Making Receiving Blankets Flannel

Instead of buying receiving or crib blankets for your baby or for gifts you can make flannel baby blankets that feature colors patterns and cartoon characters of your choosing.

Making receiving blankets flannel. I love to make these blankets with flannel. One of my favorite thing about these blankets is how large they are. I also made two nursing aprons. How to make your receiving blanket.

The wash cloths are the size of the palm of my hand and the flannel is so soft on babies skin. I like use my homemade laundry detergent to wash my flannel. My smallest baby was 8 lbs 8 ounces and my largest was over 9 pounds. Make an easy receiving blanket for new babies.

In this video i demonstrate how to turn a yard of flannel fabric into a baby receiving blanket. Parents need a large store of baby blankets so that they can throw them in the wash when needed and take them out of the house on outings many store bought blankets are not very thick. Check below for links to the free download kit tools. Made from flannel these blankets are warm and cozy.

I can make two receiving blankets two double sided burp cloths i often use an old light colored towel between the two layers or and pieces of an old blanket and then 2 small wash cloths single side with a zig zag edge. They are so soft and cozy for little babies. Some of those store bought receiving blankets are just too small for the bigger babies. I like to round my corners so i can go around the entire thing in one quick seam.

Follow along with jennifer to see how this beginner friendly self binding baby blanket comes together. I found all the matching flannel prints and solids to make receiving blankets burp cloths bibs and a large fleece blanket for the cold weather. If you have a serger and you know how to use it it only takes about 10 minutes to finish a blanket. The fastest way to sew flannel receiving blankets is to use a serger.

I cut my blanket 30 x30 and use the 12 left to make the bibs and burp cloths. I buy 3 yards of flannel. This makes it so all the edges are the same and it. How to sew a paintbrush roll up organizer how to sew a gathered dress with elastic thread how to sew your own pillow cases in 4 different sizes how to sew a flanged pillow sham free directions to sew a long fabric scarf how to sew a flat.

Make other gifts for a baby with fabric to match the receiving blankets. The cost for this project was less than 40. I lined the bib and burp cloths with nice soft bath towels. To do this i fold my fabric into quarters then use a rotary cutter to round the edges.

Not these blankets they ll easily wrap around large newborns with room to grow. Before you begin you must pre shrink your flannel by washing it and drying it in the dryer on high heat flannel shrinks so if you don t preshrink your finished baby blanket will shrink the first time you wash it which could affect the shape of the blanket.