Diapers and Wipes Strap

As a new mother I have learned that taking my huge diaper bag into public restrooms isn't necessarily the best practice, despite how cute my brown and pink coach diaper bag is! It is rather hard to juggle a squirmy baby and a huge diaper bag while trying to find a spot to change a baby. Have you noticed the lack of changing tables in public places? I used to think there were useless couches in those ladies restrooms all over but then I realized I only shopped at the Emporium or The Bon when I was younger and they were the only ones with couches! The lack of changing tables is actually my opening argument on why I need a larger vehicle to drive, you know so I can change the baby on the seat in the bigger car, with the door closed instead of trying to keep her on my lap in my tiny Mazda. So far my argument isn't strong enough and I am still driving the small car. Hence the reason for this tutorial. This is way easier to sneak off to the bathroom with and then I don't have to dig through my diaper bag to get what I want each time I need to change my baby!

I made this diaper strap with inspiration from Calico. I did it as a matching set with the baby blanket that I did a tutorial on earlier and this is the first one that I made. The dot minky fabric worked perfectly for this project because it is stretchy however it is thicker than the fabric used on the Calico website so I made it differently the second time and that is the tutorial I will provide on here.

What to Buy:

I had some left over fabric from the baby blanket that I made earlier. It is minky blue dot fabric

Matching thread

Button

Sew on velcro

Step 1: Cut your piece of fabric. I did mine 5" wide by 15" long. It doesn't have to be perfect but try to make the lines fairly straight.

 

Step 2: Pin and sew the two ends of the fabric at about 3/8" on your sewing machine. 

 Step 3: Fold the fabric (hot dog way) with the wrong sides facing out and pin. Sew a straight line on the pin side, make sure and make the stitching at the point of how wide you want your strap and make sure the opening is wide enough to turn the fabric right side out.

Step 4: Press the fabric and top stitch. I did two top stitches just to add a little bit of a pattern and it turned out pretty well.

Step 5: Sew the velcro on the respectable sides of the fabric. I tried to stay lined up with my previously done top stitches but I wasn't perfect and it still looked ok.

Step 6: Hand sew the button onto the top of the strap. Voila you are done!