Baby Bear Mama Bear and Papa Bear Embroidery Blanket

Once upon a time there was a beautiful baby with golden curls. Admirers came from far and broad with gifts of soft, cozy blankets; each visitor trying to out-do the one who came before. The beautiful baby smiled and laughed and shook her golden curls. She loved all the blankets, declaring each one to be, 'Only Right!' We offer you the Goldilocks of receiving coating options: Easy Baby Deport Decorative Sew together Blanket, Harder Mama Bear Ric Rac Blanket, and Hardest Papa Acquit Bound Edge Blanket.

In one case upon a time there was a beautiful baby with golden curls. Admirers came from far and broad with gifts of soft, cozy blankets; each visitor trying to out-do the one who came before. The beautiful baby smiled and laughed and shook her golden curls. She loved all the blankets, declaring each one to be, 'Simply Right!' We offer you the Goldilocks of receiving coating options: Easy Baby Bear Decorative Run up Blanket, Harder Mama Comport Ric Rac Blanket, and Hardest Papa Bear Bound Edge Coating. You'll find instructions for all three blankets below. They are broken up by projection, so y'all'll know exactly what yous need to make only ane … or all iii!

Babe Conduct Decorative Stitch Blanket

Sewing Tools You lot Demand

Any Sewing automobile (nosotros recommend the Janome Magnolia 7318)

Fabric and Other Supplies

1 yard of 45″ wide fabric for front of blanket: nosotros used Patty Young's Andalucia in Kiwi Flora
1 g of 45″ wide fabric for back of blanket: nosotros used an ordinary nighttime pinkish flannel
All purpose thread in colour to lucifer fabric
Decorative thread in contrasting color to fabric
See-through ruler
Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
Iron and ironing lath
Fabric pencil
Straight pins

Getting Started

Cutting the fabrics for the front and dorsum of the blanket into 36″ x 36″ squares.

At Your Sewing Machine

Pin the 36″ 10 36″ squares, right sides together, leaving a 12″ – 24″ opening forth one edge.
Sew together, using a ½" seam allowance. Leave the 12″ ten 24″ opening unsewn for turning.
Turn blanket right sides out.
Fold in the unsewn opening of the blanket ½" and press in identify. Pivot opening to secure.
Edgestitch around all four sides. Remember to pivot at each corner. Press.
Select a decorative stitch on your machine, and thread the machine with contrasting thread.
Stitch around all edges of the blanket with a decorative stitch. Take special intendance to brand sure the layers don't shift equally you sew – yous may choose to pin the layers in place along the border to avoid this. For more than about decorative stitching, read our tutorial: Decorative Stitches: Sewing Outside The Lines.

Mama Bear Ric Rac Blanket

Sewing Tools You Need

Any Sewing Car (We recommend the Janome AQS2009)

Material and Other Supplies

ane yard of 45″ wide cloth for front of coating: we used Patty Immature'southward Andalucia in Paprika Mod Dot
ane thousand of 45″ broad material for back of blanket: we used White Minky Dot
4 yards ric rac in complementary or contrasting color to blanket fabrics: we used a jumbo dark pinkish ric rac
All purpose polyester thread in color to match fabric
Stretch sewing needle, size 90/fourteen
Come across-through ruler
Material pencil
Iron and ironing board
Pair of scissors or rotary cutter and mat
Straight pins

For this project, we are specifying Minky Dot fabric. Minky has a unique nap that makes information technology incredibly soft. Because of this, it helps to follow a few special instructions when using information technology. First, we've recommended polyester thread also as a stretch needle to bargain with the special characteristics of this fabric (information technology can exist a flake slippery and stretchy). Also, be very careful when pressing. Y'all don't desire to press the Minky much, if at all; it will flatten the nap as well equally the raised dots in the fabric.

Ane of our favorite online sources for all kinds of Minky is Minky Delight.

Getting Started

Cut the fabrics for the front end and back of blanket into 36″ x 36″ squares.

At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Lath

Starting in the middle of one side, begin pinning the ric rac to the right side of the fabric for the front of the blanket. Position the ric rac so the upper curves extend in a higher place the edge of the textile, and the heart of the ric rac is positioned most ½" within the edge of the fabric.
At the corners of the material, pin the ric rac so a bend is positioned across the corner of the fabric. You lot'll need to tuck and pin the ric rac a tiny scrap to make a smooth turn.
When you get back around to your starting point pin the ends of the ric rac in place so the raw edges extend downwards toward the edge of the fabric. This way they will be hiddin in the seam when yous run up the back of the blanket in place.
Stitch the ric rac in identify on the front end of the blanket. Your seam should run forth the center of the ric rac, ½" from the border of the textile.
Pin the back textile to your completed front, correct sides together, leaving a 12″ – 24″ opening along one edge.
Run up together, using a ½" seam assart. Leave the 12″ x 24″ opening unsewn for turning. NOTE: Be especially careful, use extra pins to agree the pieces together, and stitch on the fabric for the front end of the blanket, right forth the aforementioned stitching line y'all just created when you attached the ric rac. Go slowly and maintain your ½" seam so the ric rac volition extend from the blanket evenly.
Turn the coating correct side out.
Fold in the unsewn opening of the coating ½" so the ric rac is exposed evenly. Gently press this edge in place, existence careful not to iron much on the Minky fabric. Pin in place.
Starting in the middle of the unsewn side, topstitch around the entire perimeter of the coating, placing the stitch nigh ¼" from the edge.

