My dear friend Angela is expecting her first baby any minute now, and I was lucky enough to be home in Virginia for her shower a couple weeks ago. About a month before the shower I started searching the web for gift ideas and settled on a nursing cover / burp cloth combo set. (I'm not one for going completely off-registry, so Jared and I also got her the breast pump and pump car charger she'd been wanting... yes I know, a bit of an accidentally awkward theme gift.) Angela doesn't know if she's having a boy or girl (I'm in awe of her will power), and I had a stash of Amy Butler's Morning Glory fabric so... voila:
The nursing cover tutorial couldn't have been easier. As you can see I opted to use one fabric (I also skipped the optional pocket.. shhhhh.)
I went a little off-tutorial for the burp cloths, though not intentionally. The tutorial makes it very clear that you should cut your fabric to the size of each pre-washed cloth diaper, as each one is different and very rarely 18" long. So what did I do? I cut each strip 18" inches long! Brilliant. I didn't have enough fabric left over to cut new strips, so I added the ribbon trim to the top and bottom of the strips (instead of down the sides) to hide the shortages. They still look pretty cute, though. Right? (Yes, in my humble-completely-biased-opinion.)
I added a very special little touch to this gift set...
...but more on that later. :)