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Sunday 21 October 2018

For the Cat Lovers...

Create a quick, simple duvet or quilt with this design.


to sew a baby quilt or blanket, 
The ideal fabrics are
Minky: soft with a napped finish - means it is slightly hairy, but not as hairy as fur.  It's really luxurious and plush.  One yard of Mink would give you a blanket 35 inches by 53 inches.
The other ideal fabric for a baby blanket, I would recommend is Fleece: it has a slight stretch, soft and a cuddly feel. One yard of Fleece fabric would give you a blanket 35 inches by 55 inches, I have allowed for half an inch seam all round
Fleece would also make a really good swaddle cloth.

You could also co-ordinate with a contrast pattern design for the backing of the blanket, thus giving you two sides to the blanket.
In order to do this most economically, you could make a slightly smaller blanket in 1 yard of fabric and two designs in one yard
Click on the image bellow to browse the collection.


The collection has a few designs that go well together. Over time I keep adding designs, so do pop round and check. 
click on the start designing button 
This is spoonflower's, "Fill-a-Yard" 
A cool and economical way of adding more than one design to a yard or two of any fabric. 
When you click the start designing button, you will land on a page that asks you to select a template 
For the baby blanket,
I would recommend the vertical split yard
Like shown in the image above
You can then decide how you would like to layout your designs across the yard.




Sewing the baby blanket is super easy
Fold the fabric with the two designs facing each other
(meaning the backs of the fabric is facing outwards.  Run a seam along the top and on side edge.
turn the fabric out, so that the two designs are now facing outward,
fold the bottom edges inside and run a top stitch.
You have a beautiful baby blanket.
your finished blanket in fleece would measure 35 inches by 28 inches, allowing half inch for seam allowance 


Baby Blanket


Get in touch if you would like the design re sized, or a colour variation.
or if you need further guidance on sewing.
Happy Sewing !!!
And don't forget to share your creations .... 
One of the biggest and best rewards of being a designer is when I see my designs being used by clients to create things.
It is a "Pat on the back" for me.  So please do share
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