Petite Diaper Tote

Another project from One Yard Wonders, the Petite Diaper Tote. This one was a lot of fun to make, but tons of steps!! I was introduced to fusible fleece and interfacing. I don't love them, but love the outcome they gave me. So we've become friends.

This tote is great for carrying just a few diapers, wipes, a toy or two and your keys, wallet, phone. Small, but so handy!

First, I'd like to share my work space. It's not easy, but it's the best I have right now:

Notice the spot on the front of the craft table that "melted" (or something similar...) after I ironed on it. I even had a towel on the table! Oh well...ironing board came out. The hard part of this is that it is in our basement which is essentially the kids' playroom. So every time I work, I have to bring everything out and get it all put away before Nora gets up from her nap or in the morning. It works for now...

These are all the pieces of the fabric cut before assembling:

I had already ironed on the interfacing, but not much more at this point.

This is the beginning of the changing pad, before I quilted and attached it to the tote:


Here is the front of the bag (The changing pad is folded up on the back side):

I realize now I should've taken a picture of the back side showing how the pad folds up. Another lesson learned...

Here is the bag with the changing pad out, and the front flap open, too:

The changing pad folds into itself and then up twice and attaches with the strip of Velcro.

The tote held up by the cutest model ever, to show the changing pad out from the back of it:


Things I learned:
*How to make a stiffer corner.
*How to use fusible interfacing and fusible fleece.
*How to quilt something.
*How to make double biased tape.

*How to attach a magnetic clip.

*Measure everything first and THEN cut.

*Measure what you need after the selvage line.

*You can use two strips of interfacing together to make it the correct size, when you inadvertently cut something before measuring the rest of your project.