Diaper Wipe Cover

First off, let me say that I have a new found respect and admiration for crafters who do the step-by-step photos for their crafts. I was trying to take pictures of the different steps and it was SO much more time consuming having to pause and figure out an angle. So, this being my first step-by-step craft post I hope it works out. I know the pictures aren't that great, so I will work on improving my photography skills next time.

I was invited to a baby shower for this Saturday, but don't really know the mother-to-be very well (she's the daughter-in-law of my mom's best friend...yeah...). I was trying to figure out a gift since she's not registered anywhere, and I remembered seeing these awesome Boutique Diaper Wipe Covers. Figured these were pretty universal, of course the pattern of fabric could be unique to an individual, so I went with a black and white theme since that seems more universal.

Here's the finished product, I think it turned our really well, and it was tempting to just say it's a clutch, add a wrist strap and take it out on the town, but I put the wipes back in and intend to give it as a gift on Saturday.



To make this I followed inspiration from 3 different blogs:
Make It and Love It
Sew Dang Cute
According to Kelly

So if you get lost, reference these blogs because they have done a thorough job in explaining what to do.

Materials:
Fabric 9"x11"
Batting of Felt (some kind of padding) 9"x11"
Decorative Trim - 1 yard
Embellishments (if wanted)
Hot Glue
Mod Podge
Scissors
Travel diaper wipes case


Cut your material and the felt/stuffing material


Mod Podge the batting/felt to the case and be sure to glue the spine. We are ignoring the pop-up top and covering it. I was going to attempt to make the fabric fit around the opening but wasn't feeling that ambitious...maybe next time.


Open the case to let the case dry for a bit (I waited about an hour and folded laundry in the meantime).


Next you'll Mod Podge the fabric to the batting/felt. One blog suggests putting the Mod Podge directly on the fabric, which is what I did, but beware, if your fabric is on the thinner side it will "leak" through to the surface your fabric was on. I used an old shoe box, so no harm there. Another blog suggests you hot glue the fabric, but every time I hot glue stuff I can usually see the hot glue "trails" under the fabric, so I avoid using hot glue to adhere large pieces of fabric. Open the case bookstyle again to let it dry.


Once it's dry, trim the batting close to the edge while leaving the fabric to overhang the edges, you will probably need to trim the corners. Then hot glue the edges of the fabric down.


On the bottom side of the case you want to make sure the fabric doesn't go over the ridge. Fold the raw edges under on the spine but don't glue them down yet because you need to insert the trim here.


The final real step is to add the decorative trim. I taped the ends to keep them from fraying. Put a dab of glue under the folded over edge and insert the trim, then hot glue the trim all the way around on the top then bottom (or vice versa). It's easier to do it in two pieces so cut that yard in half and make sure to tape the ends.


Here's the finished product, now just add whatever kind of embellishments you want. One tip though, if you plan on putting a ribbon across the top do it while you're gluing the trim so you can hide the edges of the ribbon.





Hope you enjoyed this! I really enjoyed making this, tomorrow I'll do the diaper case that is on Make It and Love It after the wipe case tutorial. I think I'll just post the after pictures since she does a good job of explaining the process, and I don't know if I can do more than one step-by-step tutorial in a week.