**This is a PDF Sewing Pattern, with instructions and pattern pieces to make your own Fitted Car Seat Canopy. This is not a made Fitted Car Seat Canopy, or a physical item that will be sent to you. It is a digital download.** If you would like a canopy made, convo me for details!Your PDF Pattern and Printable Template Pattern will be instantly emailed to your Registered Etsy Email address after cleared payment! If you have any issues please let me know.With over 70 photos, this step-by-step pattern is perfect for beginning sewers with basic sewing skills to the skilled sewer. The finished Fitted Car Seat Canopy fits all models of infant car seats!You will receive instructions how to:***Make an original 2-layer car seat canopy***Make a fleece-lined car seat canopy***Includes instructions for simplified straps and window covering***Includes instructions for accented straps and window coverings (like the ones I sell in my shop!)***How to sew on straps to fit Evenflo infant seat handles.

Now you can make the ORIGINAL Fitted Car Seat Canopy with Peek-A-Boo window! It's a fun and one-of-a-kind way to protect your baby from glaring sun, biting wind, nasty germs and nosy strangers! This unique cover not only attaches to the handle, keeping the fabric out of your little one's face, but features elastic around the entire base to keep the cover in place in the wind. A peek-a-boo window to check on your little one without having to expose him or her to the elements makes it convenient while allowing for air flow. Due to the nature of this item it is Non Refundable once delivered via email.While you may not redistribute the pattern itself in any form for sharing or selling, please feel free to sell your finished creations. is appreciated but not required.This pattern and product is the sole property of Poppy Hollow. It is for personal use only. Pattern may not be redistributed or resold. No part of this PDF pattern may be reproduced in any media format to be resold or shared.© Poppy Hollow 2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Make Your OwnMake YourThis car seat cover was a quick, fun project for me.  It makes a perfect gift for a new baby.  Mine is for my new baby nephew, Isaac.  A cover is wonderful for keeping a baby asleep, warm and safe from germs when out in public. This is a project where you can definitely employ your imagination to embellish it as much or as little as you want.  Target Home Curtains BrownI chose to piece a strip of my back polka dot fabric on the front top and bottom.  Wedding Dress Shop Downtown LaI also pieced the straps… but that was out of necessity.   Small Dogs For Sale Hunter ValleyI only bought 1 yard of the backing fabric, and didn’t have enough fabric complete the straps like I wanted, with backing fabric on one side and front on the other… so I pieced them, and in the end I liked them better than the way I had planned. 

I love when this happens.  I make a mistake or run out of fabric, and the fix ends up being my favorite part of the project.  I think it’s because I’m forced to think out of the box and get more creative. Here is what you need to complete this project: 1 1/3 yards 100% cotton fabric or flannel for top 1 1/3 yards 100% cotton fabric or flannel for backing Sew on Velcro (I prefer not to use Velcro with adhesive, as it gums up my needle.) fabric marking pen (either water erasable or disappearing) or fabric marking pencil 1.  Cut top and backing fabrics 35″ wide x 42″ long.  If fabric has a directional pattern like my top fabric, make sure to cut it so it goes in the right direction.  If you are piecing either the top (like I did) or backing, make sure the finished dimensions are still 35″ wide x 42″ long. 2.  Create curved corners by placing a bowl in the corner and tracing with fabric marking pen or pencil, as shown.  Cut along tracing line.  

(This curved corner is more than just decorative, it serves to keep the cover off the ground on the corners.  Next time around, I would use a larger bowl and take more off for the curve, as the corners in the front of the car seat touch slightly.) 3.  Cut straps 2 from backing and 2 from top 4″ x 9 1/2″.   (I was piecing the straps, so my “back” polka dot fabric was 2″, and the “top” fabric was cut 6″ thereby making my finished strap the same dimensions.) 4.  If you want to do any piecing (like I’ve done), make sure finished dimensions are same as above. 5.  For the main body of the cover, place right sides of front and backing together, stitch together using a 1/4″ seam, leaving a small opening.  Note: all seams are 1/4″ unless otherwise noted. 6.  Clip curved corners and turn right side out.  I like using a chopstick all the way around the seam, as it makes for a nice edge.  7.  Using a scant 1/4 seam, stitch all the way around the outside edge to give it a finished look, and to close the opening.

8.  To make the straps place right sides of front and back fabric together.  Stitch around, leaving one end open.  (There are few added steps if you are making the straps pieced on top, like mine.  I stitch down the length, leaving both ends open,  I pressed the seams out, turned it right side out, and pressed so the straps looked even.  Then I turned it wrong sides together again and closed one end.  Then continue to step 9) 9.  Clip corners and turn right side out.   (Again I use chopstick)  Repeat steps 8-10 for second strap. 11.  Fold straps to check placement of Velcro, pin and stitch into place.  I made sure the end which I closed the opening was on the inside and therefore hidden. 12.  Press straps in half, to act as a guide.  For placement of stitching on the straps (to adhere the straps to the body), measure 4 1/4″ inches in from both sides and draw a line with fabric marking pen as shown below. 13.  For placement of straps measure 19″ inches from the top and 11 1/2″ from each side.