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Baby Blankets and Applique

Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by Trish in Crafts

I have been sewing up a ton trying to get everything ready for the boy child that is coming NEXT MONTH!!  Whoo-hoo!

Well, one of the things I had to do was sew up some baby blankets.  I hate how most of the store bought receiving blankets are rectangular.  I can’t swaddle a baby with a rectangular blanket.  I need a square one.  I learned this with my daughter.  I sewed a few up for her and love the style.

My favorite way to sew them is doing them as a self binding blanket.  I recently discovered this and decided it was so much easier than my method of folding the edges over, ironing them, pinning, and finally topstitching.  I would make a tutorial for you, but there are already so many out there, so I thought I’d share with you a few of my favorite.  They are all basically the same, but some describe different aspects better.

Monogrammed Self Binding Blanket Tutorial
Self Binding Receiving Blanket Tutorial
Self Binding Blanket Tutorial

I usually use two layers of flannel for them, but I decided to do some with a cotton woven to make it more lightweight, especially for the middle of summer.

I decided to try my hand at applique to add a little something more to these.  The frog I did with a straight stitch all the way around and when I wash it the edges will fray a little.  The elephant I wanted to use a satin stitch but my practice run turned out horrible!  So I turned to trusty google and found a couple more tutorials on applique that helped me figure it out.

How to Machine Applique with a Satin Stitch
Machine Applique Tutorial

Yay for tutorials! 

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