My sister just had another baby and my BFF is pregnant. So I have been throwing some baby stuff in my GF. Here is a post with the source of the materials and settings I used
Bee Security Blanket
This bee security blanket has been probably the most funny thing I have seen in my GF.
My first thought on it was that it would be a nightmare with how many parts it can break into and how to put all the parts together again. It is laser safe and so I decided to satisfy my desire to organize by glowforging it.
I am using the glowforge to engrave on the back side of each segment a code that will bring them all back together. For example, this foam piece is a turtle. So I engraved on the brown surrounding “Turtle (TR)” and all the little parts inside it are being engraved with “TR” (I have not finished it yet. This is break news fresh).
Cute! And those things are called sleep sacks. At least the name brand ones from when my kids were babies are the Halo sleep sacks (I bought the swaddle versions that hold the arms down). Your’s also look like swaddle sleep sacks. They are great, I buy them for all my new parent friends.
And every time I see your posts, makes me want to engrave fabric and break out the sewing machine to make something cool.
Yes, swaddles are a life saver…or a sleep saver. Babies wake themselves up by surprising themselves with their arm movement
And keeping a baby swaddled in a blanket is so difficult. Those sleepsacks are what kept me sane. I didn’t have them for my first, I learned my lesson with the second.
Those are going to be such tremendous gifts! And I think the engraving on the mat is tremendous, as it will be used for years, and can even help teach little ones to read! Again, you are amazing girl!
You are making me wanna… find a pregnant friend! (No, not making me want to have another baby… LOL) Ooh actually this just gave me an amazing idea! I totally forgot that I was looking for new ideas for gifts to make for new families in the Down syndrome community. This would be awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this and triggering this idea.
BTW: Sleep sacks are great.
And I love swaddles. (My daughter HATED being swaddled, but my son NEEDED it. My theory is that she hated it because she has low muscle tone and likes to be spread out, while he has ADHD and it kept him settled. lol)
Amazing! My daughter is having a baby in July, a girl, so I am eager to make some of these for her. This is granddaughter #3 and I have 3 grandsons 10 and under.
I totally forgot that my daughter’s first grade teacher was pregnant! She had her baby (a little early) over the weekend. I better get busy and make something! hahaha
Yup! IG is not a great platform to post the more extensive information such as the whole whiteboard stuff. Plus, on the forums there are lots of great fellow glowforgers that give a lot of additional information on posts. Here is the post I did with all information on the whiteboard:
Ok so here’s question 2 lol. How do you figure your height ? I mean I’ve done cutting boards with the no math no honeycomb tray but how do I measure the blanket with calipers ? The same way as I would wood ?
Honestly, the best way to validate a setup especially for odd objects is to:
Power off the glowforge
Setup your material in the GF with your best estimation on height and such (so for the blanket you would setup the whiteboard and the blanket on it)
Move the laser arm and print head forward along the path of where you are wanting to place your design. When doing this, monitor the assist fan and make sure the material is close but not hitting it:
She had her baby (a little early) over the weekend. I better get busy and make something! hahaha
