Posted: 12/12/2006 6:13:32 PM EDT
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My son Wyatt has this blanket someone made for him. Its soft and some type of heavy fleece. He spent the night at a friend's house and left it at the friends house. I had forgotten about it until I was over at the friends house today and noticed it on his friend's bed. I was told it was the only blanket the friend had. Anyway, long story short I want to make the friend a blanket of his own so he has one and Wyatt can have his back. It seemed simple enough but I didn't spend much time looking at it. It looks like two peice of fabric tied together in knots. I would appreciate some help! Thanks Patty |
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Well, you can do it a number of ways. 1. Lay the two pieces of fleece right sides together and stitch around the edges, leaving a hole at the bottom. Turn it right side out and stitch around the edge. Hand stitch the opening closed, then tie the blanket every 6" to keep it together. 2. Lay the two pieces wrong sides together (like it would be normally), cut 3"x1" strips around the perimeter of both pieces, then tie the two pieces of fleece together. Then tie it every 6" to keep it together. Time consuming, but cute. |
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Not to intrude, but this poor guy is having a hard time figure out what you ladies mean when you say the blanket is tied together or tied in knots. Then again, I can pretty much only sew patches on jeans and put buttons back on, so maybe its just my lack of sewing experience, though i was able to follow everything else that was said. Anyway, could one of you explain in terms a sewing-challenged guy can understand? |
Mrs. FD made similar to this ( tied every 2 inches ), for a gift for my mom... It was kool  ETA: wish I had a photo.. |
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Is this the kind of blankie you're talking about? sorry it won't let me link to the pic directly.... so clicky here.... |
Not really proper english now aint it?  One idea, We got these nice blankets from Old Navy, nice fleece and they have about 4 to choose from that are rolled up with a ribbon. Nicest part, retail 12.50 on sale 2 for 10  couldn't pass it up.
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Walmart has them also a bit cheaper than Joannes. |
Yes, this is just like my son's except rather than plaid his is sponge bob! 
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Thank you Sp1Grrl, I too like mine tied together but we'll see how much time I have. I appreciate your help. Patty PS I'm not sure how much the kits cost but I bought 4 yards of fabric for $2 a yard. I thought that was pretty good. |
I know Joann's has really good sales right now. If you bought 4 yds of good fleece for $2/yd, that's a smoking deal. The kits are normally about $17, but are probably on sale for about $10, and the finished size of the blanket in the kit is about 48x60. If you did it yourself with 2 yds of fabric on both sides, you're looking at a foot longer blanket and roughly the same width. |
Well, neither is "pic" or "blankie" but I said those things too. Let us know how it turns out, Patty! Those are some of the simplest blankets to make, a little time consuming (as are all of them), but easy. It's awfully sweet of you to do it for the kid too... 
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So many techniques, so little time. I know several of our Ladies here, do the professional step by step quilts. Some quilts are masterpieces and others are pieced together. You can take two whole pieces of material, lay them on top of each other and run a needle & thread through each quadrant, cut and knot. Put a "batting" in between the layers and do the needle and thread trick. Or, you can cut squares, piece them together, attach a backing, and do the needle work. Or, you can add layer on layer to make a masterpiece quilt. There are so many possibilities..... |