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Sewing Tutorial: Full coverage vinyl bib for older babies and toddlers

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Tutorial: Full coverage vinyl bib for older babies and toddlers

Tutorial: Full coverage vinyl bib for older babies and toddlers

Mealtime gets messier as baby learns to feed herself.  Cute little baby bibs just don’t provide enough coverage for a self-feeding baby or toddler.  Daniela from On The Cutting Floor shares a free pattern at DIY Crush for making a full-coverage bib for an older baby or toddler.  It’s got long sleeves and a full front (like a shirt) with a pocket at the bottom to catch crumbs.  And because it’s made from vinyl, it’ll wipe clean easily.  Her free pattern comes in three sizes: Small (12-24 months), Medium (2T-3T), and Large (3T – 4T).

Click below to get her free pattern:

Free Vinyl Full Coverage Bib Sewing Pattern, by On The Cutting Floor

Edited to add: Unfortunately this pattern above is no longer available for the full coverage bib with sleeves but we were able to find this alternative free pattern. 

[photo from On The Cutting Floor on DIY Crush]

Looking for more Bib patterns to sew? Check out these Bib Sewing patterns and PDFs on Etsy.

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Sew a Pincushion for Pins, Needles, and Fabric Clips

It doesn’t matter whether you sew by hand or by machine, you need a pincushion.  You need a spot to parks pins and needles and keep them within easy reach for when you need them again.  There are a lot of styles of pincushion to choose from.  Some magnetic, some fabric.  Some cute, some purely functional.  This “little bit extra” pincushion has a spot to store all the different types of pins and needles you might need while sewing.  Polka Dot Chair has a free sewing pattern you can use to make one for yourself.

This handy little pincushion has a circular shape and is divided into sections to store different types of pins.  The bottom section is for your regular straight pins.  Just poke them in and they’re ready for when you need them.  The top has one section with a felt flap perfect for holding your sewing needles.  I don’t know about you but I don’t like mixing my hand sewing needles in with my pins on a pincushion.  It makes it hard to find the needle when I want it.  So having a separate section for the needles is a great idea.

This “little bit extra” pincushion also has a spot to hold a few fabric clips.  Fabric clips have become popular alternatives to a traditional straight pin.  They hold fabric pieces together without piercing the fabric, which is important when sewing leather, vinyl, or other materials that will show permanent holes from pins.

You can sew the “little bit extra” pincushion from large fabric scraps or small fabric cuts (fat eighth).  You probably already have all the supplies you need to sew one in your sewing supplies already.

Get the free pattern for this “little bit extra” pincushion over at Polka Dot Chair.

[photo credit: Polka Dot Chair]

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