Infant Fleece Blanket Instructions

 These precious fleece blankets will be all the sweeter with your loving touch. The simple blanket stitch is used to finish these treasures for newborn babies born to underprivileged moms. You begin with fabric and thread and end with a cherished token of love and warmth.

Infant Fleece Blanket Instructions-How to Make a Blanket Stitch

To make the blanket stitch, working from LEFT to RIGHT, after securing thread at point A (outer edge), insert at point B (use about half an inch spacing and half an inch height), then with thread below the needle, come out at point C directly below.  Continue in this manner, noting that point C now becomes point A for the next stitch.  Be sure to keep the spacing even between stitches.  Pull snug, but not tight! 

Pocket Heart Instructions

These fleece–stuffed hearts are soft and comforting to children who are in hospital environments or in the middle of a crisis.

Pocket Heart Instructions

Place one front heart (with embellishment) and one back heart wrong sides together. Use a blanket stitch to sew hearts together (instructions below). Beginning on one side, sew about three quarters of the way around. Stuff the heart lightly with stuffing.  Do not overstuff; you want the heart to be soft. Finish sewing the rest of the way around. End with a straight backstitch

Blanket Stitch Instructions

Knot the thread end after threading the needle. Insert the needle between the two layers of felt and through the edge at the starting point.

Making even stitches 1/8 to 1/4-inch apart, work from left to right with the cut edges towards you (see figures 1, 2 & 3). After finishing the heart, end with a small, straight back stitch to secure the last blanket stitch.

Help is available at the Garden Court from 10:30am - 3:00pm, Thursday and Friday.




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