So a friend of ours is having a baby this fall, and that is all the impetus I need to go nuts with all the fun baby craft and sewing projects! I have tons of them pinned to my sewing for kids board on Pinterest, but I thought I'd start off with this one, since I expected it would be a quick project and something I could make with materials I had on hand. This baby door muffler or 'door muff' is available for sale on Etsy in various colors. It lets you open and close the baby's door without the click, so you don't wake the baby, and keeps toddlers from locking themselves into a room.
I had some denim scraps left over from the denim quilt I finished recently, so I thought I'd use some of those. I also wanted my door muff to be gender neutral, and denim works pretty well for that idea. Basically, the door muff ended up being three layers of denim, with the ends sewn down around two elastic hair ties. The elastics serve the same function as the ribbons, but are a little less girly, and perhaps more straightforward if you ever want to take it on and off. It sounds simple, but it took longer than you might expect to get the measurements right. Also, my sewing machine was being extremely uncooperative. Anyway, the basic finished product was boring, so I added two felt stars to hint at a night sky theme. Here it is!
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