more car seat covers

I attended two baby showers this past weekend, and I managed to squeak out a couple of car seat covers for the expecting moms using this wonderful tutorial from Make It Do. 

This one was for Molly, who is having her first baby boy this summer. I laughed at myself for picking out yet another bird print - my obsession kind of reminds me of Portlandia's Put a Bird On It.

I tried to make Molly's cover more gender-neutral so that she can use it again if she has another child.

One thing about these covers - you can flip them around once baby gets old enough to be interested in dangling toys. Here's a shot of mine with the outside print on the inside so that toys can hang from the handle for Morgan.

This cover was for Sarah, who is having her second baby girl this summer. She's told me that she's done having kids after this little one comes along, so I decided to really pink-it-up for her.

The fabric for the covers is all from JoAnn Fabrics, and the outer print of Sarah's cover is Heidi Grace.

I can't wait to meet these summer babies! And, I am excited for summer to finally begin around here (it is June and I am wearing a down vest in my house! Oh, Seattle!).

:) Shelly

girlie car seat cover

I think my nesting instinct has kicked in early because I have been sewing like a crazy lady this past week. This is a project I actually completed with my friend, Anna, at our Thursday Night Sewing Club a few weeks ago. Anna just had her healthy, beautiful baby Quinn yesterday. In fact, I bet Quinn rode home in her cute covered car seat today!

Both Anna and I are using baby car seats that have already been through two boys, so we decided to girl them up by making car seat covers for them. First I saw Sew Much Ado's Gathered Carseat Canopy, which is very cute. I did a search for car seat cover tutorials and found one that looked a little bit simpler by Make It Do -  Baby Car Seat Cover Tutorial. This is the tutorial we ended up using. I used Riley Blake fabric for the outer main panel and trim.

The interior fabric is a cute pink floral print that I purchased from The Quilting Loft (but I can't remember the name of it - sorry!), and it is also trimmed with the same Riley Blake dot fabric.

My car seat is feeling sufficiently girlie now. Only five more weeks to go for me! Congratulations to Anna and family!

:) Shelly