The Burp Clothe Challenge

Before I explain the new challenge in our household, let me give you a tidbit of background. Before Ryan came along I didn't realize how inept of a person I am. Let me explain. I can struggle with any given object or task for a good ten minutes, give up, and walk away. Ryan can come over and within 10 seconds either fix what I've broken, or perform said task with no struggles. The worst part, this happens ALL the time, and it is maddening to me! 

Let me just give you examples from just the last three days: I couldn't get the bathroom door open for some reason, I assumed it was jammed, Ryan simple turned the knob and it worked. I could not get trashcans at IKEA unstuck and picked several stacks up trying to find two that weren't stuck together. Literally tried four different stacks and couldn't pick up just one, instead all 17 of them would come out. Ryan leaned over and gently picked up one and miraculously it came "unstuck" perfect and without trouble. 

One last example comes from cutting the fabric for these said burp clothes. I can work and work and work to get the fabric wheel cutter thingy to cut through fabric in one try and it never works; I generally have to go back over it multiple times and lets be honest I usually have to use scissors as well. Ryan used it once to make his burp clothe and it worked perfectly. That's just a peek into the last week, much last the three years with this man. One would think I would become accustomed to this and just accept it, but not as of yet, it still makes me angry. 

Now onto where the challenge originated from...Thanks to Pinterest I wanted to make Cullum some original burp clothes using fabric from Hancock, ribbon, clothe diapers, and his mother's loving touch. Keep in mind I'm not that crafty, just enough to be dangerous. I spent four hours Sunday after church to create two burp clothes I was quite proud of. Four hours is not too extreme of a time limit on a sewing project by your truly. I was so impressed with myself I showed Ryan who wanted to make his own burp clothe for Cullum using the fabric he picked out. While Ryan is a better sewer than I am, I didn't think (and still don't think) he could make a better burp clothe than the two I already finished. 

In no time at all Ryan had constructed his own design out of blue tie dye and orange ribbon (FL colors of course) and was so very proud of himself. He was most proud of himself of the actual sewing technique used on the burp clothe. And what do ya know, of course his lines are sewn on straight, with no ratty edges, or missed hems, but you know what, my burp clothes were made out of the spirit of just simply wanting Cullum to use something his mother created while Ryan's was created out of a desire to show up his wife. With that being said, I do think aesthetically mine are more pleasing. I'll let you be the judge and let the pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy! 

Okay, here are the two burp clothes that I created yesterday. 

And here's Ryan's burp clothe that he created in none other than FL colors and in his own design. I told him it would be perfect for his own diaper bag, not mine. :) 

Here's a close up of Ryan's seweing abilities. He's pretty good at the seweing machine these days. He calls it thread injection, you know, sounds more manly that way. 

Here's a cloes up of the edging of one of the burp clothes I created. Not as good as Ryan's, but I think its much much cuter. 

Here's the edging of the dinosaur burp clothe that was my first attempt so its a pretty rough mock up. Check out that fantastic hemming on the edge. (Can you hear the sarcasm?) 

Here's the whole picture of the dino burp clothe. From far away it looks pretty great I think.