A favorite handmade gift for baby

My mom and grandma refer to babies as "little bits".  I love making these bibs as gifts for new babies and their mamas.  It's my Buster Bib pattern in the small size. (Sorry, I'm not currently selling anything right now.)

I've refined my process for making these...and added some fun details, too.

I put them together using a "quilt as you go" method.  This bib was made for a mama who didn't find out the gender of her babe.  I had fun pulling out green and yellow scraps.  :)

Before I get too far ahead of myself, I'll quilt about half way down the fabric and add a monogram to the other side.  (The bibs are reversible.)

 Once the monogram is sewn on, I then continue the quilting on the reverse side.

 Next step is to trace the pattern piece onto the little quilt sandwich, cut out, and then bind the bib.

 Here are two of my latest creations, for little E and little L.  Didn't they turn out cute?

I particularly loved the happy bias-cut stripey binding.  It still makes me happy.  :)

These bibs are reversible, so the buttons are sewn back to back on both sides.  I felt like I was being  pretty clever when I came up with that one!

What about you?  Do you have a go-to gift you like to make for new little bits?