With my niece now expecting a baby and future daughter0in0law
sister expecting, I am looking for different things to make. Basically, my normal blankets and crocheting
booties.
Sweet
Dreams DIY Nursery Door Latch Cover
Materials:
fun printed cotton 2 hair elastics sewing
machine and basic supplies (scissors, pins, thread, etc.)
Directions:
Start by cutting two 3″ x 4″ rectangles out of your cotton
fabric. Set one rectangle on your table, printed side up. Place one elastic on
top of the rectangle so that a bit of it hangs off the short left side of the
fabric, and place the other elastic similarly on the right side. Place the
other rectangle on top of the elastics, printed side down. Pin the fabric and
elastics well, and sew all the way around all four edges with 1/4″ seam
allowance, leaving a 2″ hole for turning in one of the long edges. Go back and
forth a few times over the elastic to make sure it is secure. Clip the corners
and turn the latch cover right side out then top stitch all the way around with
1/8″ seam allowance in order to close the turning hole. And you’re done! Your
elastics should be sticking out of either short edge. Make your own nursery
door latch cover so you don't wake the baby when you shut the door! Perfect
baby shower gift! If you pay attention when cutting your original rectangles of
fabric, you can choose which parts of the fabric show in your final latch
cover. Just slip the elastic over a doorknob, wrap the cover around the edge of
the door, and hook the other elastic over the doorknob on the other side.
Polka
Dots Crib Mobile
Materials: fabric, embroidery hoop without screw, iron
on adhesive, pen and circle (lid), iron, ribbon or string, pins, scissors
Directions:
Trace the circles on the paper side of the adhesive. You will
need 1 per side of fabric; so, each circle you will need 2 pieces of adhesive
for each dot. Cut each with a square
shape will explain later.
Iron each circle on the wrong side of the fabric. Remember to
iron on each adhesive. Cut around each
circle.
Lay your ribbon out and peel backing off the circles. Sandwich the ribbon in between the circles
and iron them together. Leave enough
ribbon to tie to hoop later.
Sew a straight line down the middle each completed circle. No
need to sew around each circle. The glue
from the adhesive will hold it.
The easiest way to paint the hoop and beads is to use spray
paint. To paint the beads, the floral
syrofoam (green stuff) and bamboo skewers. Cut skewers to around 4 inches
long. Make sure that beads stay
suspended on the skewers and don’t fall all the way to the bottom. If they do, wrap a layer on masking tape in
the middle of the skewer to keep them suspended.
Paint top portion of beads and then when dry, flip the beads
over on the skewers and paint the other side.
This can also be hand done with acrylic paints.
Determine where you want the strings to be by using pins.
Hot glue ribbons over the hoop. Trim ends of ribbon and seal
with heat or no fray adhesive.
Attach strings or beads in between spaces on hoop. You can use beading wire and crimp beads to
connect together. Use key rings attach
string or wires together hang from hoop at the top.
Use 6 circles for 4 ribbons and 7 circles on the other 4. See
picture below:
Super
Simple Burp Cloth
Materials: ten-pack
of prefold premium 6-ply cloth diapers with absorbent padding, some cotton fat
quarters [fat quarters (22″ x 18″)], 7 different fabrics to work with; each fat
quarter provides enough fabric for 3 burp cloths.
Directions:
Prewash, iron, and cut your fabric. Put both the cloth diapers
and fat quarters in the washer and dryer to remove “road dirt” and to preshrink
them. After ironing, cut your fabric
into strips that were 22″ long x 5 and 3/4″ wide. Don’t stress too much over perfect
dimensions.
Press your fabric using a cardboard template. You can use a cereal box to create a template
that was 4 and 3/4″ wide x 17″ long. The
width is the most important dimension.
Using a template instead of a seam gauge will end up saving you loads of
time when pressing. Just place your
fabric down wrong side up, pop in your template, and press down 1/2″ on either
side quickly and easily. Leave about 1
and 1/4″ from the top, and don’t worry about the bottom edge for now.
Simply folded about 1/4″ of fabric underneath, and then
pressed the rest of the edge over the top of the template, creating a crisp,
clean look.
Pin your fabric to the cloth diaper. FYI: not all cloth diapers are created
equal. Press edge of your fabric over
the middle of the cloth diaper, and center it as best you can the rest of the
way down. Pin the fabric to the cloth
diaper in three places on either side.
Stitch across the top edge.
Carefully turn the cloth to the backside and run a straight stitch
across the top edge of the fabric. Use
2.5 stitch lengths, needle set to the left, and simply lined the left side of
my presser foot up with the left side of the fabric and ran the stitch
across. Stitch down the right edge and
up the left edge of the fabric. After
flipping the cloth back to the front, use the ever-so-faint center line on the presser
foot to line up the right edge of the fabric.
You really want to get pretty close to the edge on this part, pulling
out pins as you go. After back stitching
at the bottom of the right edge, start a new stitch up the left side. You should now have the top, right, and left
edges stitched up.
Press the bottom edge.
Cut off the excess fabric at the bottom so you end up with about 1 and
1/4″ remaining. Press the fabric the
same way you did the top edge.
Stitch across the bottom edge; same as before. Then, press your seams, and etc.
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