oh yeah, here are some more baby shower goodies

Forgot about these! I really trusted the preloaded graphics on my embroidery machine and tried the cute flower.

I have also been downloading free fonts online including the cute font on the bib that has a heart at the end of every letter. It is pretty easy to download the fonts and fortunately, if the font is on my computer, my embroidery machine can use it.

more baby shower diys

Since I have been invited to many baby showers recently, thought I would share some of the other baby gifts that I have been making. Here is a "stats" blankie that was made for my best friends' most recent little addition:

I have also embroidered other blankies:

And some of those cute hoodie towels that look like a duck and a frog:

I also tried something new-applique! I have only made this one bib, and I still do not have the hang of it, but it is pretty cool. You just attach the material you cut out with some double sided fusible interface like wunderunder, stitch around the edges (this is the tricky part) and voila, you're done.

 

Now I have a whole slew of made-with-love goodies for my mommy-to-be besties!

diy burp cloths

So, I went to a friend's baby shower last year, and she was given a few adorable burp cloths that were monogrammed. When the gifts were passed around, I inspected the burp cloths and thought, "I could make those"-it's just monogramming and sewing two rectangular pieces of cloth together. I hopped online and searched for some dimensions for my next project (thank goodness for Google)! Here is what I went with: Homemade Burp Cloths from the baby gift hot list. I used a cotton print for the top and flannel for the bottom. I am going to use a minky dot material for the bottom once I finish using up the flannel. The flannel works fine and is absorbent, but the minky dot is softer on a baby's face. Here is the first burp cloth that I made (which I finished embroidering about 5 minutes after I should have left for the shower-yikes):

What is great is that I have already cut out the fabric to make many more, so I can just make burp cloths on the fly! Seriously, you would be surprised how handy it is to have these supplies on the ready. I have made many more since my first attempt: