‘Celebrate Baby’ Bunting: baby gift idea with printable

(First thing first: I know that these are really garlands, but baby bunting sounded so much cuter to me so I went with it. Sorry for anyone who likes to be more technical with the terms than I).

I wanted to make one other simple item to gift along with THESE burp cloths being sent to my friends who are expecting. I saw HERE on MADE how Dana used bunting to decorate her baby’s hospital bed and thought it was the cutest! I love the sweet hearts surrounding her newborn in the pictures Dana posted.

I also loved the way Ashley from Under the Sycamore incorporated regular cotton fabric in squares on her garland, seen on her DIY post HERE.

What a fun way to brighten up their little bed and have a fun prop for pictures. And these are such great scrap-busters! They sew together in no time and the cutting is so fast.

You can either buy felt circles pre-cut (try searching felt circles on Etsy), or I have the GO! Baby AccuQuilt Fabric Cutter and used THIS circle die. They are 2” circles and I just quickly cut out some random rectangles and squares around 2” as well. Sew them together in a straight line down the middle of each piece, adding the next right after another. I liked to turn my square and rectangle scraps sideways or diagonal as well to add more fun.

I had to add some of my labels of course. I just love them.

Mine each ended up being about 5’ long, using about 32 scraps of both felt and cotton fabrics. I found it easier to make at least two using the same scraps. I think the most time consuming part for me was just laying out the scraps and deciding how it looked best. Then I used the first one as a template for the rest. I used 4 solid colors and three patterns on each garland, cutting one of the patterns into circles and the other two patterned fabrics into squares and rectangles.

To package, I cut about 1.5” off the 11” side of a piece of cardstock, folded the cardstock in half along the now 9.5” side and wrapped the garland around.