How to Make a Baby Car Seat Cover

While having a baby car seat is an essential accessory to any family vehicle, it is also equally stylish to have matching baby car seat covers for it. And one is not usually enough, especially if you use the seat often or you want to create a series of fashion statements for your baby. Every fashionable mom would certainly like the latter.

However, the main concern of all parents is usually the added comfort that toddler car seat covers can provide. It is the extra cushion that makes the baby's sleep or sitting time inside the seat that is the most important.

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So how can you make the best seat cover for your baby? Here are the instructions that you can follow. This activity is a great thing because it gives you the freedom to choose the best materials for your child car seat covers as well as gives you the chance to create something, with your bare hands and sheer creativity, which your baby will surely love.

1. First of all, pick out a comfortable and safe car seat. Do not go cheap on this one. Make sure that you buy the best that you can afford. After all, it is for the safety of your child that is at stake with the product that you will choose.

2. Then, you should measure the car seat. Add an extra 10 to 15 inches to your measurements. This is important because your baby carrier cover will be wrapped around the seat itself.

3. Select the right type of fabric that you want to use for your infant car seat covers. A cotton fabric is always a good choice because it allows air to move through the fibers and therefore gives better air circulation. However, almost any fabric will do. Just be wise on what you choose. Always think about your baby's comfort. Try to pick a fabric that is washable.

4. With the dimensions that you have gathered, create a pattern using tissue paper, transparent paper or an extra sheet of fabric.

5. Place the pattern over the fabric and secure both using pins. Carefully cut out the fabric using the pattern as your guide.

6. After removing the pattern, fold the fabric in half making sure that it is the outer sides that are facing each other. Then using a sewing machine, or if you want you can always sew by hand, sew the edges of the fabric / cover together. Leave out about three-quarters of the fabric.

7. Turn the fabric inside out and then continue sewing the edges. Make sure that you leave a one-inch hole on the fabric.

8. Place a one-inch hem on the fabric. Secure it firmly by using pins then sew them together, making sure to still leaving the one-inch hole open.

9. You can then put an elastic band through the one-inch hole that you have left open. You can do this by putting a pin on the elastic and then inserting it, together with the elastic, in the hole and dragging and pulling it all the way through. Depending on your design, you can pin or sew together the ends of the elastic. You can then use it to loosen up or tighten the seat cover.

10. Carefully and firmly fit the new cover to the baby car seat and make any necessary adjustments. You can then create other infant seat covers using different fabric and patterns.

How to Make a Baby Car Seat Cover

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