Mini Lovey Blanket Tutorial

 

 

Materials needed

• 1 piece of quilt batting 17.5” x 17.5”
• 2 pieces of fabric 17.5” x 17.5”
• thread
• 1” x 3/4” Velcro Or snaps
• cutting mat and rotary tool or scissors and tape measure
• pins
• Sewing machine

* Please read through all directions before getting started.

Let’s get started

Start by cutting out your fabrics. You should have two fabrics and the batting piece for the blanket. For the pacifier/ toy strap you will need a piece of 3” x 7” fabric.

Fold the strap fabric in half long ways, right sides facing. Sew around the openings ¼” from edge, leaving one of the ends open. Turn right side out and top stitch.

Attach your snaps or sew on your Velcro. The bottom snap or Velcro should start 2 ¾” from
the top of the fabric.
Pin the open end of the strap to the right side of one of the blanket fabrics as shown, about 5” from the edge. Stitch the strap down, back stitch for added durability.

Place the other blanket fabric on top of this one, right sides facing. Then top with the quilt batting. Pin them together and stitch 3/8” from the edge. Sew all the way around but make sure to leave about a 5” opening.

Snip off the corners and turn right side out.
Fold under the fabric from the opening and topstitch all the way around the blanket.
You are finished!

* If you’d like, you can make the strap a bit longer but I wouldn’t go longer than 9”. You can also make this without the strap.