Fabric Arm Restraint Garment for 612 Month Olds

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• Fabric Arm Restraint Garment for 6-12 Month Olds
• Youll need
• Two pieces of lightweight knit overlock fabric
  (stretches one way but not the other) cut as
  shown below.
• Two 4 by 14 pieces of heavier weight,
  non-stretch cotton fabric.
• Six 4 pieces each of the scratchy and fuzzy
  sides of velcro closure.

6 Fuzzy
6 Scratchy
4
4
2
2
4 Velcro Strips
Heavier Fabric
Facing Piece
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Instructions

• Turn under ¼ and finish around the 12 and 14
  sides of the facing piece.
• Align the 10 sides of the facing piece onto the
  10 sides of the larger piece, right sides
  together. Sew ¼ to ½ seam all around the 10
  sides.
• Fold facing piece back and iron seams flat. Sew
  finished edge of facing to the underside of the
  garment around all three sides.

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Facing now attached
Garment (wrong side)
Stiffer fabric now attached

• Finish the edges of two 14 by 4 rectangles in a
  stiffer fabric. Sew the rectangles onto the
  wrong side of the garment about 5 from the outer
  edges so that the rectangle is centered when the
  arm piece is folded by one-third. This stiff
  fabric creates a barrier to prevent the craft
  sticks from protruding through the knit fabric
  and poking the child.
• Finish the edges all the way around the garment,
  rolling the unfinished edges under and using ½
  seams.

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• Fold the outer edge of the garment toward the
  center by one-third.

(wrong side)

• Use a ¾ craft stick or tongue depressor as your
  guide to sew five pockets in the bottom half of
  the folded-over section of the garment. Repeat
  the fold and the pockets for the other side of
  the garment.

(wrong side)
Stitches forming pockets
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• Sew three 3 pieces of the scratchy side of the
  velcro along the inner bottom portion of the
  garment, about 1 apart, with the scratchy side
  facing up.

(wrong side)
scratchy side up

• Sew three pieces of the fuzzy side of the velcro
  on the right side of the garment so that the
  fuzzy pieces are lined up with the scratchy ones.

Fuzzy velcro
Scratchy velcro, scratchy side down
(right side)
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• Prepare garment by inserting 10 craft sticks or
  tongue depressors into their pockets, and folding
  the outer third of the garment in toward the
  center.

The garment is now folded and ready to be worn.
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Center child on top of the folded garment and
loop the sides of the garment firmly up and over
the arm. Secure the rolled arms snugly with the
velcro closure.
To clean, remove the craft sticks and secure the
velcro before machine washing and drying.