Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Joelle was in California recently, visiting her adorable new niece Bobbie Rae. She noticed that Bobbie was using a lot of bibs, and that the most effective were super absorbent. When she came back to New York she had the idea that we should design a bib that was both beautiful and totally useful.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

As you might have noticed by now, when we want to make something truly special and beautiful, we often turn to Liberty of London’s Tana Lawn. The lovely detailed prints of Tana Lawn are legendary! Its silky hand is soft enough for a very precious baby gift, but still strong enough to stand up to repeated washings.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

To add absorbency we decided to back the bibs with Michael Miller’s 100% Organic Cotton Terry, which is another perennial favorite at Purl Soho. We just love the combination of these two fabrics and we hope you’ll agree that they’ll make perfect baby shower gifts!

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

These bibs are a breeze to sew, you could easily make a whole set in one afternoon. Create your own by following along with the pattern below!

Materials

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

If you’d like to make your own version of our Liberty of London Baby Bibs you can find the pattern template right here.

Pattern

Marking

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Assemble and cut out the Liberty Bib Template.

Cut of the Liberty of London Tana Lawn into four  9-inch by 13 1/4-inch pieces from. Press these pieces.

Trace the bib template on the wrong side of each of these pieces. It can sometimes be hard to tell which is the wrong side of the Tana Lawn because of it’s ultra saturated printing so be careful in this step.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Make sure to transfer the markings on the upper left hand corner of the template to the fabric. These are the gap markings.

Sewing + Cutting

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Pin the Tana lawn to the Terry Cloth right sides together around the perimeter of the markings. (The right side of the Terry Cloth is the fuzzy side.)

Then cut the Terry cloth to be a little bigger than the Tana Lawn piece.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Starting at the bottom gap marking sew the Terry and the Lawn together along the marked line. Stop sewing at top gap marking making sure to leave the 1-inch gap in-between the markings unsewn.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Here is a close-up of the unsewn gap.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Cut the bib shape out roughly  3/8-of an inch from the outside of the sewn edges.

Snip off the corers at the right angles by the neck and snip vertically into the seam allowance in a few places along the neck  and bottom curves to make turning the bin easier.

Finishing

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Turn the bib right sides out through the gap.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Press the raw edges of the gap inside and press the whole bib flat with the Tana Lawn pulled just over the bottom and side edge and the Terry Cloth pulled just over the neck edge so it’s peaking out a bit at the top. Pin the entire perimeter of the bib in this manner.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Here is a more close up shot of the edges with the Tana Lawn rolled slightly over the bottom edge and the Terry Cloth rolled slightly over the neck edge.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Top stitch along the entire perimeter of the bib with a scant 1/4-inch seam allowance. This will close the gap.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Hand sew the snaps onto the back of the neck as directed on the snap package. Center the snap at each neck flap, a 1/4-inch from the end of the flap.

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho

Repeat these steps for the other three pieces of Tana Lawn and you’ll be all done!

Liberty of London Baby Bibs! | Purl Soho