Fabulous 50's Bib by Nicole Mallalieu

My fussy eater of 13 months old Maxime has decided to feed himself - *big sigh
* - and despite my attempts of redirecting the spoon, we always end up with some kind of artwork on the clothes.

So, browsing on the internet, I found this lovely bib pattern from Nicole Mallalieu : the Fabulous 50's Bib which I immediately fell for. It's got a terry cloth lining and an optional food-catching pocket, very handy indeed. The binding adds a very neat finish to the whole lot. $6.95 and one download later, I had it printed.

I thought it was a tad small for Maxime so I enlarged it by 25%, which I found a bit too large after trying it on him. I still made 2 of those so that he can grow into them, but the next one, I will try to enlarge it by only 10%.

Taaadaaaaa :

I used an old bath towel for the lining, 1 fat quarter ($2 at GJ's Discount Fabric) and 3m of 25mm bias ($6). It was a bit short of bias, so I had to patch up one of the sleeve (which you can see on the back picture of the bib).

Second version :

As you can see, the pocket is hanging a bit low on Maxi.

Next time, I'll post the steps and the 10% enlarged bib.