Wednesday, January 16, 2008

I finished the "Burp Pads" today....

I just thought I'd share my traditional "burp pads" that I make for my girls when they have their first babies. They are very functional and the fabric is cute, but they are simply made. I just get 10" each of two coordinating flannels, and cut a long oval out of half the length of the fabric. This means I get two burp pads. I use quilters batting that is thin and simply sew the batting along with the flannel (right sides together) and leave an opening to turn it out to it's right sides. Then I just sew all the way around the burp pad to close the opening. I usually make a bunch more, but Chelsea got so many cute burp pads that my friends made and embroidered with their fancy machines, that she really didn't need any more. The bottom burp pad is made with flame flannel and those wonderful dingle balls in a shout out to her darling husband Dusty, who is a firefighter. That baby should be here soon!!! (She's probably getting last minute advice from our Man Upstairs.)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those burp pads are so cute!!

Mary said...

Love the burp pads ... and as always ... LOVE the dingle balls.

Speaking of Love: Be sure to check out comment #12 on my blog about the shower. PDaddy got all choked up thinking about you guys.

Anonymous said...

I am a recipient of said burp pads and can concurr that they are functional as well as attractive -kudos mommie dearest!

Anonymous said...

i want my baby jenkinssssss

sara said...

Cute! Love the dingle-balls!

Karla Dudley said...

OMG...how super fun is your blog!!!!!! I love the music and your art and your words! LOVE it all!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by my place and leaving your love girl! congratulations on the finished burp pad! They're darling!

Keep inspiring!,
-Karla

Anonymous said...

Those are too cute! I'm really excited to get to use them finally!... hopefully she'll decide to come to us soon because I'm really loosing my mind! Thanks mom for all of your help! I love you! Baby Carma is sure lucky to have you too!