Sew a winter sleeping bag for the baby

What you need:

• thin fabric for 4 times the cut or thick fabric for 2 times the cut
• as required, 2 times 66 cm x 40 cm x 1 cm thick fleece or molton or beaver (lining)
• Bias tape
• Sewing thread
• zipper up to 88 cm long
• Tailor scissors
• Wrapping paper
• sewing machine

The cut for a simple winter sleeping bag

1. For the front and back of your self-made baby winter sleeping bag, draw on wrapping paper or similar. Ä. a rectangle of 66 cm x 40 cm (length x width).
2. You can also fold the paper and cut it out 33 cm x 20 cm.
3. You can round off the lower edges according to your taste by making the cut for the baby Fold the winter sleeping bag in half and draw an even rounding and the edge cut off.
4. To round off the shoulders, measure 13 cm of the upper edge on the folded cut from the outside and make a mark. Measure 3 cm lengthways. You connect these two points with a curve, which starts stronger on the outside and then ends more and more straight. Cut off the edge.
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5. For the neckline, take the remaining 14 cm between the two outer 13 cm shoulder seams. They measure 4 cm deep at the folded edge and connect this point with the shoulder marking in a generous curve. Cut out the inside.


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6. For the sleeves, cut out a 36 cm x 30 cm rectangle. Fold this in half lengthways. Then measure 10 cm on one of the shorter sides from the folded edge, make a mark and connect it to the upper edge of the sleeve with a ruler.
7. This results in the bevel of the sleeves. Cut off the edge.

Sew a sleeping bag for the baby yourself

1. If you haven't chosen a thick fabric for your baby winter sleeping bag, cut it Cut the fabric twice and feed the sleeping bag with fleece, molton or other Linings. You have to cut these too. Alternatively, you can sew the baby winter sleeping bag from an outer fabric and fleece on the inside.
2. When cutting, please always remember to add 1 cm for the hem.
3. First, sew the shoulder seams of the baby winter sleeping bag together. Depending on the thickness, you can either sew on the lining directly or attach it by hand in individual places so that it cannot slip inside.
4. If you want to feed the winter sleeping bag for the baby, you must of course sew the two parts of the same fabric together with the inside.
5. Now sew on the sleeves on the outside.
6. Now you can close the right outer seam and the sleeve seam in one seam.
7. Then start sewing in the zipper, which should run from the foot part over the left side seam to the sleeve hole. But you can also sew in the zipper first and only then close the remaining seams.
8. Now close the remaining side seam and the left sleeve.
9. Edge the sleeves and the neckline with bias tape.

The difficulty with this sewing work is that the outside and inside must be sewn neatly. Therefore, only as a trained seamstress should choose the variant with the double fabric or the two fabrics with fleece as the inside. Inexperienced people simply buy a thicker fabric that can be used on both sides, but it has to be soft and comfortable to wear.