Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing pattern and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos.
As it says in the video, this was a community service project of mine. My doctor’s office didn’t have any stirrup covers for their medical exam tables, so I drafted a pattern, sewed up two pair, and gave them to my doctor’s office for free.
So yeah, it’s a craft project, but it’s not related to doll clothes. I suppose you could use the pattern to make a doll-sized drawstring bag, if you really wanted to.
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I still thought some of you might want to have this easy-to-sew pattern because it does make a good community service project, and frankly, it only takes about 20 minutes to make a pair of these. Before I go in for my next physical, I’m going to whip up a couple more pairs to take to my doctor’s office, just to show how much I appreciate my doc.
To make today’s stirrup cover craft project, you will likely need one of the following items:
- flannel or
- some of the fabric in my Spoonflower store
- 1/2 inch elastic
- chopsticks (for inverting)
- Gutermann sewing machine thread
- Gutermann sewing machine thread
- needles for hand stitching
This list comes from my “Buyer’s Guide” page, which is easily accessed from the home page.
If you know any nurses who like to craft, please consider sharing today’s project with them. And as it says in my video, my Spoonflower store has some great silly fabrics for a project like this.
But if you’re interested in using earth-friendly fabrics, please consider buying your fabric from FabScrap. FabScrap is a fabric recycle and reuse service, where you can buy fabrics that would otherwise go into landfills! Watch my FabScrap unboxing video to see what kinds of fabrics they sent me!
To learn more about FabScrap, this page on their website will tell you what a wonderful resource they offer!
Here’s the free printable PDF sewing pattern for making today’s craft project and some additional tutorials you may find helpful:
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- Free Printable AMERICAN PDF Sewing Pattern for Making Medical Table Stirrups
- Free Printable A4 (INTERNATIONAL) PDF Sewing Pattern for Making Medical Table Stirrups
You may also find these tutorial videos helpful:
- How to do a whipstitch
- How to sew snaps on fabric
- How to do a backstitch
- How to gather fabric
- How to do a baste stitch
- How to pull elastic through a casing
- How to use a needle threader
- How to do a basic straight stitch
- How to use bias tape
- How to choose fabric
- How to tie a knot using a needle and thread
- How to measure a doll
- How to press seams open, using a hot iron
- How to sew rickrack
- How to use selvage
- How to attach ribbon to doll clothes
- Tips on sewing with lace
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