Burp Cloths for a Baby Boy

My burp cloths have a reputation. As requested, these are for my daughter's husband's brother-in-law's daughter. It is her first baby. Each burp cloth takes two fat quarters of flannel. The next photos show three pairs of burp cloths folded in half. The feature fabric is on the left; for these... video games, animals, and circles. When the fabric allows, I make them in pairs of two fabrics as complements of each other. Unfolded, each burp cloth measures approximately 20" x 13", double thickness along the long edges and triple thickness in the middle.

Before mailing them off, I wash them two or three times with a couple of fresh Shout® Color Catchers and a capful of Synthrapol® . Color Catchers absorb and trap loose dyes in the wash water, preventing them from staining other clothes. Synthrapol is a special detergent that suspends dye particles so that they do not reattach to the fabric. When those Color Catchers come out in their initial white state, I am sure no more errant dye is on those burp clothes to mess up baby's laundry to the dismay of the new parents. Those dark grays have bled all the dye they are going to.

I have been making these burp cloths since 2012, when my first grandchild was born. Instructions are in my blog post dated 6/18/2014. Adding these six, my running grand total for these absorbent little gems now sits at 288. Since each burp cloth takes two fat quarters of flannel, or ½ yard per burp cloth, my running grand total for yardage consumed is now 144 yards of flannel!