Today we'll make a burp cloth that is made from a cloth diaper and has a band of material taken from the bandana we used yesterday. Here is what the finished product will look like:
First things first. Press your cloth diaper. Now, cut a strip of fabric that is about 4 inches wide and about 2 inches longer than your diaper. With RIGHT sides together, pin the edge of the fabric that will serve as the TOP of the band about 1.5 inches up from the edge of the diaper.
Stitch the fabric together, making sure that none of the design of the fabric that you want to show is in the seam line. I used about a 1/3 inch seam allowance here {I just lined up the outside edge of my bandana fabric with the edge of my pressor foot}.
Turn the seam over, and press flat.
Now, flip the diaper over and press the other edge of the bandana under 1/4 inch.
Now fold the edges of the bandana over the edge of the cloth diaper.
Finally, fold the bottom end of the bandana up over the edge of the diaper and pin in place. You can see how the edges remain folded in. This is a little bit like wrapping a present.
Pin across the remaining edge
Now topstitch along the edge of the bandana - 1/4 seam. That's it! I personalized mine with an initial.
What do you think?
