A Recipe for Adorable Baby Bibs

First, choose some cute fabrics from your scrap basket. Grab that old chenille bedspread hiding in your linen closet, too... it will make a great absorbent lining for the bibs.

You probably have a purchased bib that will work for a pattern. I like to use a paper bag to trace my pattern onto. Then, layer fabric and backing right sides together and cut out.

For my bibs, I didn't worry too much about using the straight of grain when cutting up the chenille, but instead paid attention to the pattern on the bedspread. I even put a little blue flower on one!

Next, sew around the layered fabric pieces leaving a small opening on one side to turn the bib through. Clip the curved area around the neck before turning and pressing. You might want to trim the seams to about 1/4inch wide if they seem too bulky.

 I top stitched close to the edge all around the bib to close the opening and neaten the outside of the bib. Attach a snap at the neck or use Velcro, as I did, to make the bibs reversible. 

 Now, go find a cute baby who needs some new bibs to keep her outfits dry and clean!

She will be the envy of all her friends in the nursery!

Enjoy!

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Making Burp Cloths

 It's snowing again. Soft feathers have been floating down all day.

Another good day for sewing, I've been using a package of diapers to make some cute burp cloths. Have I told you that grand baby number eight will soon be here? 

 You can probably tell from all the pink, that it's a girl! 

In case you need some quick baby gifts, I thought I'd show you how I made these simple burp cloths. I started with pre-folded diapers purchased from Target. 

 First, fold the sides of the diaper in to meet the two stitched lines that run perpendicular to the diaper. Zig zag along this stitching line to create a narrower cloth.

 I stitched from the top with colored thread and white in the bobbin. You can see that my stitching just catches the edge that is folded back. That's all there is to it!

 The real fun began when I got out my trims and scraps to decorate the ends of the cloths. I didn't even fold under the fabric, but just stitched close the edges. Then I covered the raw edges with rick rack or ribbon.

Adding rick rack to both ends adds a finishing touch and takes away some of the "diaper" look. The diapers are very absorbent, obviously, which is a necessity as we've learned from past experience. (At least for my daughter's babies!)

 I was wanting to make a dozen cloths but found, that like ice cream, the packaging might look the same but it's really smaller than it used to be.

 A dozen diapers is really only ten these days!

I'm getting excited about saying hello to my new grand daughter. Next up, is a new quilt to cuddle her in! Enjoy your weekend.