DIY Sweatshirt Baby Sleep-sack

Ted modelling the new sleep-sack

I've been looking at sleep-sack tutorials as, now that she's getting bigger, Pickle wriggles out of her swaddles.  I want her to be able to sleep in the middle of her cot rather than at the very end to make it easier to lift her for night feeds. 

The plan is to use her existing wraps as fabric for a sleep-sack.  I've taken a quick pattern from a friends sleep-sack with a side zip that I like, but need to find some proper time to put it together.

In the meantime I managed to whip one out of a sweatshirt during a longer-than-usual nap time.  I bought the sweatshirt from the charity shop for the heavyweight soft 100% cotton and didn't realise the it had a dead bird on it until after I got it home.  

Mr Duncan informs me it is something to do with a band I think I've heard of, but can't think of any of their songs.  I'm really starting to feel old now when it comes to popular music.

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In any case its based on this tutorial here.  I used velcro rather than snaps as I had the roll I bought for the baby gym and I was going to use bias binding for the edges rather than zigzag but ended up hemming it all instead, which made the neck and arms a little larger than I intended.  

Other than that, I'm really happy with it and might keep my eyes out for some other suitable sweatshirts to make more for when Pickle gets bigger.  

I like making things for her, and the less I spend on such things, the longer I can go without having to get a new job so...