Hand Embroidered Day of the Week Bibs

Here is my latests project. One of my girlfriends is having twin girls and asked me if I could make her two sets of day of the week bibs. Yay, a new baby project. I love those!! She decided white fabric with soft colors for the stitching. It was my choice how to make each set a little different.

 

My first thought was to make the stiching the same, and use coordinating binding around each bib. After looking at lots of fabric, I decided that wasn't going to work. I couldn't find two fabrics that I liked together that would match the embroidery floss I had already picked out. So, I decided to nix the binding idea. Finally I decided to go with what I have pictured. Each set has a different colored flower embroidered next to the day of the week, and is top stitched to match the flower. Also, I rotated the order of the colors for the days of the week, so the same day for each set, is a different color.

 

I used white chenille for the back, and I love how it shows around the edges from the front. To me, they look so soft and cozy. I was going to use pink chenille, but it ended up showing through the front, so instead of white, they looked very light pink. Trial and error! I seem to learn something new from every project!