Make My Day: Burp Catchers!

I took on my 1st home made sewing project today. I found a great burp cloth tutorial a while back here at Chickpea Sewing Studio. The directions made it look extremely easy for a start project, so I picked up the items needed and set to work. I have a few people I know who are currently expecting some bouncing babies, and burp cloths are a perfect gift in my mind. I remember buying them for Emily before she was born since I didn't receive any as a gift, and I found the cuteness/functional factor lacking. These directions use pre-made cloth diapers (I picked up a pack of six Gerber brand premium diapers) as the base and ask you to pick up the middle design fabric. I found a few fat quarters that had some great designs and followed along.

The longest part of this project was measuring the fabric, cutting, and then pinning it down properly. I did it the night before, after Emily went to bed, so it would be ready the next day for her nap time ( I usually get about 2 hours a day to do what I want during this time...lol). I took my time to get it as perfect as I could since the directions said to expect pulling and puckering of the fabric regardless.

The next step was the quickest. I think it took me more time to measure and pin than it took to actually sew all 3 cloths. I won't pretend that I didn't have to stop on my first cloth a few inches in and rip it out (I used a different stitch than directed because I thought it looked like it would work better...it didn't...lesson learned: follow directions from the experts!). I jumped back to the directed stitch then and was rolling along. I also won't pretend that it was perfectly straight, but as I moved from the 1st to the 3rd cloth I got progressively better.