Craft for the month of October

With fall comes cooler nights, so here is my `craft’ for the month of Oct… though it is more of a quick and easy sewing project.

 

My 5 mo. old loves to wiggle out of his blankets during the night and then wakes up cold and in turn wakes us up! If he stays warm he sleeps through the night. I tried a bunting bag (the kind that goes in a car seat) but he managed to wiggle out the top. I needed something that would keep him in!

So I searched Pinterest and found there were all kinds of baby sleeping bags to be made.

This was the quickest and easiest one I could make. I didn’t find one like it on Pinterest, but I got the idea for it from looking at all the others.

 

First I hunted for a blanket at the second hand store. It had to be just right! Fleece so I would have minimal sewing. Fleece doesn’t rip or fray and it’s nice and warm for baby.

 

 

I folded it in thirds, but that was too small, so in the end I only had the two sides over lap in the front. Next I sewed the bottom shut. That was all I did with the sewing machine. Then I sewed on buttons and made small cuts for the button holes. You’ll notice from the picture I turned down the upper corners so that it’s away from baby’s face and I sewed on buttons there to hold the flaps down. Last but no least, I cut arm holes.

This sleeping bag works! He now stays tucked in, no blanket in the face and he can’t wiggle out!