DIY Pretty Little Baby Bibs

Do you want to make bibs good for a baby boy or baby girl for any meal time, which is easy snap finish, and whose thicker neck shawl provides more coverage at mealtime? And the most important is great looking and practical. Here we provide some tips for you to make it by yourself.


Materials:
Two pieces of coordinating fabric approximately 12″X12″ (I love using fleece as my backing and flannel as my front since both are so absorbent but I have also played around with quilting cotton front and flannel and other materials for back.)
Scissors
Something to draw on your fabric with
A sewing machine
Thread
Your favorite baby bib
Snaps or velcro
An iron

Step 1: Take your favorite bib from your stash and trace around it. If you are going to be doing a lot of these you may want to trace it on paper and then cut out the shape to use as a template. Alternatively you can trace it on the back side (the side that will be hidden) of one of the pieces of fabric that you will be using for the bib.

Step 2: Pin your two pieces of fabric against each other so that the “right side” or side that you want showing is in the middle of the fabric sandwich. The bib template that you traced should be on the outside of the sandwich.

Step 3: Using your sewing machine straight stitch along the tracing of the bib. Make sure you leave a section of about 2 inches where you don’t sew (as pictured below) so that you can flip your bib right side out later.

Step 4: Using your scissors cut around the bib design leaving a 1/4 to 1/2 inch seam allowance.

Step 5: Flip your bib right side out. You can use a chopstick to get all of the corners popped out.

Step 6: Using your iron press your bib flat. Turn in the seam that you left open to be able to flip your bib right side out.

Step 7: Using your sewing machine and a coordinating color thread stitch all the way around your bib as close to the edge of the bib as you can get. I leave about an 1/8 of an inch between my needle and the edge of the bib.

Step 8: Add a snap or velcro to close the bib at the neck.

Here your completed a baby bib! Maybe it is a cute baby shower gift for your baby. Of course, you can also choose to design custom baby bibs at Snapmade.com.