NO-SEW FLEECE BLANKETS

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Buy 1½ to 2 yards of fabric in two different colors. Or buy one piece of a solid color and one with a design on it. (The first one I made was for my son. One piece of fabric had a basketball design, and the other was a solid blue to coordinate with the patterned piece.)

To make:

1. With right sides of the fabric out (wrong sides together), trim uneven edges so all the edges match.
2. Cut a four-inch square from each corner.
3. Cut strips through both pieces of fabric around all four sides. The strips should be 1 to 2 inches wide depending on how thick you want the strips and 4 inches deep. Use the square cutout to measure how deep to make the cut.
4. Once the strips are cut, take each cut strip and tie the two pieces together. For example, take the patterned strip and solid blue strip and tie them together in a knot. Repeat all the way around the fabric until all four sides are finished.
5. Enjoy the snuggly feeling of your fleece throw.

Tip 1: The blanket is easier to make once the edges are trimmed. If there is a rough, rolled or hard edge because of it being a bolt end, trim it off. It will be easier to cut through the two layers of fabric to make the strip.

Tip 2: The wider you make the strips, the fewer knots you’ll need to make, but don’t go any wider than 2 inches because it doesn’t look as nice.

Tip 3: You can cut one and tie one side of the fabric pieces at a time.

Tip 4: A plaid pattern makes cutting the strips easier since you have the line to go by.

Tip 5: Be sure to knot the strips, but do not pull them too tightly because the fabric will pull and look bunched up.
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Subject: Re: NO-SEW FLEECE BLANKETS Mon 30 Oct 2006, 4:54 pm

thanks I made some of these last year but had lost the pattern I will going to Walmart new weekend and getting Fleece... there are some people I would like to give these to
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