Papa Bear Leap Edge Coating

Sewing Tools You Need

Any Sewing Automobile (we recommend the Janome 3128)

Fabric and Other Supplies

1 yard of 45″ wide fabric for front of coating: we used Patty Young's Andalucia in World Mod Blooms
one 1000 of 45″ fabric for dorsum of blanket: we used Kiwi Minky Dot
¼ thou of cloth for binding: we used Patty Young's Andalucia in Kiwi Tiny Dots
All purpose polyester thread
Stretch needle size 90/14
Encounter-through ruler
Pair of scissors or rotary cutter and mat
Iron and ironing board
Fabric pencil
Straight pins

As we did above for the Mama Behave Coating, for this project, we are specifying Minky Dot cloth. Minky has a unique nap that makes information technology incredibly soft. Considering of this, it helps to follow a few special instructions when using it. First, we've recommended polyester thread as well every bit a stretch needle to deal with the special characteristics of this fabric (it can exist a bit slippery and stretchy). Also, be very conscientious when pressing. Yous don't want to printing the Minky much, if at all; it volition flatten the nap as well as the raised dots in the fabric.

One of our favorite online sources for all kinds of Minky is Minky Please.

Getting Started

Starting time, yous'll need to make your bias bounden strips from the fabric you've chosen for the binding (Kiwi Tiny Dots in our sample ). If yous haven't done this before, you'll find all the steps y'all need for making and applying bias binding in our tutorial, Bias Record: How to Go far and Attach It. You will need to create 150″ of bias binding. You lot could save fourth dimension and utilise pre-packaged bias tape; it will simply limit your fabric emphasis options. If y'all cull the pre-packaged road, purchase four¼ yards of 7/8″ double fold bias record (sometimes chosen Quilt Binding) or satin coating binding.
Cutting the fabrics for the front and back of the coating into 36″ x 36″ squares.

At Your Sewing Automobile

With WRONG sides together and right sides facing out, line up the 36″ ten 36″ squares of your front end and back fabrics and pin forth all sides.
Sew front and back together, using a ¼" seam assart, around all four sides.

Binding with Real Mitered Corners

Starting in the middle of ane side, attach your binding, mitering all four corners and making a simple folded edge finish where your ends run into. As we mentioned to a higher place, if you are new to attaching bias record and making mitered corners, link to our tutorial, Bias Tape: How to Make information technology and Attach It.

Binding with Faux Mitered Corners

If you don't want to make a true mitered corner with your binding, and I'll admit information technology is a bit challenging, yous can use a simpler folding technique. My only caution is to pin and press liberally and be VERY conscientious with your stitching. This is because, unlike the real mitering technique, y'all practice not stitch down the binding in two steps; you simply skid the binding over your raw edge and sew both the sides in one step. People do it all the fourth dimension, and you tin practise information technology too, just get slowly and carefully.

Starting in the middle of i side of the blanket, unfold your bias record and slip it over the the raw, edgestitched seam. Work from the side y'all consider to be the front of your blanket. Exist very careful that your center fold is correct on the blanket's edge and your binding is even on both sides. Pin from starting point to first corner.
Bring your coating to your automobile and starting in the middle (where y'all started pinning), stitch binding to blanket, staying as close to the edge of the binding as you can.
Run up to the corner and finish. Back-tack to lock your seam.
Remove your blanket from under the needle and clip your threads, only practice not cutting your binding.
Fold a pleat in the corner to make a 45˚ angle. Pin. Encase the new side's raw edge with the binding to the next corner. Pin and printing.
Return to your machine, and matching your offset line of stitching, edgestitch around the corner and downwardly the side to the next corner. Finish at the corner and back-tack. Note: By 'around the corner' I mean you should drop your needle in at the terminate of your original line of stitching, stitch into the corner, pivot, and then stitch downwardly the new edge. This way, your line of stitching around each corner will appear uninterrupted.
Echo these aforementioned steps at each corner.
When yous return to your starting signal, constrict under the raw edge of the binding, match lesser edges and match our stitching line to finish.
Press, being careful to avoid the minky cloth when ironing the bias strip.
If y'all want super flat and secure corners and end, you tin can manus stitch, using a slip stitch, the corner folds and the fold where the binding ends.