Make Your Own Baby High Chair Cover

Your baby's high chair will be decorating your kitchen for about three years of your baby's life; you might as well make it look special by sewing your own high chair cover. The most challenging thing about making your own baby high chair cover is getting the cover to fit properly without slipping off. This requires some precise measurements and attention to how your high chair is constructed. You might also want to make it cushioned, so picking a sturdy (yet washable) fabric is a good idea. Decorating the high chair cover with some lace makes a sweet addition, and brightens up any kitchen. Here's how to get started.

Things You'll Need

  • Washable fabric Sewing machine Scissors Straight pins Lace Hot glue

Instructions

  1. Making Your Own Baby High Chair Cover

    • 1

      Measure your high chair for its cover. The cover will fit over the back of the chair, across the seat and a few inches below the knees. Measure the sides if you would like to have side panels covered. If your high chair has an existing cover, remove the cover and measure it. Be sure to include extra length on all sides to account for sewing hems, as well as the top "pocket" you will sew to fit over the top of the high chair. The pocket keeps the cover in place.

    • 2

      Visit the fabric store. Look for a patterned, fun, baby-inspired print on sturdy washable fabric. A pattern is better than a solid color, because food stains aren't as obvious with a print background, and you won't have to wash the cover as often. White or light colors should be avoided. Have fabric cut in the desired length. Also pick up some polyester fiber backing, elastic and some 1-inch piping or lace in complementary colors to add around the edges.

    • 3

      Place your batting beneath your fabric. Measure and mark with a pencil the basic outline of your high chair cover. Make it slightly oversized to be safe. Pin with straight pins. Cut both fabric and backing. Cut long crescent shape for top pocket, approximately 4 inches tall, and the width of your high chair top (probably around 18 inches, but it should match up to the top of your high chair cover, already cut).

    • 4

      Pin top crescent to top of high chair cover, right sides facing in. Sew. Remove pins. Turn right-side out. The crescent forms a pocket in the top.

    • 5

      Pin piping or lace all around the edges of high chair cover. Sew piping around. Remove pins. Fit cover into high chair. Cut slits in center of cover for seatbelt, if necessary. Hot glue or hand stitch the edges of the slits.

    2. Previous:

    Next:

    • Apple Puree For Baby: Benefits, Recipes And Precautions
      Apples are the most popular and nutritious fruits available in all seasons. Most parents plan to include apple puree for babies when weaning them off. Also, according to The American Academy of Pediatrics, you can use apple juice to treat the baby wi
    • First Foods for a 12-Month-Old Baby
      By 12 months, your baby has already had a taste of starter cereals and slightly lumpier foods. It is time to introduce baby to chopped and mashed versions of what the rest of the family is eating. This is an exciting time when your baby is finally re
    • About Orthodontic Bottle Nipples
      Orthodontic nipples are desired by many parents due to the ergonomic shape of the nipple. This shape mimics the inside of a babys mouth and allows all of the babys mouth to put pressure on the nipple. This helps reduce the flow of air to the stomach