Burp cloths!

My mom gave me an antique Singer Featherweight sewing machine. We recently sent it off to have it reconditioned and it came back working wonderfully. So I began looking for a simple project to sew.

I found a tutorial on how to make these adorable little burp cloths. They aren't too hard or fancy, but somewhat time consuming. With plenty of interruptions from my kids, I can make one start to finish in about 30 minutes. I LOVE making them! And one benefit from this is that I have gotten a lot of practice threading my machine and making different colored bobbins! Here's some pics of the ones I made this week.

Rubber duck print

Monkey print

Construction print

Turtle print

Baseball print

Safari print

Frog print

Ladybug print

Pastel Safari print

Bird print

Flower print

Star print - after washing


They are made of 2 pieces of flannel with some batting in between. Those pictures show the cloths before they are washed. When washed, the edges fray up! All rolled up and tied with a bow, they make a pretty gift. These are a set of cloths I made for a baby girl. See how the edges fray after they were washed! I wish I could have had some of these when my kids were babies....I had to settle for plain white prefold diapers!