My petite little Drama Queen hates that she has to sit in a car seat still and her brothers don’t. So what I did to convince her she has to use the seat or mommy will get in trouble was to recovered the plain black cover that it comes with is to cover it in something else. We found this bright teal fabric and a contrasting floral print to revamp it in.
Here is what I did to recover the old seat…
I took the old cover off and undid all the seams with a seam ripper. Now I have some pattern pieces that I can use as a guide for the new car seat cover.
Cut new fabric.
I stitched my new fabric pieces right over the old using the existing foam cushion. Why buy new when I can reuse what I have already. To finish off the edges I had cut some contrasting fabric to use as bias.
It worked out great and the little Drama Queen loves it…
That is so clever!!! And now she can brag that she has the best seat in the car!
Yes, she could. It’s defiantly better than that ugly black cover that was on it…
Wow! It’s so lovely! I think this makes you eligible for Mother of the Year!
I don’t know about mother of the year… But she was very happy that first day she got to sit in her new seat… Thanks for the sweet comment.
What a great idea!
Thanks…
Wow that is gorgeous! ive always wanted to make a new cover…. but I just havnt got around to it. After seeing how great yours is I might push it up my list of things to make!
Great job! Well done. Love your instructions too.
Thanks, that’s super sweet… I hope yours turns out great… Good luck!
Very very cute! Great job! Thanks for linking up
Kim@madeinaday
What type of needle did you use?
Hey Cheyenne, I used a size 16 needle for this project to go through the fabric and foam. Hope that helps you…