If you do that, either secure it with tape or have your machine stitch a basting line around the design area. Depending on your design, if it’s not too stitch intensive, you can just lay the flannel on top of the hooped stabilizer. Hoop a piece of Floriani No-Show Nylon Mesh stabilizer. If you embroider after you’ve completed the burp cloth, the back of the embroidery will be on the back of the completed flannel burp cloth. If you embroider before you sew down the folds of the flannel, you can hide the back of the embroidery. Open the folded flannel and hoop the center to embroider. I use the grid lines to make sure the snowman is centered and straight on the fabric. I use a plastic gridded sheet with the center cut out for my snowman. Each 3″ side has two layers of fabric.įind the center of the folded burp cloth.
You now have a folded flannel burp cloth with 4 layers of flannel in the middle 6″. I just put a 3″ quilting ruler along the edge.īring the edge of the 6″ fold over to the line that is 3″ from the edge of the 9″ fold. Mark a line 3″ from the outer edge of the of the 9″ fold. Mark 9″ from the other edge, also along the 18″ length. Set your flannel (or fabric of your choice) that is 18″ x 36″ on a table and mark 6 inches from one edge of the fabric (along the 18″ length). In order to create the look of the prefolded diaper, I fold the flannel so that the center has 4 layers of flannel and the sides have two layers of flannel. The possibilities are as endless as the supply of flannel! Folding the Flannel Burp Cloth You can coordinate with the nursery theme, favorite hobby of the parents, or favorite sports team. Jo-Ann’s has great sales on flannel in a variety of cute prints for a baby. You need one half yard of flannel for each burp cloth, cut to 18″ x 36″. The finished flannel burp cloth will be 12″ wide and 18″ long. They do make cute burp cloths, but I wanted to take it one step further and decided to use flannel. Further, when you embroider them, the back side of the embroidery shows on the back of the diaper.
I like the padding in the middle of the prefolded diaper as well as the size. I do make burp cloths from the pre-folded gauze ones available at Target. What new mother (or grandmother) wouldn’t want a lovely set of personalized flannel burp cloths for their little one? These are so simple to whip up, yet so nice to receive. Then, burp! Spit up all over your blouse! (The baby’s spit up, not yours!) Make a flannel burp cloth to keep handy, place it on your shoulder, and protect your clothes from baby’s little messes. You are handing off the baby to the sitter, but want one last snuggle. Safely use a box cutter or razor to slice one side of the board, then snap it back to complete the break.You are dressed to go out. Measure your available wall space and trim the insulation board to size.Fons & Porter Design Wall (use your coupon!) Foam Insulation Board of your own desired thickness. I found it at Joann and used my %-off coupon which made it equal or less than the cost of a flannel sheet. I didn't want to wait for an online order of a flannel bedsheet to arrive, so I decided to pick up the vinyl-backed flannel Design Wall by Fons & Porter. I didn't want to buy flannel fabric at the craft store because it would need a seam, which I did not want either. With spring time here, those warm sheets are no longer on the shelves in the stores I visited. The issue I had was that I could not find a flannel bed sheet that it called for. I started with a tutorial on using an insulation board as a design wall ( found here). Time to get a real board that would work well for cling as well as real pinning. I bent many-a-pin trying to stick that wall. It worked OK for light fabrics, but is was not well suited for pinning since there is hard drywall behind it. I had been using a large piece of craft felt that I had stapled to the wall years ago. Make Your Own Pin-able Quilt Design Wall.
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