Diaper Bag

Stash Busting!~!

I'm hard at work trying to bust some of my stash. (there is the possibility that I'm adding to my stash too, but I won't mention that)

Several years ago, I found this fabric that I love!  Do you remember the blue version from my car seat cover?    I of course bought several yards of it.  (in case of a craft emergency, of course).  My plan was to make a crib bedding set.  But since Cooper was born a boy...

I did make 2 of these diaper bags a few years ago.  I've modified them each time I've made them.  The first one was too soft.  I changed the the interfacing I used, but the second one I thought was too short.  (this is starting to sound like a Goldilocks story!) 

I think this one turned out great.  I did enlarge it from the last two. There are three pockets on the inside. I made the bottom removable so you can wash it after either your spill Cheerios or diaper cream in the bottom. The bottom fabric Velcro’s onto the cardboard and can also be removed and washed.

This fabric was cut out for about 2 years.  I was excited remove it from the list of things to get done.  Now it is moved to the "who do I give this to" list. 

Are you working on your stash?  I have a folding table in my craft room with the current projects I'm working on stacked.  That way, when I have a few minutes to go down there, I have lots of projects to pick from, depending on my mood.

Car Seat Tent

The first time I heard of the car seat tent was when I received one when my youngest was born. Before then, I was totally deprived and had to use a blanket on top of the baby car seat.

Since I know two babies born in my life in the last month, a nephew and a practically nephew (is that what you call the son of the woman who is "practically" your sister?) I decided I wanted to make a couple of these awesome inventions.

It just so happened that day that on Summo's Sweet Stuff blog, she had posted a great tutorial. So I didn't even have to make it up as I went.

The baby's Mama's have very different personalities, so the tents came out very different. First tent, I'll call "Vintage Baby Boy".

I ABSOLUTELY adore this fabric. I have it in pink too. I made several diaper bags out of it a few years ago. Thinking about making a few more, but no one seems to be having girls!

Pictures don't really do it justice, but I forgot to take any until I delivered the present, oops!~

On my second tent, I was feeling a little braver and added my own special touch. I call him "Baby Monkey". Not very clever, I know. I spent all my creativity making the darn thing.

I cut the monkey out on my cricut. It only took me 10 tries, but I finally found the wonder under that worked the best. ***Tip*** cut it fabric side down, that way the blade doesn't catch on the fabric.

I appliqued my cute baby monkey on the bottom right side on the contrasting fabric.

I love the bows on the tents for the girls, but for the boys, I wasn't so sure. I went with buttons our of my button box.

So I gave away my baby car seat when my little boy grew out of it a few months ago. I of course didn't remember this until I tried to take a picture of my tent. The closest thing I could find....Cooper's 4 wheeler. Same size, same shape, just no handle.

Anyway, I hope they love them as much as I did. I think they are a must for winter babies.