Baby Blanket for Phoenix, for Summer everywhere else.

After I made Little Adrian his quilt, I had quite a bit of the fabric from the binding left over.  I decided that Hunter needed a nice blanket that would keep the coolness of the air conditioning off of him, but not be too hot for our climate here in Phoenix.  Here is what I came up with.

I used flannel on the back and did a self edging.  I just cut out the main fabric to the size that I wanted it.  Then I cut the flannel a few inches wider all around.  I cut the flannel so that the ends would have a deeper fold than the sides.  I did it this way because baby Hunter loves feeling fuzzy fabric next to his face when he falls asleep.  I layered the fabric with wrong sides together.  Then, I basted and pinned the fabric in the lines that I wanted to "quilt" them together on my machine.  I use the term "quilt" loosely since I didn't use batting in between the fabric.  I wanted this little blanket to be light but cute for our Phoenix weather.

The third picture shows how the back looks.  The flannel is soft and comfy.  I have a picture of Hunter wrapped in the blanket, but my camera has died and I can't get it right now, so I will post it on the next blog! See you then.  In the meantime, tell me what you think!

I did a straight stitch on the sides.

I used this nice decorative stitch on the ends.

The decorative stitch give a nice look even on the back.

I hope you can see how I used the pattern as a guide to make straight verticle lines to sew on.
   Next, I folded over the flannel edging twice to make a nice finished edge.  I used a straight stitch on the sides for a clean look.  On the ends with the wider hem, I used a decorative stitch.