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DIY Upcycled Muslin Baby Wrap – A simple tutorial

January 1, 2014

Diy baby boy blanket

Here is a simple craft tutorial to help you make a DIY stamp that can be used to upcycle old baby wraps. I'm hooked!

As I have already announced, I'm having a boy so I'm going mad with the masculine prints. 

Update: Due to the popularity of this post I also have made cloud stamps and cactus stamped fabric tutorials with updated tehniques if you want to check them out.

I kept my first bub a surprise because it was an amazing feeling not knowing. This time we decided to find out the gender as we are happy stopping at two children and I wanted to be prepared for what my final family dynamic would be. 

The downfall is that I won't get that amazing moment of  "it's a …" but one of the many up-sides is that I can get seriously crafty. 

I'm not a big fan of a lot of the boy baby fashion out there, the baby boy fashion I can afford so I have been going a bit up-cycle mad with Scout's old stuff. 

Some ladies clean when they are nesting, I craft. Ironically it's actually quite messy. 

What you need

  • Fabric paint or any paint paired with this amazing fabric medium***
  • A muslin wrap or blanket
  • Craft foam**
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • A block to adhere the fox to

DIY Rubber Stamp, ink, craft, upcycle

Directions

DIY Stamp

  1. Find and trace or draw a simple picture that you love onto baking paper in pencil.*
  2. Turn the paper over so the pencil side is touching the craft foam and trace along the back so you transfer the image onto the foam. 
  3. Use the scissors to cut the shape out of the foam.
  4. Carefully stick the shapes onto a wooden block.

DIY hand printed baby blanket 

  1. Lay your blanket or muslin wrap out on a piece of cardboard.
  2. Pour your paint into a bowl and dip the stamp in.
  3. Clean around the edges before you stamp the fabric to keep the print clean. 
  4. Stamp the fabric in a consistent pattern making sure to keep going to the edge even if it means you have half a fox hanging off the edge. This will make it look more professional. 
  5. After it has dried, iron the fabric to set the paint. 

*If you want to make this same fox stamp just print this picture and trace the shape. Alternatively just open it on a tablet or iphone and trace it straight off the screen. 

**Craft foam isn't the toughest of mediums. If you want to use something that will last longer you can always carve the shape out of rubber but this is much harder to do. 

***You can buy awesome fabric ink pads from Little Paper Lane if you want a more ink-like look. 

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Comments

  1. WhitBNimble

    January 22, 2013 at 5:54 pm

    You are so thrifty! This is adorable! I can’t wait to hear what you name him, and see all the other exciting things you’re doing to welcome him into your family. ^^

  2. Emma

    January 22, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    I hope you name him Fox 🙂

  3. Ros

    January 23, 2013 at 9:28 am

    Gorgeous! I love this – thanks for sharing 🙂

  4. Andrew Bailey

    January 23, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    That is pretty cool. Actually you can find some of these on http://fabricbanners.net.au/ where you can get it printed thousands of times with a nice deal. But your work is definitely something, I like the creativity. Thank you so much for sharing! I loved it!

  5. Em

    January 23, 2013 at 6:46 pm

    Very clever! Lil fox is gonna be seriously trendy!! I find when I use stamps and paint I rather paint the stamp with a brush rather than dunk in the paint.. I never get a clean stamp otherwise.. This is also the same when I get my kids hand print.. Painting on is more accurate.. 🙂

  6. Charlotte

    January 23, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    This is such a cute blanket, great idea, bet he will love it!

  7. Diaryofamadcrafter.wordpress.com

    January 24, 2013 at 8:45 am

    Oh my goodness….obsessed. I want this blanket for myself!! I can’t get enough of foxes!

  8. Sarah

    January 25, 2013 at 2:36 am

    Thanx or the lovely tutorial! I am really enjoying your blog, keep up the great work!

  9. Cat

    January 25, 2013 at 7:41 am

    do you think you could do a “pattern” of that fox for the rest of us to recreate? it is adorable!

  10. Diaryofamadcrafter.wordpress.com

    January 28, 2013 at 5:09 am

    I just made a scarf for myself (as I don’t have any kids yet) with this little fox. Thanks for the inspiration!!

  11. Patchwork Cactus

    January 28, 2013 at 8:43 am

    So glad you guys are all liking it! You can print the pic and use it as a template if you want to make your own and for you Diaryofamadcrafter, Please upload a pic of your scarf to Instagram, Twitter of Facebook and tag me so I can check it out!

  12. Nichola

    March 22, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    Hi!
    Just letting you know that we featured your awesome tutorial over on our Friday Favourites post.
    http://www.handmakersfactory.com.au/Blog/tabid/222/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/100/Foxy-Friday-Favourites.aspx

    Keep up the great work!
    Nichola

  13. Patchwork Cactus

    March 22, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    Thans so much Nichola!!!

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