A while back when I was looking online for patterns and tutorials, I found this great tutorial for making a recycled bib posted by Linda Permann at CraftStylish.com. I decided to give it a try. With the overabundance of scrap jeans and other various fabrics lying around, it's not like I had anything to lose.
Here's the process:
1. Print off pattern from the tutorial. Add a 2 inch section of paper where it says. Fold fabric in half. Place pattern on fold, pin, and cut. Make two of these. I used one jean side and one green microfleece side.
2. To make the patchwork part, measure 2 inches and 5 1/2 inches from bottom of bib. Draw a straight line across with tailor's chalk and cut out. Next, make a 4 inch by 10 1/2 inch strip of cloth (can be all one piece or many pieces put together to measure this). Sew patchwork pieces together using 1/4 inch seam allowance and press open seams.
3. Next sew the patchwork strip to the long ends of the bib, making sure right sides are facing each other. Press seams down when finished. Trim off any excess patchwork fabric to shape the bib.
4. With right sides facing each other, pin the bib sides together. Sew a 1/4 inch seam around the edge, leaving about 2 inches on the bottom open to turn the bib inside out. Once finished, trim off excess fabric in the corners and turn inside out, using a "point turner" (aka the eraser end of a pencil for those of us too cheap to purchase one) to get into corners. Press down entire bib and fold under the open part at the bottom 1/2 inch; press. Top stitch around entire edge of bib and around patchwork parts. And....
Voila! Bib is...
almost done. Just need to buy the snaps. But it's pretty cute, eh? It looks a bit small, but I'm not an expert yet. I might enlargen the pattern a bit next time, though, to get a range of bibs going in my stash.
Jake even had to try it out. Here he is pretending to cry while wearing it.
And lastly, here's updated bump pics for all those keeping track! Week 23!
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