1. Cut out your material. Mine was 42 1/2 by 28 1/2.

Step 2. Put the right sides together and sew around the sides. I noticed it was easier to sew the minky if it was on the bottom I dont know why. Sew all the way around but leave a small hole so you can flip it back with the right sides out.  I sewed mine with about 1/4 inch seem allowance.

Step 3. Turn it so right sides are facing out and sew all the way around it again closing up the hole this time. When i sewed all the way around this time i went as close to the edge as I could. 

Step 4. Cut out 4 straps. Mine were 8 inches by 2 1/2 inches.  

Step 5. Sew the right sides together and leave one end open to flip. 

Step 6. Flip material so the right sides are out and sew the one side shut. 

Step 7. I measured down 18 inches on the canopy and sewed a straight line all the way across this way it will hold the 2 fabrics together so when it is hanging the bottom wont fall down into the babies face. 

Step 8. Sew Velcro on to the straps.

Step 9. I measured down 18 inches so right where the line was that I sewed across and 8 inches in from the side and that is where i sewed my straps. and then i did the same on the other side 18 inches down and 8 inches in.

And your done!! Its as easy as that! 

Hopefully my instructions are easy enough to follow if you have questions please feel free to contact me or leave a comment. I would love any feed back anyone has! Thanks.


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fabric flower #3

Fabric Bow



These bows are super easy to make and look really cute on new babies or older todlers which ever you prefer. They really only take maybe 5 minutes.

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Material

Sissors

Needle

Thread

 

 

Step 1: cut out a strip of fabric. Now this may change depeding on your style and how big or small you want the bow. I cut mine 7 inches by 2 inches. Then cut out a smaller strip which will go around the center of the bow i cut mine 5 inches by 1/4 of an inch.



Now fold your fabric so they over lap a little bit and then sew a loose stich up the middle. Make sure to go through the front of the fabric as well not just the back. (pictures below)

 

 

Now pull the thread tight so it scrunches up the middle and tie it off.

 

 

Now you wrap the smaller strip you cut around the middle to hide the stich. and you can either hot glue it on there or sew the back with a few stiches to keep it on there either way.

 

* what i did was lay my bow on to a headband ( I crochet all my headbands but I am sure it would work with the elastic headbands you buy also) then i wrap the smaller strip around my bow and my headband and that is how i attach the bow to the headband and then stich the back with 2 stiches just to keep it on. That way if i want to change headbands or something i can just cut the strip in the middle and it wont ruin my bow.

 

baby mobile

Baby Mobile

So I saw a bunch of these on pinterest and decided to make one. It was super easy to make I didn't spend a penny, granted i had all the things i needed but i think it would be pretty cheap if you had to buy everything Sorry the pictures aren't that good they were taken with my phone and the lighting is bad in that room. I will just tell you how i made it and you can do your own variation of it or copy me.

- I found scrapbook paper that I thought would go together. I tried to get some plain colors because my kids will be sharing a room so some green and brown and pink to tie it all together.

- I cut out circles using my cricut machine. I cut some 2 inch and 2.5 inch and 3 inch just different sizes. I honestly dont know how much i cut. A lot because i 2 together so there was a color front and back. I had 9 rows with 4 or 5 circles on each row.

- Then i layed out my circles how i wanted them and sewed them together with my sewing machine. I tried to make them all different lengths.

Then I just tied all the strings around a embrodery ring and one in the middle. and i was finished!

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