No-Sew Blanket

No-sew Blanket

This no-sew blanket is a perfect easy craft to do with a friend or by yourself while you watch a movie.

Supplies:

Fleece - 2 large pieces, however large you like, see below for sizes

Scissors

Measuring board - optional

Step 1: Choose 2 coordinated pieces of fleece. We choose this gorgeous watercolor fleece fabric (currently out of stock) and a matching minty green to be the back.

**I suggest using 1.5 yards to create a child-size blanket. 1 yard makes a good-sized blanket too, but would only work for a smaller child or baby. Of course, you could always go bigger and make a 2 yard blanket which would be good for an adult size blanket.

For fleece here are some good places to start shopping - here, here, and here.

Step 2: Layer the two pieces of fabric together and trim your edges to even them up, remove any fabric info and to make sure they line up correctly.

Step 3: Cut out a 4 x 4-inch square from each corner of your blanket.

Step 4: Cut strips – about 4 inches long and 1 inch apart, along all four sides of your blanket. Kind of like a fringe.

Step 5: Fold your “fringe” back at the base and snip a small cut in the middle of each fringe piece. Maybe 1/2 inch, just big enough to loop your fabric through in the following step.

Step 6: Fold back both layers of the fringe and loop through the snip.

Step 7: Pull your fringe loop tight. My daughter calls these little fortune cookies. They help your blanket lay flatter and then you don’t have knots around the edges.

Kids are great helpers for this part. My daughter and I sat across the table from each other and just talked while we worked on this blanket.