Tutorial: Diaper Bag from Drab to Fab!

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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!

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