last winter, I donated 31 fleece blankets to our local cancer treatment center. I got the idea from a friend who had cancer and he complained of being cold. I made him 2 fleece blankets and he loved them! I just buy fleece, lots of time from the remnant bin at JoAnn's - round off the corners and do a blanket stitch with my machine. I like to get between 48" and 1 & a half yards for each blanket as they are 58" wide.