summer sewing projects

It's been sooo very hot here in Hotlanta, except for playing golf in the early morning 2 days a week, I'm spending all my time indoors. So besides rehab-ing chairs, I've been doing a bit of sewing. I needed some baby gifts and decided to embellish a much used baby item... burp cloths! I also made a matching bag to use as wrapping for the burp cloth gift.

I started with colorful fabric:

and a package of cloth diapers:

I cut 5" wide strips of the fabric and sewed it to the diaper at both ends:

I sewed the corners and turned them right-side out enclosing the end of the diaper, turned under the long raw edge, and zigzag stitched the edge closed.

Voila! Two burp cloths in a coordinating gift bag...

... ready for the new baby!

So... of course I had to make some for my sweet grandson and...

... I decided to embellish them a bit using my Brother Embroidery machine.

Very Preppy, don't you think?!

For this sweet boy here...

who lights up my life {heart}

xoxox, love Hattie