A Blanket for Little Pumpkin

Sunday was a wet and chilly day so it was the perfect day to finish up some craft projects.I posted about the "boo"tiful towels yesterday and today I'm showing the no sew blanket I made for Little Pumpkin. Little Pumpkin, our granddaughter, was born on Hallowe'en last year.  She just loves cats and squeals when she sees them.  She is lucky to have three cats to play with at her house.

I chose some kitty cat fleece and a contrasting plain fleece to make her a blanket.

These blankets are so quick and easy to make.  You can make them any size you want to from a small lap blanket to one that will cover a full sized bed.  There is absolutely no sewing involved, trim off the selvege edge, line up the fabric, cut out a 10 cm. (4 inch) square from each corner, and adding 10 cm. cuts around the blanket to make the fringe.  You then take the top stip and make a little snip in it and then pull the underneath part through. I then make another slit on the top piece and pull through the bottom piece, just for extra stability and so that it is harder for little hands to pull it apart.

I have also seen the blankets made by knotting each part of the fringe.  If you Google no sew fleece blanket you will find videos and sites with explanations on how to make these.   Here is the original pattern I used to make my first no sew blanket for my grandson about 3 years ago.

This is his blanket and I don't think I ever blogged about making this one.

 How do you keep busy on those rainy Sundays?
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