Diaper Changing Pads

My son and DIL asked me to whip up a few new diaper changing pads for our dear, new grandaughter, Aubrey. How could I say no? :-)

 

We determined a good size for now is 26" x 16" with rounded corners. I used cotton quilting fabric, and backed it with Sew Comfy (JoAnn's), and added a layer of PUL inside to make them waterproof. That way, I could have a pretty fabric on one side and a soft fabric on the other side, and still have them baby-poop/pee-proof :-)

 

I used some strips of exam room paper (gift-wrap tissue would work too) against the PUL when I sewed the layers together to keep the PUL from sticking to the sewing machine plate. Then turned the sandwich out through a 3" opening, and topstitched the finished pad.

 

I love the "Just Stay Little" saying on this fabric...oh, if they could just stay little a little longer :-)

 Miss Piggy photo-bombed my pic!

"Carbage" Bag and Organizer, Part Two

My son Adam's girlfriend, Lisa, asked me to make a couple of organizers for her car for a trip they were taking. You can see the "carbage" bag I made in the previous post. This was the other pattern she picked out, and it was a bit more complicated, but I spent only one day cutting out, and one day plus about an hour this morning on the sewing/finishing. So all in all, that's not bad.
 

Here's the organizer view from one side. Includes a large pocket and pencil pocket.

 
Again, I used the Kate Spain Park Central for Moda fabrics I already had in my stash. The Craft Apple The Car Organizer pattern: http://www.craftapple.com/3-the-car-organizer-pattern.html called for just two fabrics, but I do like to really mix it up, so I used LOTS! The pattern has full-sized patterns for all pieces, as well as dimensions if you chose to rotary-cut without the paper pattern pieces. They had alternate layout instructions for one-way fabrics, but not for the interior pieces, so my trees wound up laying on their sides. Oh well...at least their shipping was fast-fast-fast, since this is not an instant-gratification pdf pattern :-)

 
This pattern called for Pellon SF101 interfacing and either Peltex 71F or htc Flexi-Firm stabilizer. I did some research and lots of people actually recommend Decor Bond 520, however my JoAnn's didn't have the Decor Bond, so I went with the Peltex. It worked quite well. This bag is extra-sturdy, since several of the stablizer inserts are doubled.
 
 

End showing seat belt flap, closed.
 
 

 

And the seat belt flap, open.
 
 



Here's the interior. There's a large and a small compartment.

 





On either side of the large compartment, there are D-Rings on ribbons.

 





The D-Rings swing up over the sides and hold the handles of a plastic grocery bag for trash, if desired. Or you can skip the bag and just use the compartment for whatever you wish.

 



Pocket for pens/pencils and other small items.

Lisa's niece has already placed her stamp of approval on the first bag I made...wait til she sees THIS one!