Homemade baby blankets are a lovely new baby gift and they can be super easy to make.
To make one of these baby blanketsyou will need:
A Sewing Machine
Pins
Scissors
1 yard of flannel fabric for the front of the blanket
1 yard of flannel/minky fabric for the back of the blanket
1 blanket ribbon
Thread
To start the blanket you will want to take your two pieces of fabric flip them so they are both right side out and place together. Line up the fabric and pin it all around your blanket to hold it in place. Trim any extra fabric off with the scissors. Then sew all the way around the blanket. You want the seem to be about a 1/4 inch from the edge, so you might need to trim off some more of the lose fabric before starting the ribbon if you didn't sew close enough to the edge.
The next step is the ribbon. Pin the ribbon around the first edge of the blanket with about a 1/2 inch overlapping the blanket edge. Sew the ribbon into place, sewing from the edge to the edge. Then fold the ribbon to create a corner and pin it in place. Pin the ribbon to the next side and repeat until all four sides are complete. For the last corner, continue around the corner and over the starting place by 3-6 inches. Then fold the ribbon under and sew in place. This will give the ribbon a finished edge. Sometimes I will also sew along that seem, so no fingers or toes can get caught.
Now you have cute homemade gift in about an hour.
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