I dragged out my blessed machine and went to work on an easy little baby gift! My friend is having a baby girl next month and has the theme of little lambs in the room. Found some nice fabric and got busy. This is a easy gift to make, and won't break the bank. A bit more than I usually spend, but she is a special friend.
- Start with 1/3 yards of fabric per 2 diapers. I bought 3, 1/3 yards for the 6 diapers I will cover and sew. The diapers are the pre-folded Gerber from Target, they are everywhere. Don't get the unfolded ones...no no...won't work.
- Wash it all (cold water)
- Iron it all
- Cut the fabric in about 20-21 inches by 6-7 inches. Depends on the size of the cloth diaper and how you want it to look.
- Iron the ends under all at once, (saves time) and pin on the diaper for the middle strip.
- Try to find contrasting thread colors to stand out a bit, or you can match if you must.
- Sew as close as you can to the edge, it looks better than further in.
- Use a variety of stitches too, if you wish. You don't just have to use the straight line option.
- Cut all the extra threads off, fold, and use the scraps as the ribbon to tie together. This is my very first tutorial...hope it makes at leat 24% of sense!
2 comments:
I've seen these on Etsy...people try to sell them for a ridiculous amount...whatever! They turned out great :) Very cool. I LOVE sewing the doesn't require patterns!
Jill, this is an amazing tutorial. Easy to understand, great pictures and a beautiful, useful, economical finished product! Very nice! You should think about eventually publishing a book of ideas-I mean it.
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