Blanket Making for Dummies

I did not get blessed with my sisters skills in the sewing department.  However, I love to do it, sometimes, and have attempted many times to make stockings, quilts, and blankets.  When it comes to sewing on patches for my boys scouts shirts, I usually hand that task off to my mom and mother in law.

Two of my friends recently had babies.  So I thought I would pull out my sewing machine and make a few blankets.  One of my friends had a girl, so of course I had a blast picking out girl fabric!  (I only have 5 boys).  So here is a step by step way to make an EASY blanket.  And I mean, REALLY EASY!  For this blanket, I got 2 different fabrics that were 1 yard each.  Perfect for a little baby to be bundled in.

 First lay the fabric out with the RIGHT sides together.  Pin all around.  I only pinned about 3 pins on each side.

Sew with a straight line around the fabric.  I am sewing about a half an inch in.

Sew all the way around leaving about 3-4 inches open.  This way you can pull the blanket out and turn it the right way.

 I don't know if this is necessary, but before I pulled the fabric out, I went around the whole blanket, especially the corners, and cut slits in.  This way it just lays flat and has a nice clean corner when it's all finished.

 Once you pull the fabric out and get the blanket to how you want it, take that 3-4 inches of fabric that you didn't sew yet and sew together.

Here is the finished product.  This blanket only took me about 15 minutes to make!  It turned out so cute and is really easy to make.  Roll it up and wrap it with some tulle and give away to someone!