Another question please....
08-09-2014, 06:09 AM
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Sometimes amazes me how one little idea mushrooms. I started with the Cards for my GGS in fleece and now have ordered fleece for the backing for each of the GGGs. Cards, gymnastics, frogs and butterflies. The fronts will all be cotton but I haven't decided what pattern yet. I hope it's as easy as you all say. :-) The first ones I made them were tied and more on the delicate side so I'm trying (now that I know a little more of what I'm doing) to make them one that they can actually drag around the house and use.
08-09-2014, 06:21 AM
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I made my kiddos blankets from fleece several years ago. I just folded a layer of fleece in half, WRONG sides together, and sewed about 3, maybe 4 inches from the edge all the way around. I then cut the edges into fringe. That was it. I didn't even quilt them. They came out great, and were so easy to do! The one thing, though, make sure you prewash because they can shrink in weird ways.
08-15-2014, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by AllyStitches
The one thing, though, make sure you prewash because they can shrink in weird ways.
08-15-2014, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by michelleoc
Quick and dirty - use two layers of fleece and tie.
If you want to sew a quilt, you can either see if you can find cotton Cards fabric or just use the Cards colors. I always use batting when I use fleece. I LOVE sewing with fleece, it's very forgiving and the stitches always look good. Have fun!
If you want to sew a quilt, you can either see if you can find cotton Cards fabric or just use the Cards colors. I always use batting when I use fleece. I LOVE sewing with fleece, it's very forgiving and the stitches always look good. Have fun!
08-17-2014, 09:00 AM
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The first one my DGD made for herself had the cut and tied ends.
The next one she made had two layers - the back side was much bigger than the top side and she wrapped the back around to the front - overlapped the center by about half an inch and zigzagged the back down.
It made a nice frame for the inner/top fabric and did not have those annoying ends dangling around.
Fleece was washed before starting the project!!!!!!
We laid it out on the floor and pinned.
I think she put a row of stitching in a rectangle in the center of the blanket to keep the layers from shifting.
The next one she made had two layers - the back side was much bigger than the top side and she wrapped the back around to the front - overlapped the center by about half an inch and zigzagged the back down.
It made a nice frame for the inner/top fabric and did not have those annoying ends dangling around.
Fleece was washed before starting the project!!!!!!
We laid it out on the floor and pinned.
I think she put a row of stitching in a rectangle in the center of the blanket to keep the layers from shifting.
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