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Ruth from Adventures with a Sewing Machine shows how to create a new fabric cover for a car seat. Bye, bye, boring fabric that came with the car seat. Hello, designer car seat! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Adventures with a Sewing Machine]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, car seat, cover[/tags]
The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!
It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.
Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.
What great gifts these would make.
But the original cover is threated to be flamefroof. Everyone shold know that making a new cover is a risk for the safety of your child.
You make a good point. If flame-retardant fabric is important for your project, you might consider treating your fabric with a flame retardant spray first. Dharma Trading Co. sells a flame-retardant treatment (http://www.dharmatrading.com/featured_products/frtqt.html), though the description doesn’t specifically mention using it to make wearables or items that children would use. You might need to do more research to determine which treatment is appropriate for your project.
I just want to say….how many times have you seen a child’s car seat catch on fire? Do you smoke in or around your baby in the car? I bet not! Car seat covers have tons of chemicals. It has even been known to cause chemical burns and allergic reactions to your baby. They are toxic. I am here to find a tutorial so these chemicals are not touching my baby. These flame retardant chemicals react with heat and them absorbed into your babies body. It is ridiculous that you have to worry about how many chemicals are in your car seat when you are worrying about how safe these car seats are while driving. Not to mention how many people buy the infant car seats and leave them in while they are sleeping only to be laying on toxic chemicals while dozing. Read these articles and check out what chemicals were found in YOUR car seat and them think twice about treating your fabric with flame retardant chemicals to lay your baby on. http://green.yourway.net/car-seats-non-toxic-and-safe/………http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2012/07/08/protecting-children-from-the-chemicals-found-in-car-seats/………
My links were messed up. 🙂
http://green.yourway.net/car-seats-non-toxic-and-safe/
http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2012/07/08/protecting-children-from-the-chemicals-found-in-car-seats/……..