Bibs in my house disappear mysteriously with gym socks. It doesn’t much matter how many I’m sure I bought, there’s never one where I need it when I need it. This morning I sat down to make some and I’ve posted here what I did in case any of you have the same problem. Please be gentle as this is my sewing tutorial.
Materials:
WASHABLE fabric scraps and velcro
Instructions:
Trace your favorite bib.
(Perhaps I should have washed this one before snapping this photo.)
Draw 1/4″ (don’t worry about it being exact) around the outline for the seam allowance and cut along the outer line.
Trace the template onto the back side of your fabric or, as I did here, pin the template to the fabric. For this example I was using a batik that doesn’t have a ‘wrong side’.
Cut along the template and repeat with contrasting fabric for second side of bib. (I used the same fabric for both sides here.)
With the right sides of the fabric facing each other, using a 1/4″ seam allowance, and beginning at a straight(ish) part of the bib, back stitch a little and then stitch the sides together. Stop stitching about 2″ from where you started and back stitch again to secure.
Turn bib right sides out using a knitting needle or a dull pencil to poke the pesky seams outward. Press, taking care around the opening.
Top stitch as close to the edge as you are comfortable, closing the turning opening and making sure to secure the ends with a few back stitches.
Cut the stiffer side of the Velcro into a small rectangle (about 1″ long) and the softer side into a larger rectangle (about 2 1/2″ long). Stitch the Velcro onto opposite sides of the neck opening – this allows the bib to be both adjustable and reversible.
Now make many many more and stash them all over the place!
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Thanks for the tutorial–I’m going to make some of these for my new nephew. I wish I’d done this when the girls were small!
I’ve done basically the same thing in making gifts for people. Somehow I never got to it for my kids.
One thing I did different was put one layer of terry cloth in the middle of the outside fabrics. It might be a non-issue for your almost a one year old, but it helps with absorbing a lot of liquids…