Car Seat Canopy Cover

Baby items can be costly. If you opt out of purchasing some items and make them yourself you can save yourself a nice little bundle of cash.

I completed my beautiful car seat cover today. Before pinterest entered my life, I somehow managed to raise three babies. But now that I have pinterest, there is no going back. Enter the canopy car seat cover.

I followed the website instructions below with a few exceptions which I will list below.


http://www.sewdangcutecrafts.com/2011/03/guest-blogger-peek-boo-car-seat-canopy.html

I decided, because I am cheap, not to make a window opening, because I wanted to use my left over fox fabric for something else, instead of just buying more fox fabric. So there is no window.

Also because I am cheap, I did not make the straps the same size as the instructions. I used the leftover strips of my fox fabric to make the straps.

If you follow the directions for making the straps to attach to the handle of the carseat, they will tell you to sew the tube and leave the short end open to turn it out. I decided it was easier to leave a portion of the long side open in the middle and turn the ends out through the middle. It was much easier to close the straight line on the side then to make two corners look clean trying to close it on the narrow end. It also made it easier to turn it right side out.

For the straps I decided to use snaps that I already had purchased and in my craft stash instead of using Velcro. This also lowered my amount of sewing as you just hammer these snaps on.

Measurements for the straps" Find the center of the strap. Line the middle of the strap up with 16.5" down from the top of the cover and 12" in from the side (to the outside edge of the strap).