Here's what I do and the family loves them. I buy two different fleeces, usually a print and a coordinating plain back. I get about 1-1/2 yards, sometimes a bit more for tall people. I lay them wrong sides together and do the tie thing. But for baby quilts, I sew around all sides with a straight stitch, in about an inch. Then I go around about 1/4 inch from the stitches with a scalloped rotary cutter. You could do that for a larger one to instead of cutting the strips and tying. This takes less than an hour and the cozy factor is a 10. In the winter, I put one over my lap while driving (because I have heated seats which result in nice hot buns).