Sleeping Bag for Doll or Stuffed Animal

Last minute Gift Idea

 

Want to add a little something for that little someone? 

This doll sleeping bag, pillow, and pillowcase are simple to stitch.

 

This is great for at 18" doll or any special stuffed animal your child loves. 

 

What you will need:

2 different fabrics  and batting cut 25" x 17"

thread to match

 

Directions:

1.  After cutting fabric and batting rectangles, using a coffee mug as a template trace a curve at the bottom of fabric rectangle.  Looke at photo below.

2.  With batting on wrong side of top fabric sew horizontal lines through both layers.  Look at photo below.  (I stitched approximately 5" from bottom and 5"  from top).

3.  With right sides together stitch around using 1/2" seam allowance.  Leave opening at top of bag for easy turning. 
4.  Stitch opening closed.
5.  Measure approximately 7" from top.  Begin sewing to secure sleeping bag together. 

Having a little fabric left over, thought the sleeping bag required a matching pillow.  Stitch around 2 pieces measuring 8" x 6.5" leaving a small opening for turning.  Stuff with fiberfill or scraps of left over batting (being frugal, this is what I did).  Hand stitch opening closed.

Great gift for that special little someone. 

 

I've made these for boys and girls with a matching pillowcase. 

To personalize it:  add doll/stuff animal name to sleeping bag with iron on letters.  Add childs name to cuff of pillowcase with same technique.

 

Enjoy and Happy Gift Making/Giving!

Wine Tote

 

This is a fun and quick little gift.  Made each of these in less than 30 minutes.  I added some extra holiday spirit to one of them.  Used McCall's pattern 6338 for the cutting pattern as a guide. Didn't follow the pattern directions, but you could.   Made these reversible.  Following pattern directions you will not have a reversible tote.

You will need approximately 3 pieces of 12" x 40" fabric for tote, lining, and fleece.  I used cotton blend fabric for the red tote and home decorating fabric for the yellow tote.  Stitched tote using 0.5" seams, but 0.25" seams would work fine too.

For the yellow tote, I used coordinating fabric for the lining.  Embroidered on the front. 

For the red tote, I used a strip of black fabric cut two 2.5" x 10" and a yellow 0.25" single fold bias tape (I made my own strip out of scrap fabrics).  Place the black fabric and sew into place.  Next using the yellow bias tape fold it making a square/belt buckle.  Stitch into place.  Now construct the body of the tote.

Directions: 
1.  Fold fabric like it states in the pattern directions, however before cutting fold it again (top of fabric to bottom).  This way you don't have to sew a seam at the top of the handle.  You will be cutting through 4 layers of fabric for front and again for the lining and fleece.

2.  If making Santa belt sew black and yellow fabrics at this time.  I used 2 black fabric strips to make it look like belt all around tote.  Yellow strip for buckle on the front side of tote.

3.  I didn't use fusible fleece, but used regular fleece and stitched around fleece holding it into place.  I stitched this to the back side of the front of the tote.  (In place of fleece, I've used thin/light weight batting, sweatshirt material, and/or old towel.  All with success). 

4.  Stitch sides and bottom of tote.  Do this for the lining too. 

5. Stitch corners of tote and lining like my other bags I've posted.  However, being that this is a wine tote, I drew a pencil line on the fabric around the bottle and stitched on this pencil line.  This gives bag a curve and bottle sits in nicely.

6.  With right sides together of tote and lining, stitch one side of handle matching seams.  Right side out and iron.  Stitch close to seam.

7.  Fold and iron 0.5" seam allowance of other side of handle.  Sew into place. 

 

Enjoy!

Quilt As You Sew

 

We sponsor a family at work every year for the holiday season.  This year the family had requested blankets for children.  Being that they have a 6mo little boy, a crib size quilt was in my thoughts to sew.  Never doing this technique before, thought this would be a great time to try.   Having a deadline for gifts to be at work so they could be delivered to the family this technique is quick.  Had if finished with time to spare.  Will be using this technique again.  Didn't have a pattern so I just used some creativity.  Didn't turn out exactly what I was thinking, but it will make for a nice gift.

 

Directions:

Backing fabric.  I used a 42" x 36" piece.

Batting:  cut at least 2" larger on all sides.

Train fabric:  cut 4 - 4" x 42"

green on green fabric print:  cut 4 -  3" x 42"

white fabric:  cut 4 -  2" x 42"

blue on blue printed fabric:  cut 4 - 1.5" x 42"

binding edge fabric:  cut 4 - 2.25" x 42"

 

With backing fabric wrong side up; lay batting on top of back fabric. 

Lay 1st strip of fabric right side up. 

Take 2nd strip of fabric and lay in on top of 1st strip right sides together.  Stitch in place. 

Iron seam flat after sewing each strip. 

Stitch next strip of fabric and continue until complete. 

Square up edges.

Sew binding strips together for a continuous 2.25" long strip.  Fold binding strip in half. 

Attach and sew binding into place. 

Handstitch binding to backside of quilt. 

Place quilt label on back.

 

Crafters note:  If I would have thought this design through, I would have started in the middle and stitched towards the outside.  Will have to remember when sewing the next one.

 

 

Happy Quilting