HE’S HERE! And he’s a delight! And we are doing well!! =D
And I totally should have gone to bed a couple hours ago, but, well… online shopping and me-time. Poor choices, I know.
And then I realized that I have no posts ready for this week. So I wanted to share with you something I made a couple months ago: a carseat canopy!
I could have gotten it for a reasonable price at www.carseatcanopy.com (they have these free deals every so often where you only pay for shipping, which makes it a good deal :)), but I wanted a unique design for my son’s canopy, and I also wanted to make something for him. I made a ton of things for his older sister before she was born, but hardly did any prep for baby boy’s arrival, so this was one of my small projects to say, “BABY BOY! I AM EXCITED ABOUT YOU, TOO!!”
I made this a couple months ago actually. I won’t even pretend I can give a useful tutorial on this, as arts and crafts are not my forte. I will just share with you the useful tutorial I used, which is right here. My only comments on the tutorial are:
- Minky fabric isn’t thaaat hard to use.
- Picking out the fabric at the fabric store took longer than sewing the actual thing.
- I totally should have made it longer in the front, so when the carseat handle is tilted further back, the canopy is still long enough to cover the whole carseat. Doh! What’s the point of making your own thing when you don’t bother to customize it?? So if I were to do it again, I’d extend the front of the fabric by about 5 inches or so.
I think it’d make a great baby shower gift, and it’s a pretty straightforward sewing project for sewing beginners who “can only sew straight lines.” Anyway I was really proud of it, and my husband was so impressed with it that I thought maybe you’d like it, too :D. Okay, good night!
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Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations on your new arrival! This is much better than the swaddling blankets I’d throw on top of our car seat 😛
Very cute! And I totally understand that feeling of making something to declare I love/want you too! Definitely experienced that with my No. 2! Congratulations again!!!!