My husband has been bugging me forever to buy a belt for Noah. He is just so skinny that all his pants fall off when he is wearing a disposable diaper instead of a much puffier cloth diaper. I have hesitated forever on buying one because all the ones I have ever seen, which aren’t many mind you, are UGLY! They are just not cool, usually they are these little brown braided leather blah looking things that I just can’t bear to buy for my Noah. They are soooo NOT him! I was at the fabric store the other day and saw some nice and simple navy blue corded trim…it looked a lot like a nylon strap but not nylon if you get my drift. I thought this would make the perfect simple belt that could match all the navy blue pants and jeans he owns and might even look nice with a pair of khaki cargo pants. Here is what you need to make one for your own skinny little boy…or girl!
Simple Child’s Belt
1 yard of corded trim (found in the ‘Ribbons by the yard’ section of your local fabric store)
2 D-rings (mine were 1 1/4 inch since my cording was 1 inch wide)
thread, sewing machine, etc
1 heavy duty sewing machine needle-VERY IMPORTANT!!!
This is what it will look like! Cool, eh?!
First off, replace your sewing machine needle with a heavy duty needle. If you don’t do this you may risk needle breakage. Just sayin’!
Now, measure your child’s waste and add about 6 inches so that you have enough to turn the edges under and also enough to bring it through the first belt loop on their pants and then have some growing room. Noah’s waist measurement is around 20 inches so I made his belt out of 26 inches of corded trim.
Next, place the 2 D-rings through one end of your corded trim. Fold this end of the trim over a 1/4 inch and then fold again about 1 inch. Sew a seam with a straight stitch close to the end and then sew another seam a little further in…so you have sewn over that 1/4 inch that you first folded over (Like the picture above, my stitches are in brown). The two seams will make it nice and secure! Oh, and make sure to backstitch your beginnings and ends!
Then, take the other end of your trim and fold it 1/4 inch and then another 1/4 inch on the opposite side of the corded trim that you have previously folded the other end. You need to do this on opposite sides of the trim otherwise your folded seam will show outward when you put the belt on.
Then, take the other end of your trim and fold it 1/4 inch and then another 1/4 inch on the opposite side of the corded trim that you have previously folded the other end. You need to do this on opposite sides of the trim otherwise your folded seam will show outward when you put the belt on.
That’s all there is to it!
See, I told you this was the Easiest Child’s Belt Ever!!! The greatest thing about it is that there are lots of color choices for this corded trim so you can really make this belt match their clothes if you wanted or pick a favorite color maybe. I saw khaki, dark brown, green camo, lilac, pink, etc. Colors for everyone! Hurray!
Check out that belly? Isn’t it a cute one!
You are amazing! I have two little boys and we can never find belts in the store for them. What a great idea–thanks so much for your ingeniousness.