We are taking a break today from the play
tray craft series, as I am awaiting a piece that I ordered for my final play
tray craft to arrive. So instead this week I took out my sewing machine a
whipped up a few fabric pacifier clips. I like to make my own because I am not
a fan of a lot of the clips out there.
What you need:
My children use different pacifiers, so I
like a pacifier clip that works for all of them. That means that the pacifier
clip needs to have a clip to connect the pacifier to things on one side and a
simple ribbon on the other to attach to the pacifier. I have seen Bella Tunno
sell these for $8.00 a clip {that does not include shipping and handling}.
While this is very reasonably priced, I thought it was something I could make
on my own.
1” Metal Suspender Clip – with Round Insert { I bought 10 for $4
on Amazon}.
2 - 5” Square Fabric Swatches.
¼ “ Wide Ribbon
Coordinating Thread
Sewing Machine
Iron
How to Make It:
Take the 5” square fabric swatches and cut them in ½ so that
they are 5” long, but only 2.5” wide.
Place one swatch of fabric on top of the other like a sandwich.
Make sure that the fabric that you want to display on the finished pacifier
clip is on the inside, as we will be turning this inside out after the seam is
sewn.
Then
take you ¼” wide ribbon and cut it so that it is 5” long.
Take
both ends of the ribbon and tuck it between the fabric swatches on one of the ends
{make sure to push it down far enough so that you sew through the ribbon}.
Take
the fabric and sew a seam around 3 sides of the fabric {make sure that you are
sewing the left side, the end with the ribbon, and the right side – leaving one
end open}.
Use
the open end to flip the fabric inside out so that the fabric that you want to
see is now on the outside.
Iron
the fabric so that it lays flat.
Finally,
you will slip the fabric through the suspender clip, fold it over and sew
another seam –thus securing the fabric to the suspender clip.
I
made these for my son when he was born and ended up giving them away to friends and family who commented on how much they liked them. When I found out I was having a girl I knew I needed to whip up a few more feminine ones and set out to pick out the perfect fabric! I bought the Riley Blake Priscilla Charm Pack
Stacker, Set of 24 5-inch (12.7cm) Precut Cotton Fabric Squares for this
project and spent about a half hour one day just pairing up swatches to make
pacifier clips with.
I love these clips and use them all the time. They are machine washable since I use 100% cotton fabric – so spit up is not a problem. They are the perfect size for my little nugget, as she can have them attached to the baby carrier or her outfit and they can reach her mouth. I love how soft these are and they seem to get softer with each washing. They are super easy to make, I am saying that beginning sewers can do this. Yes, I categorize myself as a beginning sewer.
Have you ever created
homemade baby gear, if so what did you make?
