Bibs, Burps Cloths and More!

I've been a little slacking lately due to being busy with end of year work.  Yesterday I tried my hand at my first ever bib.  I did regular cotton fabric on one side and terry cloth on the other and used a velcro closure.  I think it turned out pretty good and will be making more of these to sell at the local boutique and on my Etsy store (www.mamawhocrafts.etsy.com)  I was worried about the neck being too small but I tried this on my three-year-old and it fit her fine.

 

 

Then because those polka dot burp cloths turned out so well I did some jungle animals ones.  I just love the fabric with the lions, giraffes, hippos, birds, turtles, zebras, elephants and snakes.  So cute!  What great shower gifts or baby gifts these would make!  Along with a matching bib perhaps?

 

I've had this fabric sitting around for a few months not sure of what to do with it.  I'm really digging these colors and am obsessed with chevron, as I've mentioned before, and I think this would work pretty great for a neutral baby's room or baby shower decorations.  Or just regular home decor too!  Or as a photo prop background or a party decoration.  The list could go on!
 

 

I probably won't be around for awhile.  I'm having carpel tunnel surgery this week so it might be awhile before I'm crafting again.  But I'll be itching to get back to it so maybe you'll see me sooner than you think!

Keep Crafting!

Vicki

New Favorite Project!

I saw a tutorial on making burp cloths with terry cloth on one side and regular cotton fabric on the other.  I found some decent priced terry cloth on Amazon and tried them out today.  I love them!  

They look like great quality, are easy to make, and feel like they'll be nicely absorbent and useful.  Hopefully they'll be a big seller in my Etsy shop!  (www.etsy.com/shop/mamawhocrafts)

What do you think?  Great baby gifts?

A Finished Piece

As is usual I wasn't sure if I'd like this one.  As I'm working on a quilt I typically can't decide if it's going to look good or not.  But in the end I always do!  It's hard to see in the pictures but this one alternates between a more solid fabric and it's coordinating polka dots.  I think it works as the dots kind of fade the rows together.  What do you think?

 

 

 

Rainbow Chevron

This is my current project - a Chevron quilt in rainbow colors!  I've wanted to do a Chevron for awhile now and finally found a pattern I liked.  I know it's only putting half square triangles together but I'm still a new enough quilter that I need a pattern.  I'm using six colors - one in a solid and one in polka dots.  I was worried about mixing the two but I think it works.

This is a little table topper/centerpiece I made with some leftover fabric I used for a tablerunner.  I thought about making it into a pillow but did this instead. 

I made a couple bows for Valentine's day.  I adore this pink one!  But the red and pink is cute too.

Most of my items can be seen at www.mamawhocrafts.etsy.com if you're interested in buying.  I make custom orders as well!