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!
