Since picking up sewing, a whole world of possibilities have opened up. There are sooooo many things one can sew for kids and around the home, and of course a whole slew of other things too. Anyways, I got the idea to make Didi a toddler blanket, because he's been breaking out of his sleepsacks for awhile now; baby blankets are too small, and twin-size blankets are way too big for him, since he's still in his crib. I was all set to brave the world of making his blanket, complete with a binding around the border. In case you don't sew, making the binding is a PITA apparently. I was trying to find ways to short-cut it. Plus, I didn't find fabric big enough for me to make a backing with enough allowances on the sides for the binding. ANYHOO, I saw
THIS TUTORIAL, and it's like it's made just for me.
Here it is, the final product. It's roughly 40x55-ish. The fabric is flannel with Warm&Natural batting inside. Oh my, this thing is super soft. Seriously, I was petting the batting as I was sewing. LOL.
Before I finished the blanket, Didi was happily rolling around in it. Sadly, I didn't get to take any pictures of that. When I tried to re-create the moment, of course he wouldn't cooperate. So I could only take pictures of him walking on and around the blanket.
Here's another look. These are 8"x8" squares.
Here's the back side. I used the left over fabric and just put the strips together. I also sewed around one of the squares through all three layers, just to make sure the batting won't slide around in there.
