Doll Carrier for Violet

I have wanted to join along in A Little Gray's sew along for awhile. Jessica is sewing a different project from Liesl Gibson's book, Little Things to Sew, each month and even though she is a few months in you can always join in now. The bear carrier was the project for January. I didn't quite finish in time but still wanted to share. Ever since we had Luke Violet has been loving her dolls and stuffed animals. She has tried using my carrier with her dolls but it is way too big so this was the perfect little gift for her. I used left over scraps from last year's Easter dresses. The print was a little too big for this little project so you don't see the animals very well. In the future I'll use a smaller print fabric. Overall I love the carrier. It came together surprisingly fast and I was able to use supplies I had already. I did not have a scrap of batting to use and instead of cutting into a new package I used a scrap of flannel I had. It worked well: giving the carrier enough stability while keeping it soft. We found that the straps kept falling off my little ones shoulders so one suggestion I'd make would be to cross the straps in the back. This seemed to help hold the carrier on much better. Also since Sydney is six but still likes to play dolls I wanted her to be able to use the carrier too. In order to make it work for a two year old and a six year old I just used long rectangles of velcro instead of just a square. This made the size quite adjustable and both our girls can play with it.