Baby linen

 

 

 

 

 

I had a lot of left over scraps of fabric. Luckily enough to cut out strips or squares and from the smaller pieces a heart or bird. Be creative and sew some strips or squares together. I also had a piece of lace that was the width of the sheet. Embellish the way you want. Play with it before you attach everything. 

 

 

 

Here you see that I attached green and checkered pink/white squares at the top of the linen. To finish the edge I stitched a white,lace biais.

 

 

This is the heart I hand sew on the green squares.

 

 

Strips of fabric stitched together and in one of the seams I stitched some lace. I  did'nt finished the edge, I left the seamy side the way it is.

 

 



Hanging fabric baskets

 

 

 

 

 

 

These hanging fabric baskets were on my DIY wishlist. So no better reason to make them for my own daughter. They are hanging above the dresser. We bought a rail at IKEA and when you make a fabric tunnel at the back of the baskets you can slide them on the rail.

 

 

Here you see that I cut a rectangle 10 inch x 7 inch. ( 25 x 18 m) The white fabric is a cotton and the beige is a firm fusible interfacing. Make the green rectangles a bit shorter then the white, later you will see why.

 

I made 6 sets. Three white cotton with interfacing and three green cotton with interfacing.

 

 

Fold the fabric double and finish the sides with a serger.

 

Open the bag that came in to being. Push the corners inwards and pin them down.

 

When you pinned both sides down the inside should look like this.

 

Sew the corners.

 

Turn the bag with the good side out. When you look inside you see the interfacing and the two corners pushed down. 

 

Find some firm cardstock. Measure the size of the bottom and cut it out of the cardstock. Lay it on the bottom of the (outer)bag.

 

I zig zagged the edges of the white inner bags and folded the top edge over. The white bags are a bit larger, so later on you will have the white edge sticking out on top of the green outer bag.

 

Cut three pieces of fabric 6 x 4 inch.(15 x 10 cm, for the hanging system) and add interfacing to the back. 

 

 Finish the sides with your serger. Fold the fabric in half and use your serger to finish the bottom. It should look like the picture above.

 

Get your outer bag (green) with cardstock and slip in the white inner bag with folded edge (that is why the white bag is slightly larger). Place the smaller piece of fabric, for hanging, in between these layers at the back. Pin it down.

 

This is what it looks like close up. Now sew it together, all around.

 

 

 

 

 

Be creative and think of some embellishments. Do know that you have to attach embellishments to the outer bag before sewing the inner and outer bag together. I used a pink oval, a white felt oval, made the first letter from my daughters name out of cotton, hand stitched it al together and finished with a little bow on top.

kruikzak maken/Water jar bags

 

 

Water jar bags to warm the crib. Easily made and can be inexpensive when you use scraps of fabric.

 

You will need;

 

Scraps of fabric

biais

sewing materials

sewing machine

 

 

First measure your water jar. Choose the size of fabric you want for the top part of the bag.

 

I finished the top with my serger.

 

Make a seam and stitch.

 

The top of the bag is now nicely finished.

 

 

Make the bottom of the bag with all your scraps of fabric. You can use a serger, it works nice and fast. When you finished the bottom part you can sew it together with the top part. Good sides together. After that you can also close the sides and bottom. 

 

Take your biais and stitch it to close the sides.

 

 

 

Take the middle of the biais and stitch it in the side seam of the bag.

 

And this is how it turned out!!

 

 

 

 

DIY playpen blanket and toys bag

 

 

 

 

 

I made this toys bag and matching playpen blanket for our little girl. My husband picked the fabric and colours. Below I will show you how I made the toys bag, this is what you will need;

 

fabric 2 yards

fabric scraps

velcro

all your sewing materials

sewing machine

 

 

This is the bottom piece 14 x 10 inch / 35 x 25 cm

 

This is the fabric you need for the bag. I sewed different kinds of fabric together and it's about

5 ft x 2 ft / 1,50 m x 0,60 m

 

 

The bottom piece is combined with a thick layer of white cotton.

 

 

I didn't want a rectangle bottom, so I cut round corners. 

 

The large piece of fabric, the bag to be, is pinned down (good sides together) onto the bottom piece. The way you see the picture above....that will be the inside of the bag.

 

I gave the bottom some cut notches for flexibility.

 

This is the fabric for the inner bag. Take the same measurements from the outer bag and sew the same way.

 

These three pieces of fabric will be the hanging system. Fold your fabric in half lenghts wise, pin it down, sew and turn your fabric. The measurement depends on what kind of playpen you have.....so measure the distance between 2 bars.

 

 

This strip of fabric with interfacing is used to finish the top of the bag. Measure the perimeter, add 2 inches to be sure, cut the fabric and iron on the interfacing.

 

 

 

I folded the strip in half lenghts wise and attached the three pieces of fabric for hanging with my sewing machine.

 

 

 

Remember to stitch some cord on the left and right side in the strip of fabric. This is what you will use later to close the bag. I made the stitch exactly in the seam.

 

 

 

Put the outer and inner bag inside each other, wrong sides together. Pin the strip of fabric to the bag, good sides together and stitch. Make sure your hanging system is at the back, so it can be attached to the playpen.

 

 

 

 

I took my needle and thread to sew the strip onto the bag. It was a lot of work, but it is worth it, because I could see front and back where to put the stitches.

 

 

With left over scraps I made two pockets. I finished the edges rough with a serger.

 

I cut two hearts from another scrap.

 

 

Pin it down and sew. 

 

 

Sew them where ever you want them on the bag. I choose to sew one left and one on the right side. 

 

Pin the bag around the playpen to see where you have to put the velcro. Pin the velcro and sew it. 

 

And this is the finished toys bag!!