Thursday, November 04, 2010

the minky project revealed.

Our niece requested a custom made car seat cover
for her new baby.

"No problem," I said.

Well, it really wasn't a problem, but it sure took
a lot longer than I thought it would!! The first
one is the practice cover, made with repurposed fabrics:


Kind of a fun vintage 70's print. It turned out
okay; the car seat strap holes don't look quite
as nice as I'd like, but I gotta say, the canopy
made me feel victorious.

Here's the custom made cover; the new mommy chose
the fabrics (the flower is removable):


This was the first time I'd worked with minky,
which, as the name suggests, is incredibly soft.
I kind of want some minky undies . . .

(Lola, every time I put a pin in my mouth, I
thought of you!!)

***update***
Here she is, modeling her new car seat
cover, on her first outing:

9 comments:

Terry said...

That is adorable! I am sure it is well appreciated and should be! Beautiful job!

Joanna said...

WOW! That's one lucky baby! How unique, well done you.

Anonymous said...

those look amazing! wow!

Cameron said...

It looks fantastic! ...but then, I never doubted :)

I have to cringe a little though, thinking about all the stuff that can spill and stain that gorgeous cover....I'll keep my fingers crossed :P

Lynn Stevens said...

ohh LaLa, I think I need some of those minkie undies too! This is gorgeous Trish! I'm sure they both Loved them!

Thanks for entering my giveaway and best of luck!
hugs Lynn

craftyvox said...

Great job, it looks amazing. Now here's a fancy babyseat! :)

Unknown said...

You have done an amazing job with the baby seat covers they are FABBY and the minky one looks SO designer! One of a kind items your just super!

Love Dawn xx

Jana said...

WOW. This is gorgeous. What a stylin' little chickie poo.

Sandy Ang said...

This has to be the most incredible altered project I've seen - a baby car-seat !! She's one fashionable baby with that minky-pinky accessory.