Tutorial: Diaper Bag from Drab to Fab! ⋆ Sprinkle Some Fun

Yes, I am THAT girl. I’ve tried to deny it before, but honestly I have always been a “girly” girl! My mom says that in kindergarten I refused to wear pants of any kind opting for dresses and skirts. I never wore a pair of jeans until 4th grade! Luckily a few of my friends convinced me that you can wear pants and still look cute. I still secretly had a thing for getting all dressed up and I still do!

So all that to say that it should come as no surprise that when I received this free diaper bag from Babies R Us (with my purchase) I immediately began thinking of ways that I could dress it up. This is what I came up with!

Just some ribbon, thread and glue! Here is how I did it!

I used 1.5 inch grosgrain ribbon and sewed fairly large stitches across the top. I did not cut the ribbon off the spool until I reached the desired amount of gathers.

Start pulling the gathers to see how much you have… start forming the rose shape.

Keep stitching and gathering until you can make about 3 layers.

Cut off the edge and stitch it under to prevent fraying.

Stitch all layers together to form the desired shape and place an embellishment if desired in the middle. I sewed a button for mine.

At this point I stitched the rosette to the strap. You can place yours anywhere you see fit. Then I also put a strip of ribbon around the whole bag. I first stitched the ribbon together where the rosette was, then stitched the top of the ribbon to each handle. From there I placed a little hot glue to secure the ribbon to the bag.

Here is is! So cute!