Burp Cloths ~ A Free Tutorial

Burp cloths are a fun, pretty quick gift for any baby shower, or make some for yourself!

Here are a few that Kathleen & I have made recently, boy and girl versions and how we made them.

Click below to see complete tutorial.


For each burp cloth you will need 1 cloth diaper & some scraps of fabric.

For the burp cloths we made we used some Reunion by Sweetwater and Amelia by Me & My Sister, for Moda Fabrics.

Fabrics are available at Fat Quarter Shop & Burgundy Buttons.

Next applique your design, we chose to applique a name and a few other fun motifs on each of them, be creative! Make them all different or make them all the same. 

For simple applique instructions follow our starch applique tutorial.

For the border along the bottom you will cut one strip of fabric 2 1/2"x the width of your burp cloth. Each burp cloth may vary in size.

Fold the fabric in half, right sides together and then stitch across the ends.

Turn the fabric right sides out, press, stitch the raw edge along the back, bottom edge of the burp cloth.

Now, fold the fabric over to the front side, keep the bottom edge right at the bottom. Top stitch the folded edge right along the top side of the fabric.

There is your finished burp cloth! Super simple and fun!

We like to use the Gerber brand burp cloths, they seem to be the most absorbent and hold up very well after being washed several times!

If you make some we'd love to have you share them in our flickr group.

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