| To construct a two-sided, flannel blanket, you need to | | | | TAGS: Since children like tags, you can make (or order |
| purchase 1¼ yards of two different flannels (If | | | | online) little tags that say, "Welcome to the world, little |
| you choose, you can use the same flannel for both | | | | one" or whatever message you prefer. The ones you |
| sides and buy accordingly.) and contrasting thread | | | | sew directly to the blanket do not have a backing, so |
| colors for the outer edges. | | | | you will have to provide one. |
| 1. Wash and dry flannel material. Stretch to pull them | | | | BACKING: A. Cut a left-over piece of the flannel fabric |
| into shape after drying. | | | | the size of the tag. With right sides together, sew the |
| 2. With the right side together, fold the square in half | | | | tag and fabric on three sides. Turn and make pointed |
| and cut edges even. Fold a second time to cut those | | | | corners as above. When you sew around the final |
| edges even. Unfold and you should have a square of | | | | edging color, you insert the bottom, unsewn part of the |
| material to sew. | | | | tag into the seam, allowing the tag to show for the |
| 3. Pin the edges all around, leaving an eight-inch | | | | baby. |
| opening on one side only for reversing. Sew from one | | | | B. Another way is to insert the tag on the INSIDE on |
| edge of right-inch opening to the other, taking ] inch | | | | the initial raw-edge sewing. I find this harder to make |
| seam. | | | | the tag's words show evenly. |
| 4. Cut off the points of four edges, turn material to | | | | OPTIONAL: You can sew on yarn and then knit an |
| right side out and poke corners to point with a pencil or | | | | edging to make an EXTRA edging. |
| cornering tool. Iron the edges even. | | | | This is an easy blanket, but one that will last beyond |
| 5. Insert one color thread in the bobbin and another | | | | the infants, even the toddler, years because of its |
| color on the sewing machine top. Choose a decorative | | | | large size. Many of these have become children's |
| stitch and stitch around the entire blanket edge. | | | | special blankies that stay with them everywhere. |