Baby bonnet made from a wash cloth

I got a request from a lady looking for this have any of you heard of it. I think it would be to bath the baby with.


I am looking for a pattern for a baby bonnet made out of washcloth

It is used as a baby shower favor...

comes with a poem about not being for baby but to do dishes

Have you ever seen it?

Thanks

Nancy

I have never heard of one made out of a washcloth but have directions below out of a handkerchief...

Below see two sets of instructions and one site to view a hanky/bonnet...

Heirloom Wedding Hanky



Materials Needed:

· 10" square white handkerchief*

· 1-3/8 yds. white 1" edging lace

· 1-1/2 yds. 1/4" white satin ribbon (or match ribbon to bride's colors)

· fabric glue (if not sewing)

· needle & white thread

· poem



Procedure:


1. Glue or stitch lace around all four edges of right side of handkerchief with ruffle to outside.


2. Fold two opposite edges up (with right sides showing) so that lace almost touches in center. This forms the front and back. Baste along the lace edge of the back to form a casing. Insert a 24" piece of ribbon through casing and draw up so that center is about the size of a silver dollar. (Hint: A safety pin pinned on the end of ribbon you're running through makes this much easier.) Tie ribbon into a bow. You can readjust size to fit baby.

3. Cut two 14" pieces of ribbon for ties. Fold under one end of each ribbon 1/2". Tack the folded end of ribbon to each side of bonnet approximately 1-1/4" inside the front fold at lace junction. (Hint: If you don't wish to sew on ties, you can baste the front as you did the back and insert a 30" piece of ribbon through the casing for ties. This gives the bonnet a different look.)

4. Cut ends of ribbons at an angle. Print poem, trim, punch a hole in corner and slip onto one of the tie ribbons and tie ribbons into a bow. And you have a wonderful baby gift!Note: Size & look may be changed by using a different size handkerchief and/or different width ribbon and folding up more or less of handkerchief edge for front & back. A finished width of 5" to 6" across bonnet makes a nice size for infant.

Poem -I'm just a little hanky as square as square can be.

But with a few stitches they made a bonnet out of me.

I'll be worn home from the hospital or on the Christening Day,

Then I'll be carefully pressed and neatly put away.

For her wedding day as we have all been told,

Every well-dressed bride must wear something old.

So what would be more fitting to find little me?

A few stitches snipped and a wedding hankie I'll be.

And if per chance it is a boy,

someday he'll surely wed,

So to his bride he can present this hanky,

once worn upon his head.


http://sewing.about.com/gi/dynamic/o...g%2Faug98.htmL


Baby's Bonnet



This little gift is meant to bring joy

Whether the child be girl or boy

The little hat is just the size for a baby newborn

So, home from the hospital the hat is to be worn.



Now when the baby is fully grown

The future of the hat will be known.

It's a hankie made of fabric so fine

And meant for the wedding at some future time.



For the girl it will serve for "something old".

For the boy, it's for his lovely bride to hold.



I hope this gift brings delight and cheer

Because after all, it's for the baby dear.





Get a new hanky, some ribbon or lace trims, ribbon for the ties, thread and some small rosettes or bows.



Wash, dry and iron the hanky. Usiing a little starch would be on, since this looks good when its very crisp.



Lay the hanky in front of you and folk the right side over about an inch or 2, iron the fold. Then on th left side, fold it over about 2 or 3 inches, iron the fold, then tack with thread the corners so it doesnt unfold (the size of the folds eventually determines the size of the bonnet, big folds = small bonnet, smaller folds = bigger bonnet) In general, there should only be a little bit of space btween the edges when both sides are folded in.



Now the creative part- using a needle and thread, decorate the edges you folded over with the ribbon or lace. You can put several rows, to make a ruffly look, or just add some simple eyelet to the edge, or use eyelet on the edge, but then add a row of flat lace just beside it, etc. Its up to you. Don't do anything on the top or bottom, just decorate the folded parts.



Ok, almost done! Now, thread the needle and run an small running stich through both thicknesses of fabric, just along the fold on the left side (the side with the bigger folded part) Pull the thread so the fabric gathers. Then, tie the thread ends together so the gathered edge becomes a circle. All of a sudden, if its done right, this will look like a bonnet. Again, the amount you gather will affect the size of the bonnet so use your judgement.



Wow, it should look like a little hat now. Now, take the ribbon you got for the ties and attach it on the right side, just inside from the fold. fold the cut edge over and then use the rosettes or bows to hide the stitching. On the other end of the ribbon ties use something like fray check, or a washable craft glue, just a dab to prevent the ribbon from fraying.



That should be it, it should look like a bonnet now!

Be sure that when you make your stitches that some of that will have to be 'undone' when the baby is grown up. The ties will come off and the gathering undone, etc. So make those stiches either loosely or just big enough that someone can see them to snip them and not cut the hanky.