How To Make A Simple Baby Blanket With Batting

It is easy to customize this project for the baby room or preferences of the parents.

How to make a simple baby blanket with batting. Choose your favorite top stitch and carefully go sew over the perimeter of the blanket. Make a small snip with your scissors and tear the cotton fabric on each side. We used the measurement of the width of the. You can use a fabric piece for the binding which is suitable in color combinations and fabric pattern to the main fabric.

Place the square of fabric the quilt top on top of a layer of quilt batting. First thing you need to do is lay out your flannel and straighten up all of the edges. Lay minky on the floor right side up and place the cotton on top right side down. Trim the excess minky.

You can make a bigger one of course just cut the pieces to the size you desire. Cut a rectangle of each to 32 x 42 which is a standard crib size blanket. Use a rotary cutter and cutting mat to make it easier to cut your edges straight. 6 simple steps to make a minky baby blanket.

Lay the batting on top of the blanket and trim it to fit the front and back of the blanket. Pin the two pieces right sides together with the print on the inside. Ok i m not even sort of a quilter it s not really my thing. The next step is very important.

Cut out a square fabric piece for the blanket of 45 inch and a fabric strip which is 5 inches wide and length equalling the perimeter of your fabric piece plus some 4 inches or so as an overlap. Make sure the two pieces of flannel you use are the same size. Flannel is an excellent choice for homemade blankets because it is soft and lint free. You will also need 1 2 thick double fold bias tape you can buy a few packages or make your own using our how to make bias tape tutorial.

Also cut a rectangle of batting the same size. It s a simple but cute blanket to sew for any baby boy or girl. How to make a blanket. You will sew the three outer edges while it is inside out.

Cut a square from the decorative fabric a little bigger than you intend for the finished quilt. Place fabric and batting on top of a piece of woven flannel. Then make sure you are sewing this like you would a pillow case plus the batting. Press the blanket before you begin the decorative top stitch.

Read on to find out how to make flannel baby blankets. This ensures that the corners of the fabric are perfectly square. Turns out so cute and it s also a great way to use fabric scraps i m not much of a quilter.