Get ready for the cutest, easiest flannel baby blanket ever! I love to make these, and moms love to have them!

The requirements for this blanket are simple~you just need two one-yard pieces of complimentary flannel and a spool of white thread. The measurements for this quilt are approximations, and if you have less fabric it works just as well.

1. Lay the fabric out wrong sides together, matching the edges, and pin loosely.

2. Use a erasable or Fusion pen to mark the sewing grid: 2 lines longways at 12 and 24 inches, and 3 lines across marking by folding the fabric in half and in half again. After marking the lines, pin along the sewing lines making sure that the fabric is as smooth and flat as possible.  (We just drew this grid on top of the picture to illustrate the lines~the blanket really needs to be flat and smooth.)  Or, if the fabric has a grid pattern (the pink blanket), you can use the lines on the blanket as your sewing lines.

3. Using either a straight or decorative stitch, (I like this wavy stitch shown in the picture of my sewing machine above.) sew along the lines ending roughly one inch from the edge of the fabric. Be sure to keep the fabric as smooth as possible so as not to get tucks when you sew across the previously sewn lines. I sew the two long lines, from top to bottom first and then I sew the three lines across the blanket.

4. After sewing the grid lines, lay the flannel sandwich out on a cutting board and rotary cut around the edges so that both pieces of fabric are even.

5. Finish sewing down each edge of the fabric sandwich approximately one inch from the edge. (I use the edge of my throat plate as a guide on my machine.)

6. The sewing is done!  Now take a pair of sharp scissors, and cut a 1/2″ inch square in each corner of the blanket. Then clip along all edges of the blanket, and you are done!

7. Wash the blanket before using or giving it away and the edges will fray nicely.

This is a fast and comfy blanket, especially handy for last minute giving! Happy Tuesday!