Sewing Baby Blanket Corners

This will close your 4 opening and give the blanket a finished look.

Sewing baby blanket corners.

The smaller square the top should measure 31 x 31. Diy mitered corners baby blanket to make a 34 square blanket you will need. The top stitching will interlock the binding s top narrow width the blanket and the binding s bottom width. Top stitch in one straight line along the binding s woven edge.

Decide which fabric you want to be the back and border piece. The larger square will be the back of the blanket and the mitered border. If you can sew a straight line you are going to love this tip for creating a beautiful professional looking baby blanket with mitered corners. If they lay just right trim each corner leaving a 1 4 seam.

Do i pre wash the fabric or not. Try to be precise in your measuring and cutting. Do this for all sides. Cut it to be 40.

This will leave a 5 border on all sides. Cut your pattern fabric accounting for the border 1 5 and pressed seam 1 4 or 1 2 on each side. The trickiest part of typical handmade baby blankets are those darn mitered corners. Repeat for all four corners.

The last step is to sew a stitch around all 4 sides of your smaller fabric. I m going to recommend a zigzag stitch so that you can catch both fabrics while sewing. Don t worry it s not. Sew directly on the pencil line.

For my blanket my outer fabric measures 20 by 20 and my inner fabric minky measures 14 by 14. Cut it to measure 41 x 41. Remove each pin as the fabric approaches the needle plate. After sewing the four mitered corners lay the blanket out flat to make sure that all corners have been sewn correctly.

This is a great diy tutorial that will help you create mitered corners on your soft baby blanket with a little. The question i always come to when making up a baby blanket is. Cut 2 squares of flannel. Using the 4 opening turn your blanket right side out.

Turn 1 2 first to the wrong edge then 1 2 inch again and stitch one side. Using the opening turn the blanket right sides out. Start out with two fabrics one cut larger than the other. Your corners will turn out better.

Press the border around the entire patterned fabric. You can finish the edges of the fabric you are using with your sewing machine by turning under the edge twice. Then press the seam ensuring that you press the 1 4 or 1 2 allowance all the way to the corners. This is a great time to iron out all those wrinkles.