Hello All!
I am new to sewing. That probably would surprise you if you knew my mom - the seamstress extraordinaire! Well, I have to take some baby steps. I got a new sewing machine for Christmas with the hope that I would get more into sewing! So far I have made a pair of pajama pants for me and hemmed a pair of my husband's dress pants (that was a little nerve wracking since they needed an invisible hem).
My most recent project was a baby bib - this is what I'll show you today. It was actually super duper easy. I used a Simplicity pattern (shown below), but you could really just draw out your own shape on paper and use that as your pattern.
I cut out two pieces of fabric, the printed and then a plain color for the back of the bib. The pink fabric was very thin an frays easily so I used Fray Check on the edges to help it hold together after it is sewn.
You need to put the RIGHT sides of the fabric together and then sew the pieces together all around the edge, but not the neckline.
After the two pieces are sewn together, cut small triangles out of the edge of fabric (being careful not to cut over your seam). This will help the fabric lay flat when you turn it right side out.
Turn the bib right side out!
Cut a piece of double fold 1/2" wide biased tape 30" long and put it over the neckline (so that the fabric for the bib is in between the fold of the biased tape). Pin the biased tape in place and sew!
You have a great looking bib!
***Sorry for the lack of pictures on the middle steps. I got so excited while making the bib that I forgot!!!! Yikes! I'll try to do better next time.
~Kim
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