Baby A is at the age where she is eating food!  Isn’t this stage so fun? I love seeing her reactions to all of the new flavors.  Let’s face it, if I had to drink milk for 6 months straight foods like peas, sweet potatoes, and pears would be heavenly.  We had one problem though. Would you believe we only had 2 bibs to our name.  What the heck is that?  Who has a baby and only owns 2 bibs?  Us.  

Well my brain went to brainstorming and I had a crafty bug take over. I decided to make some bibs.  Here is how…

Supplies:  cheap towel ($5 at Wal-Mart), bias tape, and Velcro.  

DISCLAMIER:  Before you begin I feel like I should warn you.  My towel made 15 (FIVETEEN!) bibs!  If you are not feeling quite as ambitious (mine is fading) buy a hand towel instead.  Also, I bought one thing of bias tape and decided it would be too expensive to buy enough for ALL 15 towels, so I ended up using some fabric I had to finish off my edges.  OK, I haven’t done it YET but it is in the plans.  Just need to get a little ambition back.  

Here it goes………..

{Step One}

Use an old bib (pretend like you don’t see the sweet potato stains) for your template.  Pin it onto your towel and pin into place.  Next, cut out your new bib. 

{Step Two}

Using lots and lots of pins, pin your bias tape into place around the edges.  Make sure you use enough pins to hold it into place really good.  There are lots of little curves and if you don’t pin it well enough your bias tape will move and you won’t get a finished edge, or it might just look crappy.  

{Step Three}

Sew your bias tape.  Take your time!  It’s easy to get going fast and than miss your back edge of the tape.  Your have to make sure you get both sides in every spot or else your towel will fray like crazy.  

{Step Four}

Sew your Velcro on and you’ve got yourself a handy dandy little bib.  Sorry about the sideways pictures.  I can’t get it to stay the right way.  But you get the idea.  I have loved using these babies.  The towel soaks up all the nasties and wipes baby A’s face clean is a jiffy.  

Best part: They wash up beautifully aka no sweet potato stains. 

 

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