snubie
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OK...all you young, hip, new mommies out there... I need some advice on burp cloths. A good friend has a new family member in the NICU and wants some personalized burp cloths for him.
I never had 'burp cloths' I just used a cloth diaper...but I see they can be really pretty now and not just functional.
I've been searching patterns for almost a week, and have discovered there are as many ways to make them as there are people making them. Do you prefer to have a layer of cloth diaper and a layer of flannel, or just use the flannel as a decorative accent either on the sides or ends (and some have it as just a center panel)
And then, if you use a layer of flannel and a layer of diaper...would you put the embroidery on the diaper side or the flannel side?
I cannot believe that something so simple has so many design options! DD9 told me to just make one each way...I should be able to get at least 6 different cloths that way...using the embroidery and the flannel fabric to pull them together.
And...last question (I promise!!) Is a pack of burp cloths a good baby gift???? They are so easy to make and so relatively inexpensive to make it seems almost like cheating!!
Thanks,
Nini
I am making a few of these next week for a baby shower. The pattern is free at YCMT
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/baby/Free-YCSTProjectPart-2Burpies.htm
I will be giving a few of these and a taggie blanket that matches for a shower gift.
Hi Nini,
I like having a cloth diaper, I have kept them simple- just adding 2 rows of grosgrain ribbon, or lining one side with flannel. Then a matching simple bonnet (YCMT) to coordinate, or a flannel blanket. (just slap 2 flannels together, sew, turn, topstitch. Voila!)
I would embroider on the flannel side prior to attaching to the cloth diaper.
I also have some with embroidery right on the diaper cloth.
But buyer beware- I have purchased some that were thin and flimsy and not absorbent, and others hold up nicely.
I turned some Gerber (lousy for diapers, great for burps) into decorated ones and like those.
I like using a burp cloth for wiping noses, or laying down baby's head if Im doing a quick change in the car, I would like a flannel side for Hannah's face to sleep on- I might have a shirt thats rough or has buttons. etc.
(Im not a young hip mom though, Im old, tired and wear sneakers everyday- I have forgotten what I look like in heals)
SO you might want more opinions! LOL
Psyched!! I got my ressie changed for our Oct trip to BWV, so we wont need a rental car now!
So I am not really young but I am a mommy to a little one. Steph made me a burp cloth like the YCMT one. I really like it. I would embroider on the flannel side. We still use cloth diapers on Lauren's runny nasty nose.
Nicole - I am with you. I wear yoga pants and sneakers almost every day. I haven't worn a pair of real pants in almost a year. And heels - forget that - sneakers all the way. I think I need orthotics now too. My arches have fallen since being pregnant a second time and my feet hurt.