Quick tips on how we make the no-sew fleece blankets.
This saves time and keeps your binkies from being ugly. The key is consistent fringe widths and depths, AND cutting off the ugly selvage on BOTH sides before anything.
- Buy on sale at JoAnn – use coupons! Not value fleece kits they are super cheap, you can see through the fabric, PLEASE. We’d rather have a single layer binky with better fleece.
- Single or double layers are AOK!
- Fold the blanket in half to line up the selvage on one side.
- Cut off the selvage carefully to tidy up the edge.
- Fold in half again so all corners are together.
- Cut out a 5″ square from the OPEN CORNER only – NEVER CUT ON A FOLD
- Cut fringe up both OPEN SIDES ONLY to the same height as that square you just cut out. The fringes should be about 1.5″ wide – make it even. Pick your width and stick with it.
- Now, open it up, keeping your two pieces together if you are doing a double.
- Tie the pairs of fringe or single fringe like you would a balloon – around two fingers. Do not tie all the way up to the top or your binky will pucker. Tie the knot about 1/2″ from the top of the fringe by the fabric.
