I know I saw that someone made their own burp clothes. I was wondring if you can share a pattern and some more pictures.

Thanks a bunch.

They look easy enough for me to try, so i want to give it a go.

I made my own - they're SO easy. I don't have a pattern though - I drew the right shape (a little big to allow for the seam) on a piece of cardboard, cut it out and traced around it then cut fabric. I made mine out of flannel. My MIL made me some first and then I just made more when they wore out.

I don't have a picture of just the burp cloths but here's a pic of DD on my mom's shoulder and she had one :) They're shaped kind've like and hourglass but not so extreme ;)


She was so tiny!!! (L)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/Navywife4life/100_0239.jpg

I just used cloth diapers

wowo I really like that one she was wearing. I will have to try that out.

It's super easy, and you can just find a flannel that you like and buy a half a yard and make a few :yes I suggest the flannel because it absorbs better than a tighter woven cotton would :thumbsup

I made my own too..I used the lighter cotton..I'll go through ds baby pictures to see if i can find any pictures of them. I made my own pattern just like Becca..I just drew mine on a paper bag and cut them out...some I even just free hand cut so I had some different sizes. they are very easy to make just cut the material and make a boarder on it...

wow that baby is to cute!

ok so when you sew the two sides together, how do you turn it right side out and close the last bit of hole?

I didn't sew 2 sides together just cut the material and sew a hem all the way around it.

These are two I made that I have pictures of, I posted a pattern awhile back, I'm sure you can search my posts/threads and find it. I sewed them inside out, and left a small hole to turn them right side in and finished the rest by hand. I used flannel as well.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/joysbubba/100_1285.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/joysbubba/100_12631.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/joysbubba/100_1262.jpg

Joy you are the one I had seen posting pic of them.

I will have to just try it I suppose.

I have some made out of the same rose pattern flannel :) I'm sorry I didn't answer your question earlier about closing it up. When I do something two sided like that - be it a pillow or a burp cloth or whatever, just sew the border but leave about 2-3 inches unsewn. You sew it inside out, so with that little 2-3 inch spot, you can pull it right side out, just pull a little at a time. Then as you can see I did a zigzag seam about 1/2" in that really serves no purpose but looks pretty :) You can whip stitch the 2" spot closed after you get it turned right side out.

Was that confusing?

I need to sit downa dn read themanual and figure out how to use the emboridery option on my sewing maching and make some ....

You can make them without embroidering them :yes BUT, if you wanted to embroider something on them like somebody's name :), I'm sure they would be beautiful! Then again...a beautiful burp cloth kind've defeats the purpose :giggle

Sounds easy enough, I might get some material this week. I have to barrow a sewing maching though.