Fat Quarter Burp Cloths

I've been doing a lot of re-organizing lately, and during one of my KonMari sessions found these in the dresser where I keep a large portion of my knitting stash -- I sewed the first two literally years ago, at least ten and maybe even fifteen, from a free pattern handed out at a long-gone and much-lamented independent crafts store not far away.  While my girls were even then too old for burp cloths, it was a clever idea and the store had so many delightful fat quarters that I bought these just to celebrate the fact that I was making things again, and to have on hand as potential gifts for new parents.  As it happened, every time we needed a gift, sometimes we bought a different one, sometimes the cloths seemed a little too quirky for the particular new parents, and sometimes to be honest I just forgot that they were there.  But I pulled these out the other day and realized that I hadn't actually sewn up the last one (!), and after I did so and laid it out freshly pressed, David asked me about them, and said, "Hey, can I give them to C?" a friend he went skiing with a number of times last winter.  "Absolutely!" I said, delighted that they would finally be used!

(So far, I've only used Marie Kondo's methods for folding clothes, but I'm really impressed with them!  I can find things much easier in the drawers I've done over!)

This kind of burp cloth can probably be found in any number of tutorials on the internet as it is so simple and so effective at the same time, but here it is again:  Use a pair of fat quarters, one flannel and one cotton.  Pre-shrink them thoroughly.  Pin them with right sides together, then stitch around the edge, using 1/2 to 5/8" seam allowance, and leaving a small gap for turning.  You can grade or pink the allowances if your flannel is thick.  Clip the corners and turn right-side out, and press.  Top-stitch with a decorative stitch about 1/2" from the edge, and press again to set the stitches.  That's it!

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[Toffeeapple]

I have a question - what is a burp cloth?

Confused of Milton Keynes!