Toddler Blanket

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.