Another, larger sleep sack from Burda pattern 9640; the ones I made when I was pregnant are outgrown now. The sleep sacks are a key element in my campaign to encourage more
consistent sleeping from Ali, so I think I'll make a couple more. I
totally recommend this pattern - it's so easy to put together, and it
means that the sleeping bags cost almost nothing, whereas if you buy
the Grobag ones they're about $60 each. I do like feeling thrifty (it
doesn't happen very often).
The fabrics are from Sprout Design and Ikea, and it's lined with an old shirt of Mark's. The shirt was one he had made in KL when we were there on a stop-over years ago, and I think it's Zegna fabric... anyway, it's very soft and feels lovely. And there is a flannelette layer, cut out of an old sheet and sandwiched inside for added cosiness.
I used Amy's bias tape method, which is great, although I made it hard for myself by accidentally buying the super-thin bias tape... not ideal when you are trying to trap 3 layers together. And I had a breakthrough with the zipper... I have always had a phobia of zips, and this was the first one I'd done on the new sewing machine. I followed the instructions in the Janome manual exactly and even though the diagrams are really confusing it all made sense and turned out much tidier than any zip I had done previously. Very exciting! If I do a few more to practice I may actually stop avoiding zips and getting stressed by them. And then maybe I'll finally get around to making myself some clothes.
