For a maternity gift I wanted to embroider a bib with the baby's name. bibs for embroidery The ones I sell in the shop have a sewn-in Aida ribbon. This makes embroidering extra easy. For the color palette, I was inspired by the beautiful birth announcement I received. And the result is as follows!
Do you want to make something like this too? In this blog post I'll give you the pattern of the flower and the link to the Free pattern for the letters . If you want to get started with it yourself designing your own pattern , I also have some tips for that!
Size of the aida on the bib
If you want to embroider a unique bib with a name in cross stitch, the cotton bib with aida is perfect. This way you don't have to do it yourself. soluble canvas Get started or get behind the sewing machine. On the strip of Aida sewn into the bib, you embroider in cross stitch just as you normally would on Aida.
The size of the area to be embroidered is approximately 23 cm wide and 4.5 cm high . The embroidery fabric is a aida 16 count . That means you have a embroidery of 145 x 28 stitches can embroider on. If you think I'm a math whiz that I can calculate this so easily: no, absolutely not. Fortunately, you can convert the number of centimeters to the number of stitches (or vice versa) with a cross stitch calculator doing.
Designing your bib pattern
Now that you know how many stitches you can fit on the bib, you could draw out a pattern on grid paper. However, I recommend working digitally; it's much smoother and faster. On the website Stitch Fiddle you can, just in your browser, design your own cross stitch pattern .
I recommend these settings for embroidering on the bibs you find in my webshop: Select Cross Stitch > DMC > Empty Chart (own design) .
Then fill in the following:
You can now create your own pattern. You can choose any color you like, and the possibilities are endless—super fun! But it might be a bit overwhelming if you're new to this. That's why I used a free pattern for the letters. And I designed two little flowers myself to make it more fun. Even if you're using an alphabet pattern, it's a good idea to draw out the entire name in Stitch Fiddle (or in another way). Then you can neatly align it in the center of the fabric.
Pattern for the letters
The pattern for the letters It's called "Bright Alphabet Cross Stitch," and I found it on the DMC website. You can download it for free if you subscribe to their newsletter. I based the colors on the birth announcement: beautiful, warm colors. This way, I was sure the final bib would suit the recipients' taste!
Pattern of the flower
I just thought the name was a bit plain. So I added two little flowers. Below you'll find the mini-pattern, which you can also use if you like:
Tip: Other fun figures to decorate the bib can be found in the DMC booklets with many small patterns in different themes.
The back of the embroidery
I usually leave the back of my embroidery visible. I like that you can see the back of the stitches; after all, it's truly handcrafted! If you don't like this (or the back of your embroidery has accidentally become a mess), you can iron on fusible web over it. Or sew an extra piece of fabric behind it. I didn't do that myself, so my back ended up looking like this:
Looks pretty good, right?
I'm definitely very happy with the result. It was fun to make, and even more fun to give, of course! I gave it to sweet Charlie, you might know her from her blog. Charlingual or her Instagram @dutch_waldorf_home . If you're interested in Waldorf education, parenting, and sustainability, definitely follow her!
