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home ministriesfor womenbible studyblankets of blessing
Blankets
of
Blessing
A SUCCESS!!!
We came together to fellowship and bless a local Elder Care Facility with hand made fleece blankets! We needed 122 and the ladies have made 139!!! God is Good! Thank You, Ladies.
We'll leave the directions here for you. These make great gifts for family, friends and those in need. God Bless.
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How to make
No-Sew Fleece Blankets
Supplies Needed:
- A pair of good scissors (If your scissors are dull, it will take a lot longer to complete!) OR rotary cutter and mat
- Ruler or tape measure
- Piece of any fleece . . . 1 1/2 yards or 2yds for bigger blanket
- Remember:
• Fabric is usually 54 inches wide or greater.
• Fleece panels look very nice, but be sure there is enough material at the edge to cut the fringe without cutting into the pattern.
• Watch for sales at your fabric store, as you can save a lot of money that way, often more than 50%.
Directions:
- Cut off rough selvage edge on both sides. (This is the side that is machine finished, not cut.) Trim only as much as necessary, usually not more than 2 inches on each side. At this point, make sure that your cut sides are relatively straight. (They don't have to be perfect!).
- To create fringe, make cuts 4" (or 5") deep into fleece at 1" intervals across two opposite sides.
- Tie each fringe with an overhand knot close to blanket edge to create finished fringe edge. Repeat across both opposite sides..
Several notes here:
- To help make your strips approximately 1" wide (again, it doesn't have to be perfect), you can use a tape measure across the top of your four [or five] inch section so that you not only make your cuts about 1" apart but also only four [or five] inches deep.
- To make the tying look more even, I tie every other one, across both sides of the blanket, then flip the blanket over to the back and tie the rest. That way neither side is really the front or the back!
- Experiment with the way you tie the knots for different looks.
- The nature of fleece makes two of the sides stretchy. Don't fear! Just be gentle when tying those sides (the selvage sides) so that your fringe isn't stretched out of shape!
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