Monday, March 1, 2010

Fleece Blanket

I made fleece blankets for each of my kids years ago, and a little while back the little girl next door found one and was quite jealous of it. I figured I'd make one for her for Christmas... and I'm finally finishing it now. Christmas got a little crazy.

These little blankets are really easy and a great way to kind of mindlessly pass the time while still keeping your hands busy.

Materials:
  • Length of fleece
  • Yarn
  • Needle
Cut your fleece to the size you want for your blanket:
 

And a little step that I think makes the blankets look adorable, round the corners. I actually place a dinner plate at the corner and just cut around it.
 
Then simply sew around the edges of the fleece by hand with a blanket stitch. For a step by step on the blanket stitch, this is the best one I've found.

Here is the finished blanket:
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4 comments:

  1. DebiMarch 1, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    I love this. I'm always looking for simple, quick gifts that are also useful and this fits the bill. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. TashaMarch 1, 2010 at 10:16 PM

    I love it! So cute and simple, but what a great gift. I just awarded you a Kreative Blog award on my blog. I just love your blog. You give so many great ideas and tutorials. Thanks for being an inspiration in my life.
    www.creativecorner.blogspot.com

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  3. TaraMarch 2, 2010 at 11:30 AM

    Who knew making those cute blankets was so "easy?" YOU did, of course!!! Thanks for sharing more of your wonderfulness!!! Hugs, Tara

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  4. Julie from JulieChatsMarch 2, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    What a cute blanket, I think even I could manage to make one of those, thanks for sharing! :)

    Just stopping by from Today's Creative! Signed up to follow you & it looks like I'm #100! Congrats on getting to 100! :) Stop by my blog when you get a chance, I'm always looking for a few more crafty followers! http://juliechats.blogspot.com

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