This bib is quick, easy, and affordable. You can use older dish towels, or buy them brand new (but I would only pay $1 for each one). It's best for kids 6 months or older. I personally like these because they cover the shoulders, are long in the front, and even cover the backside!
1. Take a normal kitchen dish towel, then measure and mark eight inches from the top as well as halfway across. (simply fold it in half to get the halfway mark)
2. Fold the top of the cloth down at the 8" mark.
3. Fold in half (hot dog style)
4. Cut at a 3" angle along the inside fold (where your 8" and halfway marks are will be directly under where my 3" mark is on my measuring tape shown below)
Here is what your towel will look like after cutting:
5. Cut your ribbing. I made mine 14" long. One way to test if it's big enough is to pin the end and where you're thinking of cutting, then see if it fits over your head. Once cut, fold it in half length-wise.
6. Take the two ends of your ribbing - on one side fold it inward so there's no raw edge, then tuck the other end inside of it.
7. Insert four pins total on the top, bottom and sides of your circle.
8. Pin in ribbing at the four points on the front side of your towel. It stretches so it won't fit on exactly and that's okay!
9. Start on one pin and sew. I have a hemstitch on my sewing machine so that's what I used. If you only have a basic machine do a zig-zag stitch so it will hold better. The best option is to use a serger.
**You will have to stretch the ribbing to make it fit. Sart at one pin, put your needle in the down position, and stretch your fabric to fit to the next pin.
You're done! Here's a view of the back:
And the front:
1 comment:
Thank you for the pattern
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