Baby Burp Cloths

With my dabbling in the sewing world, I decided I wanted to try my hand a a baby gift.

We all know that most use a great deal of burp cloths in a baby’s lifetime, whether the baby is a spitter-upper or one who drools a lot.

One of my aerobics instructors just had baby numero cuatro…yes, that would be number 4. I so admire her and how she does everything she does.

I decided that she would be my first victim…I mean first recipient…LOL.

I bought a pack of Gerber cloth diapers, some fabric, jumbo Ric-Rac, and used ribbon I had on hand.

They were all pretty simple.

The first one I sewed on a piece of soft/bumpy hot pink material.

Once the material was sewed on, I added some jumbo black Ric-Rac on either side of the pink material.

I just loved this soft material and went with using it. Somehow in my excitement I forgot to take pictures while I was make the second one…Whoops.

Anyway, I made it like a pillow cover. I cut the material the same size as the cloth diaper. I sewed it right sides together, like making a pillow cover. I flipped it right-side out and sewed up the corner.

Then I added some ribbon and Ric-Rac.

Well, now I was on a roll and decided to do just one more.

This one was the most simple of them all. The hardest part was making sure the ribbon stayed on straight while sewing.

I pinned on ribbon on to help break the cloth into thirds.

They were finished.

To make them into a gift, I folded them up and wrapped them with a pretty ribbon. {Ribbon makes everything prettier, right?}

And there you have it…a cute little baby gift.

Congratulations, Christy! So, happy for you and your family.