{"id":3763,"date":"2010-02-28T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/inout-or-how-monstery-triplets-can-become-a-baby-in-a-pouch\/"},"modified":"2016-04-03T20:25:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T10:25:32","slug":"inout-or-how-monstery-triplets-can-become-a-baby-in-a-pouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2010\/02\/inout-or-how-monstery-triplets-can-become-a-baby-in-a-pouch.html","title":{"rendered":"In\/out or How Monstery Triplets can become a Baby-in-a-Pouch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Lately ideas have been coming from lots of directions&#8230;but I guess that&#8217;s just how ideas always come&#8230;anyway, you can think of this post as a kind of improvisation on the last post I put up since the basic shape of the baby is the same as the shape of the monstery triplets&#8230;it&#8217;s just a very simple shape that can be adapted to all sorts of things.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/myblackcardigan.blogspot.com\/\">Nikki<\/a> left a comment on my &#8220;triplet&#8221; post about how kids like to put things in and out of other things&#8230;endlessly really&#8230;and that&#8217;s the kernel of the idea behind this baby in a pouch&#8230;just something simple and small and soft&#8230;easy for little hands to hold&#8230;and easy for them to play putting-into-and-out-of games with.<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our little friend nicely tucked <em>in<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7946tutorial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7946tutorial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The template for the pouch is a &#8220;house&#8221; shape. The base of my &#8220;house&#8221; is 15.5cm, the sides are 5cm high, and a line drawn staight up from the middle of the base to the highest point of the &#8220;roof&#8221; is 11cm.<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441737801663831954\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7815.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As you can see I&#8217;ve used different materials for contrast and a thin piece of wadding to give the pouch a nice spongy feel and a bit of thickness.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Important: when you sew the 4 cut out pieces of your pouch together make sure that you sew them in the <em>order <\/em>shown below&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441737813008709394\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7862.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;it should look like this when you&#8217;ve sewn the 4 pieces together:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441737825416298738\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7864.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you turn your pouch inside-out make sure that you turn the top layer of material over the other layers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441737837525242658\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7869.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I made the baby&#8217;s blanket in the shape seen below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441738569795979906\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7874.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;to avoid it becoming too bulky when the baby is all wrapped up:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441738583008143826\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7878.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the fun starts&#8230;in out in out in out in out in out in out in out in out in out&#8230;you get the picture&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442112768984446354\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7951.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to see more sewing projects?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Have a look at my book &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/au\/listing\/180157832\/sew-together-grow-together-sewing?ref=shop_home_active_2\">Sew Together Grow Together&#8217;\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Available at my etsy shop.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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