Friday, December 16, 2011

Tutorial: diaper cover with frills



The design is not original. You'll see this kind of diaper cover in a lot of stalls selling clothes for infants. But what made this extra special is the fact that it was made with lots of love.


The free diaper pattern and tutorial posted here is courtesy of Prudent Baby. I love her site, and often visit for free sewing patterns and tutorials. What's more wonderful about it is that she has a baby girl, too! So Prudent Baby creates a lot of stuff for girls from infant to toddlers. 


So, do you want to try it out? Click and print out the free diaper pattern and cut your diaper cover pieces. But save the elastic for last.


For the added frills, here's the tutorial.  

Cut three 3 inches x 30 inches strips and sew the bottom and side edges using a sewing machine. For fuller frills, you may lengthen the strips to 3" x 50". Hand stich a running stitch on the top and pull to gather the fabric together.

 
Lay the right side of your top strip on the right side of your back diaper cover only, making sure that you've covered the lenght of it. Sew the strip an inch above the holes for the legs. 

Sew your second and third strips.
 
For added embellisment, make frayed rosettes. I've posted the tutorial here. But I modified it here. Instead of gluing the fabric, I decided to sew one side of it.
 
Secure by hand stitching the back. Hand sew the frayed rosettes on your front diaper cover.

Once you have your frills and frayed rosettes sewed on, put in the elastic. And there you have it.

Front piece.


Back piece.

And here is my model, posing for mommy.





- Mommy Smiley

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