Baby crinkle square tutorial

Before I had kids I used to think the warning labels

on plastic bags "this is not a toy" were so ridiculous.

Who would ever give a baby a bag?

But then I had kids and I understood.

Babies like things that crinkle.

So here is a way to make something cute and crinkly

without the warning labels.

Supplies:

6 ribbons

Flannel

Something crinkly.

(I am using a wipes package, but clear gift wrap

or microwave popcorn wrappers are also nice and noisy.)

Cut two 6 x 6 inch flannel squares and one 6 x 6 inch crinkle square.

Cut six 4 inch pieces of ribbon.

Lay one flannel square right side up.

Pin folded ribbons along the edges with the

folds towards the center of the flannel.

Place second flannel square on top, right side down.

Pin all layers together with crinkle material on top.

Sew along all sides using a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

Be sure to leave enough room to turn inside out.

(I started sewing right before the aqua ribbon

and stopped after the brown satin one.)

Take out all pins, trim excess ribbon, seams and corners.

Turn inside out.

Tuck in raw edges between the ribbons.

Topstitch around entire square, making sure to close the opening.

This would be a great opportunity to use those

fun decorative stitches on your machine.

I obviously do not have any.

Zig zag is as fancy as I get.

My assistant is also my product tester.

She gives it a big, drooly five stars.

*I forgot to add that I have washed this dozens and dozens of times with the normal laundry and it is holding up just fine. No purpose in having baby things that are complicated to clean, right?