I made this Baby Blanket with Rick Rack for my 1st grandbaby; he’s due next Spring!
The baby room theme is Dinosaurs!! I love this cute print and the chocolate brown flannel on the reverse side.
This is not difficult to make and would be a great beginner project.
To make this you’ll need:
1 1/3 yd. cotton print
1 1/3 yd. flannel fabric
5 yd jumbo rick rack (sold in 2 1/2 yd packages)
matching thread
Directions:
1. Prewash and dry both pieces of fabric; I wash mine in hot water.
2. Cut each piece to 39″x39″.
3. Rounded corners are easier to sew than square ones; use a bowl or a plate and mark a curve on each corner of one of the fabrics ( I marked the cotton print.)
4. Place rick rack on the right side of the cotton print so that the middle of the rick rack is 1/4″ from the edge of the fabric. Leaving a 1-2″ length of rick rack before you start your stitches, sew rick rack to the cotton print using a 1/8″ seam allowance. As you sew you should be catching the “bottom” curve of the rick rack as you sew. Continue sewing slowly around the rounded corners.
5. TRICKY PART–You’ll need to do this twice on the blanket if you have 2 1/2 yd lengths of rick rack like I did. I started in the middle on one side. On each end of the rick rack, you’ll leave about an inch free and pull the tail off to the side towards the outside of the seem; trim the excess of rick rack.
5. Right sides together, place your flannel piece on top of the cotton print, matching all sides and corners. Pin together. Stitch 1/4″ from edge around all 4 sides of blanket, leaving a 5-6″ opening to allow you to turn the blanket right side out.
6. Turn blanket right side out through the opening you created. Press blanket edges, pulling rick rack outward with your fingers as you press. You may choose to handstitch the opening where you turned the blanket through; I was able to turn the edge and catch the seam when I did the topstich around the edge.
7. Topstitch around entire blanket, close to the edge.
8. You’re done!!
Hop over to Sew Much Ado for a complete tutorial with photos.
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