Berenstain Bears

A Little Something Special

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Yesterday I took Anne to the dentist, she was well prepared for it. Her favorite episode of The Berenstain Bears is when Sister Bear has a loose tooth and she loves the Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist book too.  I decided to take it one step further and make a special Berenstain Bears bag for all the little things she would get at her appointment: toothbrush, toothpaste, flossers and prize.  Check it out!

I had to add a couple of girly touches for my girly girl. I fussy cut the front and back, and the front was smaller than the back so I added some of the pink dots on white. For the inside I did white dots on pink. I couldn’t resist throwing in some ribbon for the handles.

It was such a simple little project, probably took me no more than 30 minutes on Sunday night, but look at the results it got:

Positively Priceless! She let the hygienist brush, floss, and put fluoride on her teeth – I was one proud mommy! Today I am heading up to the hospital to pick up some of Anne’s medications and to inquire as to whether or not I can get some anti-nausea medication because if I am going to stay on the new RA drugs I need to be able to function on them!

And because I can’t resist putting up ridiculously cute pictures of my baby girl – here is my mom’s favorite from yesterday!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday!

 

Baby Doll Sleep Sack Tutorial

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Back in the early 80s, when I was little, I absolutely LOVED the Berenstain Bears. They were my favorite books and I had them all memorized. Needless to say, as soon as I found out I was pregnant I started a collection for my baby.  Anne has a fairly decent sized collection and they are her FAVORITE books, just like mommy.  We went to the fabric shop last week for a little pick me up and this is what she picked out:

Welcome to Bear Country

This is what I made for her:

I got my inspiration from something I had when I was a little girl that my mom had given to me, probably about Anne’s age.

You will need:

  • 14″ zipper
  • 6 rectangles (6.5″ x 8″)
  • 1 panel print (13″5 x 18.5″)
  • Pellon Fusible Fleece ( 26.5″ x 18″)
  • Inside fabric (27″ x 18.5″
  • Quilting Thread
  • Basic Sewing Supplies

Use 1/4″ seams throughout

Outside of the Sleep Sack Layout:

Sew your outside sections together:

Sew outside sections to the center panel:

Following the Pellon Fusible Fleece directions – center the PFF to the back of the piece you just assembled.  You want to make sure that the PFF is 1/4″ smaller on all sides. You may have to trim it a little.

Next, quilt the panel however you would like to. I quilted in the side panels only and left the center print without any quilting. I also used NiteLite Thread by Superior Threads when I quilted. I couldn’t get a picture in the dark, but it glows so beautifully and Anne loves going to sleep with it in her room glowing away!

Next, place the inside fabric right sides together with the quilted panel. Pin 3 sides, leaving bottom open.

Sew the 3 pinned sides with a 1/4″ seam. Clip the corners.

Turn right side out, pin one side of zipper into place and sew down.

Unzip the zipper and pin to the other side, be careful when sewing the zipper down that you don’t sew through the back of the sleep sack. You should now have a tube when the zipper is zipped.

Turn sleep sack inside out, pin across the bottom and sew bottom closed, if you would like to add an “I love you” tag, this is the point to pin it in. You will want to sew this final seam close to the stopper on the zipper.

Turn right side out and you’re done!

Toddler Approved!

This is my project for the Hopeful Threads June Project. I hope you enjoy, if you make one, I would love to see it!

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