I Did It!! I made a Fleece Blanket for Melot!!

[Tophersmom]

It's beautiful!!!!

[VickiG]

I would like to know how to make them also.

[Maizee Grace]

They are actually really simple to make. All you have to do is pick out your fabric. I've usually seen a pattern matched with a solid, but I have a pattern on pattern and a solid on solid, so make it any way you like! Make sure they are the same size. Lay one on the floor, pattern side down and the other on top, pattern side up. You may want to pin them together so they don't move around on you. Cut out squares from each corner. They can be any size, but I have usually heard anywhere from 4-6 inch squares. Whatever you prefer. Then, cut a fringe along the entire edge of the fabric. You can cut in as far as you like, but keep in mind the farther you cut in, the smaller your blanket will be. After you have made it all the way around the blanket, you tiethe two layers of the fringe together. I've heard of two ways of tying them together. 1) knotting them together 2) cut a small horizontal slit at the base of the fringe through both layers, take one layer (doesn't matter which one but I usually use the bottom) and feed it through the hole. Then take the bottom layer again (it will be the opposite layer that you used before) and feed that layer through the hole. After you've made it all the way around, you're done and puppy will love you forever!

[dray]

Thanks wil try it!!

[JeanieK]

that is so cute. My poor guys need one, right now they just have towels.

[dray]

Originally Posted by JeanieK

that is so cute. My poor guys need one, right now they just have towels.

I never put towels in a bed with a dog, once I came home to find a thread had twisted around a leg of one of my Yorkies. These were not rag towels they were nice towels, so it can happen. If I hadn't gotten there in time he may have lost his leg. So now it is only fleece.

[hle_625]

I love the blankets. My mom makes them all the time, they are so warm and comfy! You did a great job!

[Melot Madness]

Originally Posted by Maizee Grace

They are actually really simple to make. All you have to do is pick out your fabric. I've usually seen a pattern matched with a solid, but I have a pattern on pattern and a solid on solid, so make it any way you like! Make sure they are the same size. Lay one on the floor, pattern side down and the other on top, pattern side up. You may want to pin them together so they don't move around on you. Cut out squares from each corner. They can be any size, but I have usually heard anywhere from 4-6 inch squares. Whatever you prefer. Then, cut a fringe along the entire edge of the fabric. You can cut in as far as you like, but keep in mind the farther you cut in, the smaller your blanket will be. After you have made it all the way around the blanket, you tiethe two layers of the fringe together. I've heard of two ways of tying them together. 1) knotting them together 2) cut a small horizontal slit at the base of the fringe through both layers, take one layer (doesn't matter which one but I usually use the bottom) and feed it through the hole. Then take the bottom layer again (it will be the opposite layer that you used before) and feed that layer through the hole. After you've made it all the way around, you're done and puppy will love you forever!

This is exactly how I made it!!.. Just watch for sales on your favorite pattern, fleece can get very expensive!!