Baby Girl Baby Blanket

I mentioned last week that one of the things I am doing while enjoying the “simple pleasures” of Summer is sewing for the new baby that is due to enter our lives in the next 4 1/2 weeks.  Another granddaughter!  I thought I’d share the baby blanket I made up for her.  A very quick and easy project.

I bought two fleece fabrics that coordinated with each other.  My granddaughter actually picked these out.  She loves pink!  I will make one for her, too, that will fit her bed. 

After washing/drying both fabrics, I kept it simple and used the full one yard of each fabric {squared up}.  I pinned the fabric right sides together and, since I wanted to do a rounded corner, used a bowl placed in the corners to mark that out.  Then I sewed, leaving a 5 inch opening for turning.

Once turned right side out, I pinned again, all the way around to not only catch the opening and close it up, but I used a decorative stitch on my sewing machine to give it more interest.  I used pink thread, but could have used a different color to give it more contrast.

It is super soft and feels wonderful!  This size is perfect for a lap blanket, too, in case you are starting to think about Christmas gifts to make.