I love projects that are easy, cheap to make, useful and gift worthy. This Taggie Blanket project definitly falls into that category. It's fairly mindless, repetitious and can be done in short spurts of time and put away quickly so the kiddies won't get into your supplies. The babies also LOVE these blankets and they are a perfect size for them to play with.
This Taggie blanket is of my own design, and not perfect in exact measurements, but, the results are still very nice. Remember you will get (if you want) 4 blankets out of this project.
Materials Needed for 4- 13" x 16" taggieblankets:
- 2 yards of flannel or soft blanket material ( I used no-pile flannel) in coordinating colors. One yard will be for the front of the blanket and one yard will be for the back.
- 5 rolls of 1" wide coordinating satin ribbon- cut into lengths of 4".
- Matching thread
- straight pins
- ruler/measuring tape
- scissors
- iron and ironing board
Step 1: CUT- Lay both fabrics on top of each other. Imagine dividing the fabric into fours. Cut a line vertically down the middle and then cut horizontally down the middle. You now will have 4 pieces of one color and 4 pieces of the other color.
Step 2: IRON-Take a piece of fabric that you will use for the back of the blanket and iron a 1" hem on all four sides, use pins at the corners to help keep the hem down. Do the same process for a front piece of the blanket. So now you will have a front and back piece with 1" ironed hems all of the way around.
Step 3: TAG-Each Blanket will have 20 tags, 5 tags on each side. To save on time I always cut my tags in advance and separate them out in baggies. To place tags onto the blanket, fold one 4" piece of ribbon into 1/2. Pin the folded ribbon 1" from the corner of the back blanket piece, leave about 1" on the outside of the blanket, this will be the piece the baby plays with. ( Make sure you are pinning onto the wrong side of the fabric-NOT the side that will be facing out) Continue around the edges of the blanket. Space the ribbons about 2" apart.
Step 4: SEW- Now that your ribbons are pinned onto your blanket, it is time to sew the front and back pieces together. Pin the wrong sides of your pieces together and sew about 5/8" in from the edge, make sure your hem and ribbon stays tucked in and remove pins as you sew. I use a zig zag stitch spaced close together, if you want to, you can reinforce the seam by sewing a second time around.
That's it, 4 steps! Very easy and a great gift idea for any baby.
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