Baby blanket with own hands

Cold winter nights make us all wrap ourselves up properly to sleep in comfort and warmth, because nobody wants to freeze. Therefore, we pay much attention to the choice of a quality and comfortable blanket. Agree that on how we relax at night, depends on our mood for the next day. Today in the store you can find a huge selection of blankets of different sizes, quality and with different fillers. But also in the modern market there are more and more fakes, so many needlewomen are resolved to self-sewing this bedroom accessories. For example, you can sew a chic baby blanket with your own hands, which will fully meet all your requirements. This article will help us understand how to make such a product yourself, because the sewing process is not so simple - you need to individually select the material, the technique of production, but it is not so complicated to not deal with it.

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How to choose the right material for making a baby blanket?

Despite the fact that the market presents a huge number of models of sleeping accessories of different options and with different internal filling, any mom would want to sew a blanket for the baby with their own hands.

Important! Internal filling and material are of great importance, because it depends on their quality depends on the life of the product, its level of comfort and convenience.

What do you need to pay attention to while choosing the material you are purchasing for tailoring? So, we pay maximum attention to such nuances.

Sewing method:

• This can be a quilt, that is, stitched with special stitches in different directions, which restrain the movement of the inner filler.
• Another variant of sewing is cassette, when the blanket is stitched with individual pockets, that is, with cassettes, each filled with a filler that is prone to clumping.

Material for the manufacture of the case

Remember that it must be strong, environmentally friendly, well ventilated and dense. Unequivocally, we should give preference to natural cotton-like fabrics, not synthetics in any way.

A kind of filler for the blanket

. The choice here must be done personally "for oneself", taking into account all the pros and cons:

• Downy filler - very light and warm, perfectly admits air. But, unfortunately, he quickly accumulates dust and is able to stray into lumps, besides, it smells unpleasant.
• Silk fillers - breathe well and keep warm, but are expensive.
• Wool - differs by high indicators of heat preservation, absorbs moisture well, but such products can not be washed in a typewriter, they are pricked, and they often start a moth.
• Quilted blankets - environmentally friendly, but too quickly absorb unpleasant odors and very heavy.
• Products from sintepon - hypoallergenic, are inexpensive, easy to wear off, but poorly absorb moisture.

Form

Products in which the toddlers are taken out of the hospital, as a rule, they are made in square form, which means that all sides are the same. The amount of fabric you buy directly depends on the size of the blanket you want to sew.

Important! Standard sizes range from 1 to 1.25 meters.

Rectangular blankets for babies are much less common, because in them it is not very convenient to wrap them.

Important! As a rule, blankets for newborns are decorated with ruffles to give them festivity and solemnity.

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What do you need for a homemade blanket?- We prepare the tools

Next, we'll look at how to sew a baby blanket, but first check to see if you have all the necessary stock. So, you need to buy:

• material of two kinds, that is, for the inner and outer sides;
• tape and rubber band for decorating the finished product.

You can also buy:

• lace;
• locking pins and needles;
• small scissors;
• measuring tape;

The sewing machine for sewing blankets alone is unreasonable to buy. But it's better if such a device is still available.

Important! Remember that one side of the blanket should be made of cotton material, that is, the inside, because it will be wrapped in a baby.

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How to sew a blanket with a lavish finish?

To sew such a chic blanket for a newborn with your own hands, you will need the following materials:

• filler made of sintepon;
• fabric of one or more species;
• organza is narrow( 80 cm) and wide( 1-1.5 meters) for making lace.

And now we'll consider each stage of production separately:

1. Cut two pieces of square-shaped fabric, the same piece of sintepon. The side of one part must correspond to the length of the blanket and have an allowance of 1 cm.
2. Sew the laces into their seats so that they are already sewn into the seam in the finished product.
3. Take one of the previously cut out squares of the material, put it face down on the table.
4. Then, at the corner where the lace will be fastened, attach the organza so that the cut of the lace coincides with the cut of the fabric. The lush part of the lace at the same time must lie on the material, and not be located around it.
5. Manually sew with a simple stitch.
6. On another square, on the same principle, attach a narrow lace.
7. Fold together all the details in the following sequence: sintepon, on top of it are two pieces of fabric, so that they face each other. With needles or pins, fasten the parts so that when sewing, they do not.
8. Stretch the blanket around the perimeter, with 1 cm from the edge.
9. Leave 20 cm not sewn. Through the formed window turn out the product and sew it by hand with a secret seam. We are quilting the blanket along and across. That is, you will have two small squares in the center.
10. We decorate the blanket with fabric volumetric colors.

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How to make a baby blanket with a double center?

To sew a baby blanket from a sintepon with your own hands and a pretty double center, you need to buy two types of fabric and a ribbon to decorate the finished product from the outside.

Important! Such a blanket will be filled with a sintepon, and its inner side will be made of terry cotton cloth. By the way in stores such material is sold with a special note that he is a child. Then such a blanket can be used as a blanket.

Let's start the sewing process:

1. From the front fabric we cut out a strip 12-15 centimeters wide, fold it along in half, we cut through the cut edge.
2. The received tape is sewn manually to square details by the most ordinary seam.
3. Face up a piece of external fabric. From above put the tape around the perimeter in such a way that its seam coincides with the seams of the material.
4. When sewing the tape, collect with small or large frills.
5. Separately do an inner blanket piece. That is, cut out a terry cloth square, so that it is slightly smaller than the future blanket, about 10-12 centimeters on each side.
6. Strips sew the second fabric around the perimeter of the terry square.
7. Connect two pieces of material and sintepon, fix it all with needles and stitch on the machine, stepping back 1 centimeter from the edge.
8. Leave the window uncleaned, through it we turn out the blanket, sew it with a hidden seam of the edge.

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Sew a two-sided blanket for an extract by our own hands

Naturally, the most important nuance to which you need to pay attention to any person who decided to sew a self-made baby blanket is the size. For the newborn, they often make the nicest and most importantly high-quality products.

If you intend to sew a double-sided blanket, then first of all:

• with qualitative material of two different shades;
• synthon;
• elastic bands for the belt or fixing Velcro.

Important! Colors are better to choose the opposite, that is, red and gray, white and blue.

The process of manufacturing such a warm and beautiful blanket is very simple:

1. We already cut out two identical squares from two fabrics and the same piece of sintepon according to the known scheme. Do not forget to add one centimeter to the edge.
2. On a flat surface we put a sintepon, on top two squares of cloth, deployed to each other face, we seep the seams. Leave 20 centimeters not stitched, and then through this hole we twist the product and sew it by hand.
3. To give it more strength, you can squeeze it with squares or diamonds obliquely.
4. We sew Velcro if you have stopped on this version of fasteners.
5. To make a bow, cut out two strips of 12 centimeters wide - one of the fabric of each color, sew them face to face. We turn out and sew up the edges.
6. Belt can be decorated with a large flower or bow.

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Advice from professionals on the manufacture of children's blankets

• People who are versed in the sewing arts say that sewing a baby blanket is easy, and it does not matter what fabric you choose for its decorative exterior, because it touches the baby's bodywill not be. Therefore, it is recommended to give preference to silk or satin.
• The elastic or belt for fixing the blanket in a folded form is better made from exactly the same fabric. If you do not have such skills or desires, then you can replace this part with a wide tape from the atlas.

Here we are convinced that it is possible so quickly, easily and quite inexpensively to sew a blanket in a crib with your own hands. Moreover, you will never doubt the quality of a bedroom made by your own hand. And if the kid also takes part in the choice of fabric for the boot, then it will be with great pleasure to go to sleep.