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We received some wonderful news earlier this year, we’ll be getting another little nephew! I am over the moon! If you haven’t yet, check out my DIY beginner burp cloth tutorial too!
After making my precious nephew some burp cloths, I decided he needed some precious bibs too!
Okay, so first thing you’ll need to get together your materials. I used fleece as the face fabric because the material is good at absorbing. I’m sure you can use cotton too, I used fleece so it would absorb a lot of the precious baby slobber.
Materials
- Fabric. I’ve linked one of my favorite fabrics here that I used, but you can order from Joanns, Walmart, Amazon. Literally anywhere! I used this print for the front, and a standard white cotton fabric for the back.
- Thread. I used an all purpose thread, but you’ll want a color that compliments your fabrics. I used white.
- Velcro Dots.
- Sewing Clips or sewing pins. These little clips hold your fabric together while you sew the fabrics together. I used pins, but you can use either.
- Sewing Needle.
- 1/4″ Presser Foot. I use this presser foot for just about everything! It’s a great one to have on hand if your sewing machine didn’t come with one.
- Self-Healing Cutting Mat & Rotary Cutter. This is a great set here.
- Iron. After you wash the fabrics, they’ll need to be ironed.
- Sewing Machine. You’ve probably already got one of these 🙂
DIY Baby Bibs
First thing you’ll want to do is wash the fabrics and iron them. This helps the mother-to-be from throwing the bibs in the washer and drying them and shrinking.
Next, you can use a template you can find on the internet to print out, but I had another baby bib so I just used it as a template to cut out both the printed front and the white solid backing. I cut them out using my rotary tool and self-healing cutting mat. After cutting the fabrics, you’ll want to turn the good side face down. So you will be seeing the backside of the fabric.
I sometimes use two clips for my starting point, and one clip every few inches to hold the fabric together, and I end in two clips again. The reason I do this is because you want about a 2-3″ gap that you do not sew so you can turn the fabric inside out (like a pillow). The double clips reminds me where to start and where to stop so I don’t go crazy with my sewing.
When you’re sewing, you’ll want to get a close to the sides as you can, while making sure you’re sewing the fabrics together, and not just putting thread through one of them. While you sew, you’ll remove the clips. Stop at the double ends so there is a 2-3″ gap where you didn’t sew the fabrics together.
Put your fingers inside the gap and pull through so they right side of the fabric will now be showing. Make sure you push your corners out because they tend to press in.
Now that your bibs are right side out, you’ll sew again along the edges as close as you can. this time closing your gaps and holding the fabrics together better. When you’re finished sewing around the edges, you can use a little Velcro dot and sew it in place.
And viola! The EASIEST DIY baby bib tutorial ever! And it makes the sweetest gifts!
