hey guys it's Melanie welcome back to my
channel today I have got a simple sewing
project for you it is the easiest baby
blanket ever that's what I'm calling it
I designed this tutorial so that you
don't need to have a cutting mat or
rotary blade you can just have a pair of
fabric scissors and I am going to tell
you exactly what kind of coverage to buy
at the store to maximize the amount of
fabric that you're going to be
purchasing not to have a lot of leftover
if you don't sell a lot you just kind of
do a few things here and there you don't
want all this extra fabric that you paid
for so this kind of maximizes the amount
of fabric that you are buying kind of
get the most bang for your buck and it's
super easy and I will also have a blog
post linked underneath the video in the
about box that will have the written
instructions and the materials all
listed out for you as well as some
additional measurements and things if
you wanted to make a little bit smaller
size so let's make like I'm going to
show you all the steps on how to make it
alright everybody let's get going
what you are going to need to do is pre
wash your fabric isn't this blankets
just so adorable you're going to want to
pre wash and iron it at the store you
need to get a one-and-a-half yard of
this cotton print and then you need to
get one and a quarter yard of the minke
next you're going to lay everything out
on the floor would be good or on a table
if it's big enough you're going to put
your right sides together and smooth it
all around so that it's nice and there's
no bubbles or wrinkles now the next
thing you're going to do is you're going
to use that cotton fabric and cut the
minke from around it so this way you're
going to utilize the cuts that they did
at the store and you won't have to do
any fancy cutting next
don't move your fabric just go ahead and
pin it right after you trim it the minke
tends to stretch a little bit and it can
you know get wonky so you want to pin it
all nicely in place before you start
moving it around you can see I have it
pinned all the way around a good way to
do this might be on the floor or on a
nice big table now the next thing you're
going to want to do is take it over to
the sewing machine and I'm going to use
a 5/8 seam allowance so find that mark
on your sewing machine and get started
back stitch first
and then you're going to go ahead and
sell it all the way around this thread
will be hidden but you do want to use
some sort of a coordinating thread when
you do this project now you're going to
want to make sure the minke is on the
bottom side because the feed dogs of the
sewing machine are going to be pulling
that through so it'll be nice and even
when you get to the corners make sure
that when you pivot your foot your
fabric is going to hit that 5/8 seam
allowance the other thing to keep in
mind is I have my walking foot on my
machine it does help a little bit but if
you don't have a walking foot you can
still definitely do this project just go
nice and slow and let the feed dogs
really pull the fabric through and kind
of help it along on the top take your
pins out as you go along and you're
going to sew all the way around now I've
gotten to the end and you're going to
leave about a six inch opening
so back stitch and then take the blanket
off of your sewing machine you can see
right about there is how far I have is
you're supposed to pins take the two
pins out and then you're going to trim
your corners so leaving about a 1/8
space between that corner and where
you're trimming don't snip your threads
do that on all four corners and then
you're going to trim all the way around
make sure you leave a little bit of
opening don't trim too much on your
opening make sure that you have enough
to fold inside so that we can sew that
down now the next we're going to do is
pull the blanket right-side out and
stick your hand in the blanket and pop
all those corners out nicely
so that they have a nice sharp point
like you see there now the next thing
we're going to do is pin that opening
closed so just kind of pull it sideways
and get those edges nicely lined up this
is going to make sure that we don't see
where that opening was so pin that all
nicely into place and then what we're
going to do is sew all the way around
we're going to use a 1/4 seam allowance
for this one so find that mark on your
machine use a coordinating thread
because you will see this thread this
time and then go nice and slow all the
way around when you get to that opening
you know just make sure you're using
your fingers and nicely hold everything
nice and straight you can kind of roll
the seam in between your fingers and
kind of get that nice and flat before
you sew over it so there's no ripples or
anything like that so keep sewing all
the way around
take those pins out super easy project
and this is a really good way to
practice sewing your straight lines
super fun I just love this fabric too so
take this all the way around make sure
you do the same thing with your corners
back stitch when you are done and that's
it you are done i hope you enjoyed
making this easiest baby blanket ever
okay guys that was it thank you so much
for watching if you have any questions
leave me a comment below and don't
forget to check out my blog Melanie Kay
ham comm and that will have all of the
additional instructions and some
additional measurements and some
different things over there that you can
use to modify this if you need to also
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