How to sew a summer and winter plaid minky plush for your child?

Future moms and dads to learn about the addition to the family, are beginning to prepare for a magical event - the birth of a child. Create and decorate the nursery, buy diapers, diapers, toys, fairy tales - all rests on the shoulders of parents providing a large impact on the size of the purse.

Due to the high cost budget it evaporates quickly, so you need to start saving. Save - does not mean to buy the bad and substandard products. Save - is to think with your head and calculate the budget correctly. A good way to budget savings - home sewing children's clothes. For example, the plaid. The shop you can find rugs of different quality and color, different shape and firm, however margin makes itself felt. In the online stores do not have such a mark-up, but is it possible to virtually touch plaid, check the quality of welds. A good option - make a blanket of plush minky with their hands.

Prepare materials and tools.

The basic materials for rug:

• quality cotton;
• plush.

When sewing plaid winter need sintepon.

Materials can be purchased in the store or on the proven online site.

The tools that will be needed in the manufacture of plaid:

• a bar of soap or a pencil for marking;
• sewing machine, thread;
• scissors, meter tape.

Why plush and cotton?

Plush Minky - microfiber. Soft, gentle, nice falls on the body. Warm, breathable, the baby will get warm, but do not sweat.

It is 100% polyester. Many believe it is a guarantee of poor quality. Modern technology is constantly evolving, so the synthetic material is no worse than natural, and in some ways even better. No unpleasant smell, and it does not absorb odors surrounding environment.

The material is very tight, so it will be difficult to break or rub. Also, do not crumple easily tolerates spots. It can be washed at least every week, at the same time it does not lose its color saturation, its softness and tenderness.

High-quality plush - American production. But suitable material from European, Chinese and Korean factories.

Cotton - natural, gippoallergenny. Perfectly breathable, allowing the skin to breathe. Absorbs 20% of moisture remaining dry. The variety of colors and prints provides a choice to your taste.

Manufacturers of high-quality cotton - American, Korean, Polish factories. Suitable also for European cotton, China.

How to make your own summer and winter plaid minky plush for your child?

First you need to prostirnut cotton cloth in warm water. As a result of washing a blanket can change its size, so it's best just let deformed cotton plaid otherwise be disfigured.

Sizes for children's plaid:

• 100 × 100 cm;
• 100 × 110 cm;
• 100 × 120 cm.

You can make a blanket smaller, but then it will last long, because children grow up very quickly.

1. Plush Spread on a flat surface. Measure out the correct size, cut off the excess. Those actions were carried out with a cotton cloth.
2. Adds two types of fabric together, right sides facing inward. Since plush runs well, it is better to pin it with pins out of the corner to the edge of the cotton.
3. Making baster or sewn directly on the machine a conventional seam, departing from 5-10 mm edge. You need to leave around 15 cm, so that there was a hole through which you can turn the product on the front side.
4. Removing the veil over the face of the need to sew up the hole a hidden seam by hand or on a typewriter.

You sewed their own hands a light blanket, warming baby during cool summer nights. It should do the same for the cold weather, it will be different density, therefore, will retain more heat and warm the baby. The principle of manufacturing the same, only need to add padding polyester.

1. Cut equal pieces padding polyester, cotton and plush minky.
   

   Put the cloth on a flat surface, smoothing it is pinned to it and cut the pattern pins

   

   Such as the pattern of the plush do for the second side

   

   Detail of padding polyester blankets for the winter version

2. Sintepon laid on him the smooth side put plush top - cotton face down.
   

   Superimpose on each other parts: sintepon, plush, soft side up and a third layer - cotton, facedown

3. Stabs edge pins conventional sewn seam, departing 1 cm. Leave 20 cm is not stitched.
   

   Three layers of plaid, cleaved pins

   

   Sewn on a typewriter, departing from the edge of about 1 cm

4. Through the resulting hole-wrenching blanket, sew by hand neproshitoe place.
   

   We reserve the slot of 15-20 cm, to be able to turn the blanket on the front side

   

   stitched plaid

5. Since the inside sintepon should repeatedly stitch fabric on the outside. Sintepon can slide in the wash, delivering some discomfort, and multiple stitches can help fix it.
   

   Gut-wrenching on the front side and the shear pins remaining slot, sews her in his arms

   

   Plaid shear pins at the edges

   

   Is tufted rug backing 3 cm from the edge

   

   Ready warm bilateral blanket for a newborn

Care and washing plaid

The plush is made of polyester, so washing does not cause trouble. But still there are a few guidelines that must be followed:

• can not apply different chemicals, household chemicals the content of the chorus, not bleach;
  

  If the label is a triangle with oblique lines is prohibited influence on chlorine clothes, crossed the line prohibits any kind of bleaching

• Do not dry in the open air, that is the sun;
  

  Not recommended for drying on the street

• washing is only possible at a temperature of 30 degrees and below;
  

  Wash water can be at a temperature of 30 degrees

• better to turn off the spin when machine washing;
  

  Crossed twisted linen suggests that clothing can not be affected mechanically

• do not boil.

It should be carefully cut plush, since small shedding can occur: some pieces of cloth can move away from the main. But the bulk of the fabric it will not work.

What can we make of plush minky?

The material is very modern and practical, because it made a lot of useful things:

• decorative pillows, pillowcases on the pillows usual;
  

  Pillows Minki toys from plush and cotton fabric with polka dots

• blanket for kids and adults;
  

  Bilateral blanket plush Minky

• light summer blanket;
  

  The thin veil with ears made of soft plush and cotton

• envelope to be discharged from the hospital;
  

  Unusual envelope to extract their own hands

• warm pajamas, bathrobes, other household clothing;
  

  Soft children unitard plush Minky

• fluffy toys;
  

  Soft toy plush Minky "Kit"

• hats, scarves and mittens for kids;
  

  Children set of soft plush turquoise and gray colors

• mats for children, which can be fun to play.

How to decorate the products of plush fabric?

If the usual monotonous blanket or pajamas does not suit you, then you need to think how to diversify the product.

• Instead of single-color fabrics can be purchased with a pattern. They will look a little brighter.
• Beautiful embroidery on plaid. Obviously, this requires a special skill and dexterity, but still possible. Main properly secure the blanket that the embroidery does not get the curve.

Bad idea to sew sequins, beads, other trifles, they are easy to rip and swallow. If the product is not for children, for example, decorative pillow, the list of jewelry is greatly increased. The main show originality.

Solid color plush looks aesthetically pleasing, attractive. It is not necessary to throw the case and think about how to decorate a children's rug. Kids will love it for softness and warmth, and the fact that it is monotonous - it does not matter.

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