This one was a project in the works for a while. Barrett has a sleep sack that she will outgrown pretty soon. We have used it for a very long time, I love it to death, and she’s using a blanket in bed but more often than not she will stand up and then go back down to sleep, or wiggle out from under it, and I worry about her being warm enough. She isn’t yet understanding “I can pull a blanket on me to stay warm”.
I kind of agonized over how to make this. I only have the one sleep sack to use as a pattern, and this one needed to be bigger. I am not good at measuring people to get accurate measurements. My approach was to trace the smaller one on fabric, just a little taller and wider everywhere. The end result was a sleep sack that is long and wide enough, but just a little TOO wide in the shoulders. I had to do some creative gathering in the back to get the shoulder width back to something reasonable.
I adore this fabric and have enough left over that she may get pillow cases or maybe a little dress out of it, too.
- Sleep sack lined with minky fabric.
For the record, I used pre-made bias tape on the neckline and arm holes. I had a very long fight with the sewing machine, trying to get the velcro to go on. The minky fabric is not very sewing machine footer friendly. There was a good amount of tangled thread and me exiting the craft room in a huff, trying to get this thing cranked out.
I thought this might be my go-to for shower gifts, until attaching the velcro part came up. Maybe I can find another liner to use around the opening.
