Tutorial: Pram Liner

Here is my tutorial for a pram liner Hope its easy to understand if you spot any mistakes please let me know and ill correct it.

Put your pram up and measure the length and width MY pram (silvercross 3d) measures 34inches length and 13 inches width. Cut a rectangle out this size and place in pram to make sure it fits.



Make sure its laid flat Now feel where the straps are on my pram there is 5 places Mark a line with biro where these are.



Now take the peice of fabric out of the pram and cut another piece the same size out of the same fleece and also a peice of wadding the same size.
Place a fleece peice pattern facing down, Then wadding on top and then the last fleece peice pattern up. PIn all 3 peices together in several places to stop it moving (no photo sorry)
Then on one side pin bias tape facing down and sew all around. I used 30mm bias i think. You could use a contrasting colour that would look really cool!



Turn the fabric peice round fold the bias tape over and pin all around!





Now sew around the bias to hold it in place



Now cut the slits you marked in biro earlier, Pin along slits to keep the peices of fabric together






Now zig zag along the edges (like you would a button hole)


Now place on pram and push straps through the hole
Heres pics of the finished item!

Tutorial how to make a cot bumper

You will need

2 fabric peices 50 and a half inches long x 14inches deep

Wadding piece same size

and 12 peices of ribbon 9 inches long






I made my own i just used a bumper i had been given and copied it. The measurements are as follows





Hehe do you like my drawing :)

The bumper has ribbons along the top you could also put along bottom if you wanted

If you are doing any decoration do it on one piece of fabric before making the bumper

Get 2 pieces of fabric 50.5 inches x 14 inches

Place them face to face (the pattern facing each other) with the wadding on the top

now mark with a felt tip or biro a small dot 13inches in from either end

Place 2 peices of ribbon at either end of each section (pin it in between the fabric peices)

Sew along the top

(((You should have a fabric peice face up ribbons fabric peice face down and then wadding piece!)))

Now sew along the bottom and down one side and the other side buut leaving a opening of about 10cm

Turn the peice the right way round

and sew up the gap

Now sew a straight line 13 inches in (see the photo) (this forms the fold for placing at top of cot)

If i've made a mistake please let me know

Heres a pic of the finished peice

Tutorial- Making baby dress from tshirt and fabric scraps

This dress is made out of a baby tshirt (i used long sleeved) and long scraps of material for the skirt



You will need:

a baby tshirt in your desired size

and 2 long peices of material 10 inches width x 21 inches length.




Taking the tshirt measure 7 and a half inches from shoulder down. cut across

(I cut off around 3inches from the length (save this piece






Now take the two peices of fabric and place face to face (pattern to pattern) Pin down the shortest sides (the 10inch bit) and sew/serge.

This forms your skirt peice

turn the skirt peice the right way round

and place tshirt on like so



Now pin the middle of one side of the tshirt to the middle of fabric skirt and at both sides

sorry not a great photo




Then sew/serge the skirt peice to the top gathering as you go along every few cms all the way around do the same for the back peice
I seem to do this different everytime and every one i know does it different too as long as the top of the skirt isn't showing from the front it doesn't matter

Turn the dress right way round


optional:

At this point i added my ruffles which where out of the remaining tshirt material

The 2 peices was 6inch x 2.5inch and 5inch x 2.5inch

I pinned at the bottom of the skirt and in the middle starting at the bottom i sewed a straight line gathering as you go along, Do the same for the other piece.






Now i hemed the bottom of the skirt

Thats its done

Pattern: Girls easy summer dress 0-3months ^_^

This summer dress is 0-3months

Print out the two pictures both are A4 sheets! so should be printed full size on to A4 paper.(to make sure pattern is right size! seam allowance included

Instructions

Cut the 2 pattern pieces out of main material
and 2 of the lining material


Place the 2 fabric pieces face to face and sew along Side 'A' at both sides.
Now repeat for lining

Turn fabric piece right way round. Place lining section inside leaving it the wrong way round (this makes the hems be hidden ^_^)


Pin at top and bottom to keep pieces together

Bias tape all around 'C' This joins both the lining and fabric together neatly alternatively you could just hem the bottom.

Now bias tape along 'd' at both sides (again you can just hem instead if you prefer)

Now Fold down about 1cm of 'E' making sure you fold into the inside of the dress at both sides.
Sew straight along the bottom This makes like a tunnel :)
Which you can either thread ribbon through or some bias tape (fold it in half and sew all along!)

Tie at both shoulders and thats it your done!!!!!!!!!!!!


And to make it extra summery make a matching summer hat-

http://lilmunchkinz10.blogspot.com/2010/04/baby-summer-hat-with-tutorial.html

tutorial : maternity capris

I've had these cropped trousers for a while. but as they are tight and high waisted would never fit a bump so decided to attack them :)

I cut from the side to under the zip, Then from under zip to side. a sort of v shape. Then cut the waist band of straight across the back

Next i took a vest top and chopped it straight across top (removing straps)

Now i took the bottom peice and pinned face to face with trousers matching up the middle of the to to middle of trousers and side of top to side of trousers

sew then pin the back peice of trousers to top and sew

should look something like this

Now turn inside out Fold elastic (top bit) in half down ways and pin tucking under a small amount all the way round to make look neater pin!!

Sew all the way round.

Thats it your done :) :)

Tutorial: Baby summer hat :)

http://www.prudentbaby.com/2010/04/summery-sun-hat-with-free-downloadable.html

I saw the above pattern and tutorial and decided to give it a go. it is NOT my pattern!

I have made my own tutorial as i have made mine fully lined.

Its a very easy make and is very cute!!!!!

First cut the peices. You need 4 of the triangle pieces both in material and lining (8 in total) and 2 rim peices in both material and lining (4 in total)

1) take 2 of the triangle pieces and pin the face to face along one side edge , Sew together along the edge. Finish by serging/overlocker or zig zag.

2) Take another peice and pin face to face on the other side of one triangle piece, Sew together.

Take you last piece and pin face to face on another unfinished edge of the hat, Sew together.

3) now join the remaining side. and sew This forms your hat peice. Should be a full circle.

4)Now we make the rim- Take to peices of rim and pin face to face, now sew

5) open out and it should be a circle.

6) Now pin to the top of the hat and sew all around. Put to one side.

7) Now repeat 1-3 with lining.

8) make rim as you did for main material.

9) pin to the hat face to face with a piece of ribbon in between (you could make your own ties if you don't want to use ribbon)

10) sew all around.

11) Now place the 2 hat peices face to face making sure you tuck the ribbon in and pin all around.

12) sew all aroung leaving a small gap

13) turn right way round and top stitch around rim, Closing the hole and you go along.

14) now hand sew a few small stitches in the top of the hat to hold the material and lining together

15) and there you have a very easy summer hat for you little one :) or in my case modelled by 'ted'