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Old 04-25-2012, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by FranW View Post
This is from Project Linus.

http://www.projectlinus.org/patterns/wb.html

I have never made one of these, but the sheets sounded like an interesting alternative to the pellets.
One of the gals in my Quilt Guild is in charge of Project Linus for our area and they make these weighted blankets, stuffed with sheets. They get shipped all over the country. Stuffing the blanket w/ sheets is great , because they can be removed for laundering, refolded and put back in. She is constantly hunting for sheets at garage sales /asking people to bring them to our Guild meetings,etc. It's a good way to recycle sheets, instead of throwing them away. Ask everyone you know if you can have their old sheets. Fitted sheets work too, since you just cut off the elastic corners.
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