Wednesday's WOW - Burp Cloth Tutorial

Linking up to Petra's Wednesday's World of Work at This Good Steward...

This is an easy baby shower gift that is practical and fun. I adapted my version from this tutorial.

Materials to make 6 burp cloths:

1 bath towel

1 yd fabric  - quilting cotton weight

Matching thread

1. Wash and dry towel and fabric to preshrink.  Iron fabric.

2. Trim the hem from the top and bottom of the towel. I used a fast dry towel from Target which has a very narrow hem and no decorative banding, which would have to be cut off. The side seams can stay intact.

3. Cut the towel into 8 rectangles. These were roughly 15 x 12.5 inches. You will have 2 extra. (To use up the entire towel, you would need approximately 1.5 yards of fabric. You can customize the burp cloth size to suit your needs.)

4. Cut the same size rectangles from the fabric.

5. Place right sides together and pin. Stitch around the edge with a 3/8" hem, leaving an opening to turn the burp cloth right side out.

6. Clip corners and turn right side out. Press again and tuck the raw edges into the opening.
7. Top stitch 1/4" around the edge of the burp cloth to hold the sides in place and to close the opening.

8. For a nice touch, take the remaining cotton fabric and cut a strip with pinking shears. Use this to tie a bow around the stacked burp cloths.

9. Give the bundle to a mom, and her baby will have the coolest burp cloths on which to spit up.