tarabenet
09-03-2005, 10:31 PM
I sew. I teach sewing. etc. Floppy covers are very easy to make, although a lot of people don't seem to realize it. Would it be cheezy of me to offer a class in making one?
For you BBBers who sew, here is the nutshell version:
Take 2 pieces of 44" wide fabric, 1.5 yards each. Cut into ovals, sew right sides together. Turn, topstitch, add a row of casing stitching and thread in elastic. Put this into a shopping cart seat and mark where to cut and finish leg holes in front and long buttonholes for the seat belt in back. Quilt the floppy if you like (you can add batting before you do the original sew-and-turn, envelope-style. Add toy tethers if you wish. Use a purchased clip-lock seat belt if you want to avoid the cart seat belts.
For the class, I would show them how to mark the oval and I would provide a placement template for the leg-holes and strap slits.
Cheezy? Or useful?
My other job is nanny for my 13-month-old niece. She just recovered from a horrible bout of Rotavirus (sp) which cost her about 5 of her 25 pounds. The docs said this is a highly contagious virus that kids pick up from things like shopping carts and restaurant high chairs (and it can run rampant through a daycare, though that isn't her case). I now have a seriously adjusted respect for those floppy covers, y'know? So I'm making cart floppies in lots of great colors and seasonal fabrics for her. Is this worthy of a class? It would be a 2.5 hour class that would cost $20 per person. Students would provide their own supplies.
I'm asking for your feedback, so fire away!
TIA
Benet
For you BBBers who sew, here is the nutshell version:
Take 2 pieces of 44" wide fabric, 1.5 yards each. Cut into ovals, sew right sides together. Turn, topstitch, add a row of casing stitching and thread in elastic. Put this into a shopping cart seat and mark where to cut and finish leg holes in front and long buttonholes for the seat belt in back. Quilt the floppy if you like (you can add batting before you do the original sew-and-turn, envelope-style. Add toy tethers if you wish. Use a purchased clip-lock seat belt if you want to avoid the cart seat belts.
For the class, I would show them how to mark the oval and I would provide a placement template for the leg-holes and strap slits.
Cheezy? Or useful?
My other job is nanny for my 13-month-old niece. She just recovered from a horrible bout of Rotavirus (sp) which cost her about 5 of her 25 pounds. The docs said this is a highly contagious virus that kids pick up from things like shopping carts and restaurant high chairs (and it can run rampant through a daycare, though that isn't her case). I now have a seriously adjusted respect for those floppy covers, y'know? So I'm making cart floppies in lots of great colors and seasonal fabrics for her. Is this worthy of a class? It would be a 2.5 hour class that would cost $20 per person. Students would provide their own supplies.
I'm asking for your feedback, so fire away!
TIA
Benet