Monday, March 21, 2011

Nap time productivity!

So I was able to get one of my ideas done during nap/rest time this afternoon. I found these at Target a few weeks ago and really just couldn't pass them up-I had to be able to do something with them I thought! They are 60" round oil cloth tablecloths that were on sale for $1.48! Here is my first idea (I have one more left which I plan to make a few aprons out of). But today I wanted to make a drop cloth for the floor to go under "Miss Dropsies" high chair-as I am getting tired of feeling like I should mop everyday due to the nastiness that lives on the floor to the sides of her chair. So this is what I came up with....
Two 60" Table cloths made 4 drop cloths and 4 bibs-all that for $3.00 and about 1 hour!!
This is the finished drop cloth...a few more feet of space for the food to fall too...now if she starts throwing food we have a different issue...


1. Fold your tablecloth in half and cut at the fold....

2.Take a bib and place it in either corner-cut out a piece on either side of your 1/2 circle that will be big enough to trace the bib shape...

3. Trim the edges to make your cut outs less drastic of a line (you can zig-zag stitch the edges later-but you don't really have too)

4. Place the cut out pieces together wrong side facing each other-pin the bib you are using as a pattern to the top of one of the right sides and cut out the shape....

5. Zig Zag stitch along the edges.... 6. Add Velcro to the tops of the bib-you can hand sew these on or I just zig-zag stitched around the edge of the Velcro. DONE!

Here is what it looks like folded up under the high-chair for storage:)





















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