blanket for my hubby

autumn is just around the corner so i had to make time to make this blanket for my hubby. i imagine it would be comfy to snug under this blanket while watching our favourite programme :) i purchased the stripes polar fleece fabric for just $2, and the green polar fleecy fabric for $4 (both named polar fleece but they different, the green one is like a soft fluffy sweatshirt). i did not buy any blanket binding because i was going to make the binding from the overlapping green fabric.

lay the green fabric flats on the flor, topped with the stripes fabric. chose the middle part and pinned, that's where we start to sew from middle to the side to avoid the fabric scrunching in the proccess.

i use green thread in the bobbin and matching treads for the stripes. move pins as you move from one stripes to another. it was a hard work to change threads everytime you move from one lane stripe to another, but when you finished it look a bit like quilted blanket. mayme i should have use batting to make it even fluffier :D

lay the blanket on the floor, use measure tape to mark the overlapping for blanket binding and then trim the excess fabric or if you are lazy like me, use ruler and cut straight away next to the ruler.. .

to make a neat corner, lay flat the blanket.

fold the green fabric to the corner side of the stripes fabric.

fold again the green fabric one more time overlap the striped fabric.

fold the left side to 90°.

do the same to the right side so they form a neat and sharp corner.

pin to secure and make corner binding for 3 other corner.

i dont know which stitch to use to join the corner fabric so i handstitched all four corner before i topsticthed the binding on 4 sides with sewing machine.

voila! the blanket is finished, freshly laundered and i try it on my hubby's recliner seat. what do you think?