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Home Sewing Patterns Fruit and Vegetable Baby Bib Sewing Pattern

Fruit and Vegetable Baby Bib Sewing Pattern

Difficulty

Intermediate

Material

Cotton

Designer

Susie Johns

Techniques

Embroidery

Pattern Guide

Download

Difficulty

Intermediate

Material

Cotton

Designer

Susie Johns

Techniques

Embroidery

Pattern Guide

Download

About this pattern

Make our fruit and veg themed bibs for baby, and you'll master a brand-new technique.

Couching is a kind of embroidery work where threads sit on the surface of the fabric and are anchored down with small stitches. Bokhara couching is a solid stitch that can be used to fill any shape or size, whilst ensuring the work lies flat with no long strands that might snag. It’s been used here to decorate cotton bibs with motifs depicting a baby’s first foods. Why not make all six of them as a gift for a new arrival?

Essentials

Pastel cotton, 25cm square
White towelling, 25cm square
1.4m bias binding
DMC embroidery thread: pink (962), leaf green (3347), red (666), brown (839), light tan (680), grass green (905), jade (911), pale green (3348), cream (3078), yellow (307), orange (970)

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Top sewing tip

Make the ties long so that they can be fastened around the baby’s neck as they grow.

Meet the designer

Susie Johns is a versatile crafter, with a flair for knitting and embroidery. She contributes regularly to several craft magazines and is the author of a range of books on subjects, such as collage, painting, papier-mâché and more.