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Monday, August 9, 2010

Receiving Blanket Take One

I am a sucker for baby blankets. Seriously, I probably have 30 or more. When I see a cute flannel print and it's on sale, I find it hard to resist-in fact, I often don't.  Generally I do double sided flannel for my blankets, but recently dove into single piece blankets. Mr Chunk over here, still likes to be wrapped up to sleep and the summer is a little too warm for double sided flannel.  So, here we go!

Start by ironing 1/2 inch down on all four sides. They will over lap as shown. Then fold over another 1/2 inch to hide the unfinished edges and press. You want a good crease to be visible.
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Open up the corners, you should be able to see the folds. *I marked mine with chalk so that it would be clearly visible here*
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Trim the corner past the first crease, but not as deep as the second. It should look like this:
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Fold over the corner about 1/2 inch and press
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Then fold your edges down again, the first 1/2 inch, and press, then fold again and press well.
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Your corners should look like this:
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Pretty right? And it won't be really thick, in fact no thicker than the rest of your edges. Pin the corners well and a few places down the length of the seams.  On the wrong side finish off with a nice decorative stitch.
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And use a different one to tack down the whole corner and you're done! So easy and Baby will love it!
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Isn't that a nice looking corner? And the best part is, it took maybe an hour start to finish!

Stay tuned for several different takes on receiving blankets. Minky/flannel with binding and double sided flannel to come!