New Baby!

So Cj's cousin just had a sweet baby boy! In celebration we wanted to give a great homemade gift! So we went out and got some super cute, boyish (yes, thats a word) material and got cracking. I should also mention that I wing things alot. I don't usually measure at all and figure stuff out along the way..... So here it went. I really wanted to make things the mom and dad could use..... so we decided on a blankie, burp cloths, and bibs.
First the blankie, we got some soft material cut it into about the size I wanted. Then I flipped the material right sides together and sewed around the edge with just enough left open to turn the blanket back the right side out. After I closed up the left over hole, I used my rotary cutter and cut out fabric in the shapes of sweet baby's initials. Next I placed them on the blanket, where I wanted them, and zigzag stitch sewed all around the letters.

The "R" bunched up a little but no biggie. I still LOVED it! You can also see in this pic that I restitched around the edge of the blanket while I was sewing up the hole..... I'll have to take pictures during the process next time around.
Next up the super easy burp cloths. I went to target and got a super cheap pack of  plain burp clothes, picked out a soft, cute, washable fabric and got to work. I also decided to sew his first inital on these, but after the blanket there were a cinch!

These are, of course, folded. You can only see the center section of the bup clothes....... and then the blankie underneath...... and my couch pillow! lol
Then, last but most certainly NOT least..... the bibs. These were a little more difficult only because I didn't think about the process before doing it.... so needless to say there was some serious seam ripping on the first one! lol 
I first bought a simple pattern from etsy...... the name of the shop escapes my mind now... but I'm sure I'll think about it later.....
Anyways simple pattern to get started.
p.s. RomeoandMae is the name of the etsy shop, where I  bought the pattern. I just remembered. And Jennifer will send you the pattern in PDF so you can keep it on your computer and print when needed, which for scatter brains like me this is an added bonus!


ok, back on track, simple pattern bought. Cute material bought. I cut out the pattern on the fabrics and the batting needed for the middle of the bib. Next I pinned them together (right sides of fabric together and batting on the outside) and started sewing. I left a little hole to flip the bib right sides out. and stitched the hole closed. These turned out sooo stinkin cute and after my first little fudge up they were super easy too so I busted out four!

You can see the front of one and the back of another in this picture. I used just simple cotton fabrics for the fronts and a really soft brown chenille fabric for the back.

Here is all four of them layed out. Didn't they turn out sooo cute?! P.s. I really need to pay more attention to what is in the backgound of my pictures! tee hee

Happy Creating!