Animal Applique Burp Cloths

I've done a few burp cloths as gifts (see here) by adding fabric to cloth diapers to add personality so this time I wanted to try something different.  So as a gift to my nephew-on-the-way, I decided to add a fabric animal silhouette applique.  

 

 

For this project you'll need:
6-ply prefold cloth diapers  (mine are from Target)
fabric scraps
heat n bond lite (the purple one) 
iron
scissors
sewing machine/thread
animal patterns - This link is a great resource to find simple animal patterns.*
*I used these patterns to make this project, but I printed them at 40% and that seemed about the right scale.

Step 1:  Cut to size a piece of fabric and heat n bond and iron the textured side of the heat n bond to the wrong side of the fabric.

Step 2:  Cut out your animal pattern and then use that as a pattern to cut out the shape out of the fabric.

Step 3:  You may want to iron your cloth diaper.

Step 4:  Follow the instructions to iron the animals onto the burp cloths.

Step 5:  Sew around the edge of the animal, as close to the edge as possible.

I think they turned out great!!

All ready to welcome my new nephew into the world!!

Easy-to-Make Burp Cloths

 

I think my favorite part of this project was choosing the fabric.  I had so much fun choosing, I had to buy two separate themes and ten different fabrics!  My sister's nursery theme is teddy bears for a baby boy, so I found some really cute fabrics at JoAnn's Fabric.

There are a lot of blogs and tutorials about this project out there, but I had trouble finding one that I loved.  I decided on this one at two plus four. 

For this project you'll need:
Fabric scraps or fat quarters or 1/4 yard of a few coordinating fabrics
cloth diapers


This is what I used.

Prewash the diapers because they may shrink. 

Choose different coordinating fabrics for each cloth.  Cut a 2 inch tall x the width of the cloth+1 inch and a 5 inch tall x the width of the cloth+1 inch.  Then sew those rectangles together, but putting right sides together.

Then fold and iron the edges and pin.  Then sew close to the edges and add a decorative straight stitch between the contrasting fabrics.

 

I was so excited about how each one turned out!

 

The other set I'm making (the colorful stick figure animals) will (eventually) be available on my Etsy shop, TheBurlapFlower - I'd love it if you'd check it out!  As a gift to my blog readers, use coupon code BLOG14 to get free shipping on anything in the store!