Car Seat Makeover: A New Ride

Ahhh....I can finally cross this off my "Want to Try" list! YAY! Although I have had recovering a car seat on my list for over a year now, I really didn't have a pressing reason to redo it. Now I am in a bit of a time crunch because my brother's baby, baby boy, is due in March and we are throwing a baby shower for him this weekend! So 3 days(about 12 hours) later the pink, infant car seat that I have used for both of my girls went from this....

to this...

I just love the back and white circle dots from Robert Kaufman's Metro Living fabric collection.

I used a tutorial from Puking Pastilles to help guide me. I wasn't recovering the same type of car seat she did, but it did help. A lot of the process was documenting what goes where. I took several pictures as I dissected it.

 I didn't end up taking the entire canopy apart. I just replace the fabric around the edge.

I also left the fabric in the middle of the seat. It was black and in good condition so it worked! And saved me a little time!

Although time consuming and tedious, I am pleased with the final result and feel a sense of accomplishment! I had mixed emotions about recovering it to give it away. I was happy to do it knowing it was going to my new nephew, but sad because my girls are getting bigger and giving it away means that I they won't need it anymore. 

Here they are testing it out and fighting over who gets to sit in it! I don't think they want to give it up either, but it has to happen sooner or later.

I hope that baby boy enjoys his new ride!

On another note...I would like to thank my mom for watching the girls the past two days and twelve hours...thanks mom!

Sweet Dress

Last spring I made this dress for my niece to wear as a part of the Ruffles and Stuff, Ruffle Your Stuff challenge.

I made it using the Sweet Dress pattern by Leila and Ben. I started with a simple khaki fabric and embellished it with 6 rows of ruffles (Anna Maria Horner) and a fabric flower!

Project Run and Play has chosen to use the sweet dress pattern for their next challenge.  If you haven't been following the challenge you should tune in! Katy won last week with her avalanche dress, which is truly amazing and she has a tutorial for it too!

This week the contestants have to embellish the sweet dress and take it from ordinary to extraordinary! I can't wait to see what they come up with. I am sure it will inspire me to pull out this pattern again and make a few new dresses for spring '11! 

WINNER

Hi Everyone!
Sorry it took me so long to post the winner here. We have been battling colds and ear infections in our house this week. I had the majority of responses on the facebook page so I combined the comments on 2GB with the comments on facebook. The winners were...
Kiri Helmick, Heather McKenzie, Katie Silcox, and Shannon Howell!
Thanks for playing! Congrats Ladies!

Enjoy your fancy pants or baby gown!