Baby Bibs

In preparing for the baby I was looking around what I had in the house to make some bibs. I am a bit of a freak when it comes to my kids clothes as a baby. There isn't many photos of my girls without a bib on. I didn't want to buy any because its something I can make. So When I was looking for fabric for the nursing pillow I came across all the fat quarters that Grandma Maggie had shipped to me about 4 years ago from New Brunswick for Christmas. I was always complaining to her that I couldn't find Care Bear fabric locally and when she found some she bought it for me to make for my youngest. Unfortunately 3 kids back to back didn't leave me a lot of time to sew for her. So these got tucked away till now.

While the kids were being good and staying in their beds I got to cutting up some of these fabrics into big shaped. I then grabbed some flannel I had and picked the colours I had that matched and cut them out as well. I got busy and in no time at all I had a set of 5 bibs. I only choose a few fabrics from the stash, as I was only making newborn to 3 months size bibs. I will probably make more with the rest of the fabric though. I was really impressed I was able to get 3 bib cuts from each fat quarter. So over al I made 15 bibs. I will make a video of this soon on my YouTube channel.

All that's left for me to do is add some snaps or Velcro hook and loop tape. I think I will go with snaps though. I am really happy with how these turned out. I posted to my Facebook and got a good response from them. I think they are cute and perfect for either gender. Also love the fact that they are reversible. I can have them wear the fun printed side or the soft flannel side. I also like that I didn't end up spending any money for 15 bibs and just used about 2.5 hours of my time.

*suggestion, if you want to make your own but don't have fabric like me. See what you have in your linen closet. Do you have some receiving blankets not being used? some flat bed sheets not being used? Even some towels not being used? Really the possibilities are endless.