lynnie

I love it and the minkee makes it look so real

BizzieLizzie

I absolutely love it! What a laugh and such great fun!

kiffie2413

Thank you both!
K

panderz

I absolutely love this idea. Have seen the baby quilt on Pinterest but never thought of making it bigger. However I think I will have to wait on this one for a little bit and add it to my future goals. I have heard that minky is very hard to work with and I would imagine especially so with this much of it.

kiffie2413

Hi and welcome!
Honestly, if you make sure and pre wash your fabrics, pin the heck out of them, and stitch using a walking foot it's not hard at all. Believe me, I'm not a professional quilter by any means. If I can do it, you can do it. The best advice I got was use plenty of pins.
If you aren't doing the "birthing method" to put it together, I use 505 baste spray. That's the ONLY brand I use on my stuff. It doesn't gum up my needles, machine, etc. It has no odor, so I can spray it inside (I do still raise windows, tho truly I can't smell a thing when spraying).
It's a lil more expensive, but I buy it by the case on sewforless.com. And it's a huge bargain that way.
The cans are red, and I think in French, but it's the exact same as the 505 spray in the yellow and blue can that's smaller and more expensive.
If and or when you decide to make this blanket, if you have any questions, feel free to pm me, and I'll be happy to help you if I can.
After I made this one, my son married, and a couple of years later I got to make it in the smaller version for my new grandson. It was fun and cute, too.
Regards,
Kif

panderz

I saw a tutorial on Youtube ( where I am learning just about everything ) where they used minkie to make a blanket but they 'stabablized' the edges with iron on paper. Is that necessary for this project or is that why all the pinning or spray basting is important?
Thanks so much for the advice. Everyone is so nice here.

<3 Mandi <3

heather1949

wow awesome

kiffie2413

Hi Mandi,
I've never seen stabilizing edges with iron on paper, so I can't be much help there. It sounds kinda like maybe they used iron on fusible. I'll have a look-see if I can find the YouTube video you're talking about.

If you do the "birthing method" (rights sides together, stitch around, leave opening, turn blanket right sides out, top stitch close to edge, which will also close the turning opening) I use pins to hold the layers stable..plus minky is slippery, so I needed the extra hold. This is the method I used on this blanket.

Right now I'm finishing a lil baby blanket using minky and flannel fabrics.
On it I appliqued baby-to-be's name on the minky dot fabric. I'm using it as the back, and flannel on the front. For it I'm making it like a traditional quilt. Put minky down, wrong side up, spray with 505 baste spray, then put quilt top (in this case flannel) on top, right side up. You'll have the fabrics sandwiched with wrong sides together. Since I used the 505 spray, no need to pin. I sewed around the whole blanket, about a 1/4" from the edge. I'm then going to do a fold over binding.
Meaning I previously cut the minky fabric about 5" larger than the blanket's top. I'm going to fold the minky fabric over from the back, fold the raw edge under, then stitch it down all around the blanet, making the binding.
Similar to this nifty lil tutorial:

http://thecraftingchicks.com/2011/08...implified.html

I love the 505 basting spray, I've used it numerous times. It's the only basting spray I'll use, as it doesn't gum up my machine, has no odor, and I get it for a great price at sewforless.com.
Hope this isn't "clear as mud".
Regards,
Kif