I took all the kids to the fabric store and I let them all pick out their patterned fabric. Yep, no surprise present, but they loved picking out the fabric and keep asking if they REALLY had to wait until Christmas to get their blanket. Here are the two that I have finished.
It was super easy. All I needed to do was buy a backing fabric that had some sort of geometric guide. This minky fabric was perfect. And because I picked the minky fabric and a flannel for the top, the blanket doesn't need any batting. I just cut them to the size I wanted, laid them out, pinned them together (right sides out), and sewed.
I did my binding similarly to my previous post, but I made it a lot easier. I sewed it facing the back fabric, so that it would be rolled over into the front. Then I top stitched with the machine.
All the boys are so excited to get their blankets, but now I need to do one more. In a few weeks, I'll find out if I need to pick out girl fabric or more boy fabric!
1 comment:
Great idea...I love the feel of the minky fabric also. I'll keep this in mind.
The surprize for the kiddos is actually seeing the finished product (and hopefully not having any pins still holding it together with a promise to finish it! Like in my house!)
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