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The Perfect Newborn Burp Cloth (tutorial)

February 3, 2014 By Erica Deuel 6 Comments

DIY_burp_clothsSo many cute things come with babies.

Cute clothes. Cute blankets. Cute bedding. Cute noises. Cute faces. And ohhh the cute baby chub! All my babies had some sweet wrinkles. Loved it. One thing that is NOT so cute about babies is all the stuff that comes out of them. Their mouths for one can leave spit up that smells, stains, and is slimy yuck.

It’s part of the deal though, so we handle it. When I had my Reagan, I came up with this simple flannel burp cloth that I love. It is all I used with her. They still look beautiful today too. She uses them as blankets for her baby dolls.

Three years later, I am still making these burp cloths. Not for my Reagan anymore, but as baby shower presents. They are one of my favorite gifts to give new moms.

I’m going to show you the basic steps for how to create these burp cloths and then give you a few more reasons why I love them (as well as tell you some other baby items that I love to make and give).

When I find a flannel I love, I usually buy a yard regardless. But if you want to make one burp cloth, ask for 1/3 of a yard. I think that size makes a nice fat burp cloth. So many burp cloths are too thin or too short and don’t do the job of protecting you from mayhem.

flannel projectI then iron all around my 1/3 of a yard fabric. I fold about 1/4″ to 1/2″ seem down and iron it to hold it in place. I then fold the fabric over in half and pin all the way around it.

ironing flannel

DIY flannel burp clotheI simply sew around the edge of the now rectangle shape two times. There are foots that you can put on most sewing machine that will sew two lines at once. I just sew around two times. You can also personalize your burp cloth by adding a shape or an initial to sew on as well.

applique burp cloth

sewing_a_burpclothAfter you sew everything in place and remove the pins, it is done! I think this project is so simple, yet a fun way to give a personalized gift. There are so many different flannel patterns available to give this simple project different looks. You can get fun colorful patterns or basic geometric modern styles. Whatever your taste or the theme of a baby shower may be! Of course, I am always drawn to the bright colorful fabrics! 🙂

DIY_flannel_burp_clothsI think this burp cloth is the perfect burp cloth. The fabric is so soft. It is very absorbent. Here is the best part! The bright colors and patterns hide stains! So often the popular white cloth diaper type burp cloths get stained and gross. These flannel burp cloths hide all that and are more forgiving.

perfect_newborn_burp_cloth

handmade_baby_presentI love to add a few personalized homemade items to my baby shower gifts. I usually get something off the registry and then make a few things to go with it. Some of my favorite items to make are fun gift bags, chiffon flowers for the perfect newborn headband, and even simple wood signs.

homemade_gift_bagWhat about you!? Do you love to make items for your baby shower gifts as well?

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a great week and get to imagine!

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Girl’s Craft Night + Baby Shower

February 6, 2013 By Erica Deuel 5 Comments

paint chip baby shower banner

The other night I got a chance to throw a little girl’s night + craft night + baby shower all in one event with my friend Erin.

We had a blast planning it together for our good friend Dana, and it ended up being such a fun night.  It was low key, and the perfect blend of girl time, crafts, good food, awesome friends, celebration of life, and pajamas.

Here is a series of pictures from our night with steps on how to make the sweet “girl” banner I made for our party.

erin and me

hosting a baby shower

Erin and I were anxious for our friends to arrive, so we took a few pictures of ourselves while we waited.  This kept us from eating all the pretty food before they arrived.

girl baby shower food table

After everyone arrived, we ate and ate some more, while catching up.  The guest of honor is a candy lover, just like me.  We are kindred spirits with our sweet taste buds, so I loved having the task of bringing the sweets for the party.  I’m not much of a chief, but I can bake some cookies and buy some candy.  Thank you Erin for making the fresh creme cheese and dill dip plus the awesome tortilla roll ups.  She had the hard stuff.

After we ate, Dana opened her presents, and it was so fun to see her reaction to girly items!

opening baby shower presents

Dana has two boys and is pregnant with her little girl, Jane.  We all found out her baby’s name that night, and it was so fun squealing with excitement for her.  I love it.  I love that she has the same gender and close in age kids as me too.

I have been busily making Dana some hair bows, and last week I showed you how to make the DIY Burlap Hair Bow I made for her.  Well, I used that hair bow and others that I had made to form a sweet bouquet to use as a decoration for the shower.

baby shower bouquet

For the shower, we had everyone bring a frame that they would want to turn into a hair bow holder or a memo board.  The bouquet was pretty for the shower, but now that the shower is over all those hair bows needed a pretty way to be stored.

For exact details on how to create one of these chicken wire frames please read about my Pallet Memo Board.  For this night, I brought a series of wire cutters, my staple gun, and the chicken wire and we got to work helping one another.

chicken wire materials

girls craft night

crafters teamwork

girls craft night project

It can be a two person job to hold the wire down (from curling up on you) and stapling.  Courtney (featured on the left in above pictures) was a great assistant to all of us.  This was my favorite part of the night as we all sat around in our pjs and talked, laughed and crafted.  I can’t believe I didn’t get a group shot of us all together, but I did manage to get most of our frames in a shot together.

chircken wire frames

I love creating with friends and I love creating for friends.  It was so fun to craft together, and I also really enjoyed preparing for the night.  I made the fun “girl” banner out of paint chips.

DIY Baby Girl Banner

In short, this is how you too can make this banner!

1.  Gather some supplies

  • paint chips
  • hole/circle punchers
  • stickers to spell “girl”
  • hot glue gun with glue sticks
  • ribbon
  • scissors
  • brown card stock paper

DIY girl banner

2.  Punch circles out of the paint chips.  I used my big circle puncher to punch four large circles out, as those would be the circles I spelled “girl” out on.  I used the smaller circle puncher to punch a lot more circles out to use along the top of the banner (on either side of “girl”).

3.  Glue the four large circles in the center of your ribbon and glue smaller circles up and down the ribbon on either side of it.  I just put a small glob of glue on the ugly side of my paint chips and stuck it on the ribbon.  You don’t need much glue.

4.  I then used white stickers to spell “girl” on my banner, and cut out some big triangles out of the brown card stock and glued them on the other side of my ribbon.

pregant photo shoot with a banner

belly with baby girl sign

That’s it!  The banner is done!  How gorgeous is my model here!?  Dana wears pregnancy so well!

We had such a fun night honoring Dana and her sweet baby and just being with each other.

Have you ever had or been to a more informal baby shower like this one?  I loved being in comfy clothes and having a girls night rather than an early Saturday morning function.

pregnant mommy with shower hosts

I’m so blessed to have these girls in my life!  Now, Ms. Jane!  Hurry up and get here!  We are all anxious to meet you!

The banner you could turn into a birthday banner or really any celebration decoration!  What kid related outing or craft did you do this week!?  I adore all the entries from last week, but the one that had me giggling was the one about fire!  My friend Heather has boys that my boys would adore playing with, if there were not so many miles in between our homes.  Check out her great post on “Why shouldn’t we look at the Sun?” and link up your own post!

cultivated lives sun

 

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