Burp Cloths for a Baby Girl

Some close friends of ours from our college days just became grandparents and they are thrilled. I made up my classic burp cloths for their baby granddaughter. Each burp cloth takes two fat quarters of flannel. The next photos show a three pair of burp cloths folded in thirds and followed by a close up of the feature fabric: in this case, ladybugs, clowns, and circles. Unfolded, each burp cloth measures approximately 20" x 13", double thickness along the long edges and triple thickness in the middle. When the fabric allows, I make them in pairs of two fabrics as complements of each other. 

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. (That orange, which could have been disastrous, is now safe.)

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 282. Since each burp cloth takes two fat quarters of flannel, or ½ yard per burp cloth, my running grand total for yardage consumed is 141 yards of flannel!