Inspired by Lisa's lovely car seat blanket that she posted recently I dug out Alia's car seat blanket and cover pictures. I made them based on a photo I saw. I didn't have a pattern.
We basically made a square blanket, one corner was sewn to make a little hood the other three corners were rounded, I just cut around a plastic lid or a dinner plate to get the shape. Holes were cut into the back of it to line up with the car seat straps and we finished the holes off like a button hole. I used the button hole setting on my machine. The idea is the blanket stays in the car seat and you just open it out to put the baby in, fasten the restraints, the hood goes over their head first and the sides tucked in by their chin and the other three corners of the blanket are fastened as though you were swaddling a baby.
When you get home if you carry the car seat into the house it is easy to open up the blanket so the baby is not too hot if they are sleeping. In the same way if the baby is sleeping when you take them out you don't have to wake them to put them into their coat.
The handles on most baby seats swivel back and the hood goes down, the cover will fold back with them to get the baby out.
Lovely make - good work!
So cosy and practical too!!