***edited to add*** I feel like I was a little unclear with my directions, so hopefully some new pics make it a little easier to understand.
{I know!! Miracle of miracles!!! I'm actually posting again. But I wouldn't count on very many posts. I'm just WAY too busy to keep up my crafting obsession AND blog about it. Some of my friends have asked how I make nursing covers, so I thought I'd give some photos about how I do it.}
For those not familiar with nursing covers, this is one of the original designs that my pattern is based on.
The pattern is fairly simple, it is a rectangle of fabric around 28 inches by 37 inches before hemming. It had boning at the top and straps like an apron to put around your neck.
and in case you don't know what boning is, it usually looks something like this:
The only hard part is putting boning in the top of the rectangle. This is what gives you the ability to look down on your baby while staying covered.
The pattern is fairly simple, it is a rectangle of fabric around 28 inches by 37 inches before hemming. It had boning at the top and straps like an apron to put around your neck.
and in case you don't know what boning is, it usually looks something like this:
The only hard part is putting boning in the top of the rectangle. This is what gives you the ability to look down on your baby while staying covered.
- First, do a rolled hem around the 4 sides of fabric.
- Depending on how thick the boning is, I'll make the hem wide enough for the top of the nursing cover.
Then next step is centering the boning at the top of the fabric. Here's the makeshift way I've come up with how to do this.
I cut the boning between 12-18 inches. Then I fold the fabric in half
and fold my boning in half.
Then I line up the boning middle with the fabric middle to center it.
and pin where the end is.
Sew a line at the pin to make the boning "stay put".
Unpick part of the hem you have already sewed so you can put the boning in.
Stuff in the boning until the end of it is touching the line you sewed.
When it's all the way in, sew another line to keep in in place.
Sorry there aren't any more pictures, but then I just make a strap like any apron and attach it on either side of the boning. (I typically use D-rings like most aprons.)
Voila!
