Frayed BurpCloth

I've made burpcloths for years - such a cute baby gift, and so easy.  Recently I've changed my style to the frayed edge - it's a trendy look, but I like it.  You can probably figure out how to make these on your own, but here's a quick tutorial on how to make a frayed edge burpcloth.

You'll need:

2 pieces of fabric (I use baby flannel) size 9 inches by 18 inches

Sewing Equipment

If you want a monogram or other decoration, sew that on first.  Mongorams are cute and can be easily done without an embroidery machine - just use iron-on heat-n-bond, cut out a letter, fuse it to your fabric, then zigzag tight around the egde.

To assemble the burpcloth, first stack your material with WRONG SIDES TOGETHER - this goes against what you know about sewing! (Usually it's always right sides together)

Now, if you want extra shape, you can do this next step - it you want to keep it sqauare, skip this step.  With the stack of 2 pieces, fold in half and cut like picture - come in towards the fold and round the corners near the raw edge.

Open back up and sew together along edge with a generous 5/8 inch seam as shown:

Then grab your scissors and cut perpendicular to your stitch line.  Make cuts about 1/4 to 1/2 in apart (I just eyeball it).  Be sure not to cut where you sewed.  This is the most time-consuming part of this whole project, and once you get going it doesn't take that long.

Then throw it in the wash and do a rinse cycle and then dry it in the dryer.  This will rough up the edges.  And voila, done - you can wow the mother-to-be with your amazing skills.

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