This is a guest post by Brooke of Killer B Designs.
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According to my pediatrician, I have a “wakeful baby,” which is a euphemism for a demon child who hates sleep and loves to wake up all night and scream at me. Okay, so it’s been getting a bit better, but it seems like she has supersonic hearing and knows the second I turn the doorknob when I need to check on her. So I decided to take on a little project I’ve seen all over Pinterest and the blogosphere and make a Door Latch Cover for Charlie’s room! It literally took five minutes to whip up, and was made entirely from scraps, which is right up my alley! Here’s a quick tutorial on how to make one of your own:
Supplies:
• 2 fabric scraps, measuring 5″ long by 2.5″ wide
• spare hair tie (the thick kind)
• batting or thicker center fabric
1) Cut two fabric scraps at 5″ long by 2.5″ wide. I chose matching green and pink dotted fabrics, because I wanted it to be reversible.
2) Cut your hair tie in half
3) Layer your fabric with the batting down first, then one layer of nice fabric right side up. Pin your hair tie pieces to each layer, leaving a small tail. Try to leave as little as possible so it will fit around your knob.
4) Lay your second layer of fabric over the first right side down, so they’re together.
5) Sew a 1/4″ seam, leaving about an inch and a half gap to flip it right side out. Flip it out and make sure your corners are flat.
6) Flip under the open edges, and sew a 1/4″ topstitch seam all the way around, closing the gap. That’s it, you’re done!
Now just pull your hair tie halves over both knobs and you have a stealthy new entry into the baby’s room
I’m so glad I gave this a try, because it’s going to make a great gift for all the upcoming baby showers I have this fall! The best part is being able to customize the fabrics and colors to match their decor. And if you’re short on hair ties, you could easily use ribbon or velcro to attach it to the knobs.
pomelo / 5321 posts
“…I have a “wakeful baby,” which is a euphemism for a demon child who hates sleep and loves to wake up all night and scream at me.” <—This had me laughing out loud!
I've been wanting to make one of these! Great to see how easy it really is!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I totally need to make a couple of these! thanks for sharing!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
i seriously need to make these for the future ~!
blogger / nectarine / 2010 posts
Very cute! I rarely go in M’s room and when I do I take the video monitor with me so I can freeze, not breathe and watch him stir then fall back to sleep before I go and do whatever it is I needed to do.
cherry / 190 posts
I’d also like to add this tip for those of you who have the long skinny door handles rather than knobs. Instead of a hair tie, use two pieces of ribbon on each end instead of the hair tie. That way, you can use it to tie around the handle attaching to the door without having to stretch the hair tie out getting it around the long ends and it being loose and not working properly. Hope that helps!
squash / 13199 posts
Love this!
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I made one of these and it fit my old door knobs just fine, but when I tried it on my neighbor’s kid’s door the loops were too small. I just remade one for my daughter using a full loop with half (or more than half) inside the fabric. I hope it fits! Thanks for your tutorial. Very clear. So many are selling these and I was going to try to make one on my own, but this made it so simple.