Tutorial: Ribbon Blanket

Well I thought I'd try a tutorial as I've never done one before.  It's for the ribbon blanket I made originally for my son as I've just made another one for his new cousin who should be born soon!  

Ribbon Blanket Tutorial

You will need:
- two pieces of fabric of a similar size (I used a pink piece of cotton material and a soft one)
- 8 pieces of ribbon all the same length

1 - Take the front piece of fabric and lay it down right side up

2 - Fold each piece of ribbon in half and pin it in place with the ends sticking out over the fabric

3 - Stitch it all in place then cut off the excess ribbon around the edges

4 - Put the backing fabric on top of the front piece right side-to-right side and pin in place

5 - Stitch around the edges leaving a gap to turn inside out

6 - Cut any excess fabric away and trim the corners

7 - Turn the blanket the right way round and push the corners out

8 - Sew around the whole blanket edge to finish off and seal the gap

Baby soft book

This is probably my favourite item that I have made since I started sewing!  I had seen some soft baby books and wanted to get one for my son, however I couldn't justify buying one as it looked like I could make one; so I finally got round to trying it.  

It was actually a lot easier than I expected.  The hardest part was deciding what to put on each page, but once I'd done that, the process was easy. 

Here's the finished book!

Ribbon blanket

When my daughter was young, my sister bought her a little cat with lots of ribbons coming out of it. I decided to make my son a small blanket with ribbons similar to this and here is my attempt.  I found lots of different designs of ribbons in my collection and used some nice dinosaur material for the front.  For the back I got a very soft material with raised dots on it.  My son seems to like it anyway.  I will probably make some more for him in different designs.

I cut a fabric square slightly larger than I wanted the final one to be and 12 pieces of ribbon slightly longer than I needed them.  I pinned the ribbons to the right side of the material with the two ends of the ribbon hanging over the edge.  I then stitched all round the edges.I took the backing piece of the material and sewed the two pieces front to front leaving a hole to turn inside out. I cut the ends off the ribbons and trimmed the edges of the material.  I then turned it all the right way round and sewed round all the edges sealing up the hole.

Cot tidy

Whilst browsing baby shops I had seen some fabric pouches that attached to the side of the cot.I thought how useful they would be so my husband suggested I make one. I was very pleased with the result especially after I discovered that to buy cot 'pockets' cost £20 for two!  I also got to choose my own fabric so was quite impressed with my attempt.

Baby Grab Bags

I made these bags for my brother-in-law and sister-in-law for their new baby.  I saw the original idea on Pinterest and decided to make them as a gift. I made 5 little drawstring bags and filled them with baby essentials.

 

 

I called them Baby Grab Bags and added a tag to them explaining that each of them contains a vest, nappies, wipes, and nappy sacks. The idea is that parents can just grab a bag on their way out of the door and it already has everything they need.  Just got to make myself some for when my next is due!