I saw these burp cloths on Etsy and was immediately obsessed, until I saw the asking price of $31 for a set of 4. I do love me some chevron fabric, but I am also blessed with a mother-in-law who knows her way around a sewing machine. All I have to do is send her a picture, or draw up an idea and she knocks it out. How do you ever repay someone for being so generous with such a talent?
So, I googled 'chevron fabric' and found the holy grail of chevron fabrics at fabric.com. I googled 'fabric.com coupon' and found one that saved 10% on my order, and even received free S/H...score!.
I gave my mother-in-law a quick ring to make sure this was okay. She was game for the project, so I had the cutest stack of fabric shipped to her! She is so sweet, she was measuring out fabric for another project I had in mind for Logan and baby (and I cannot wait for it to be completed so I can share with you all!!! Just you wait, it is adorable!)
Here are a few things she has whipped up for me off of ideas I had or have seen in magazines:
The curtains in Logan's old room. I drew up what I wanted, picked
out the fabric and she whipped them up!
My favorite old 'log cabin' quilt (to the right) that was beyond
the condition for practical use. My mother-in-law and I used the
old beauty as our guide for picking new fabrics that had that same
vintage feel, to create a quilt for Logan's 'big girl bed' (to the left), that
will certainly be with her for a very long time. Soon enough we will be
in our new house and I will share pictures of her bed, all dolled up.
This is one of the first sewing projects we worked on together.
She is a very patient instructor! I had the idea for a pillow
for the rocking chair in Logan's room. I decided I loved the lavender
chenille fabric so much I wanted to use it on the reverse for the
pillow cover, then the flower is stitched chenille side up.
Another sewing lesson. I saw a similar bird and owl
at a store, but didn't love the fabrics. So I picked
out my favorites, drew up patterns on newspaper and created
these cuties with my fearless instructor.
We always get out the sewing machine when the in-laws are visiting...I just need to be more confident in making stitches when she isn't visiting (soon, that must happen!!!). Here are the cutie fabrics I just had sent off to Minnesota for her to whip up a couple cozy blankets and burp cloths for baby boy.
Just like I saw on Etsy, right?
I ordered extra of the gray chevron fabric for a
cozy blanket.
For a snuggly blanket.
Burp cloth copycat...go ahead and call me that!
One more on the copycat train.
Too cute not to have something whipped up in this fabric!
LOVE this stuff, Tia! You are and have always been so dang cute. I just hired a sewing teacher :) and i will definitely be stealing some of your ideas!
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