Baby Blanket

Full disclosure, by no means am I a quitter, so I am sure there are better techniques out there. This is my first go at, but I am pretty happy with the results and so is E.

Skill level: Beginner to Intermediate

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​Partly made from 100% organic fleece

Materials:

• Minky fabric
• Fleece or other soft fabric
• Thread
• Paper
• Ruler
• Fabric pencil

How to Guide:
 
Measure and cut it out

• Minky fabric:
  • 40” x 54” for the back of the blanket
  • 6” x 64” for the trim length 2X
  • 6” x 50” for the trim width 2X
• Fleece fabric:
  • 40” x 54” for the front of the blanket

 
Count it and cut it out

• Lay out the length of your trim fabric on a hard smooth surface, right side up.
• Place the width of your trim fabric on top, right side down.
• Pin in place.
• Repeat for second trim.

 Paper cuts

• Using the corner of your paper, measure 2.5” along each side and mark it.
• Cut your paper just below the marks.
• Place the point of the paper on the top edge of your trim.
• Line up the point with the center and the side edges where you marked the paper.
• Use your fabric pencil to trace along the edge of the paper.

• Repeat for second trim. 

Sew, sew

• Sew along the line you drew.

• Repeat for second trim.

Unfold

• Cut the edges off along your sew line.

• Fold your trim right side out.

 Match up

• Lay your trim out so that the corners are across from each other and the lengths and widths are matched up.
• At each unsewn corner, place the length and width of your trim fabric right sides together.
• Pin in place.

 
Paper cuts

• Place the point of the paper on the top edge of your trim.
• Line up the point with the center and the side edges where you marked the paper.
• Use your fabric pencil to trace along the edge of the paper.

• Repeat for second trim.

 
Sew, sew

• Sew along the line you drew.

• Repeat for second trim.

 
Unfold

• Cut the edges off along your sew line.
• Fold your trim right side out.

• You should now have a complete border.

 
Iron and baste

• On a light heat setting, iron your corners.
• Line up your salvage edges and pin your border closed

• Baste stitch your border edge. 

Front side

• Lay out your fleece fabric on a hard smooth surface, right side up.
• Lay your border on top and line up edges.
• Fold the outer edge of your border inwards so that the salvage edge meets the edge of your fleece edge.
• Pin in place.
• Sew edges.
• Repeat for each side. 

Back side

• Lay out the front of your blanket on a hard smooth surface, right side up.
• Fold the border into the centre.
• Place your minky fabric on top, right side down.
• Line up the minky edges with your fleece
• Pin in place.
• Sew edges.
• Repeat for each side, but leave a small opening. 

​Finish

• Serge edges, optional. 

​Fold out

• Flip your blanket right side out using the unsewn opening.
• Pin the opening closed

• Stitch opening shut. 

Ta-da! You are ready for a snuggle. ​