Fleece Blanket Craft Project

Customize Your Blansket with Spiderman or School Themes

We have all seen those cute 2 sided fleece blankets that everyone seems to be making lately. They are easy to make, easy to personalize, and best of all warm. Homemade fleece blankets make a fabulous gift as well. Fleece is relatively inexpensive and this project require no sewing what so ever. I can always find fleece for about $5.99 a yard. Look for sales at your fabric store to save money. To save even more money you could recycle unused fleece blankets for beds in your house. If you don’t need them there is no reason to let them sit in the closet taking up valuable storage space.

To Make a 2 Sided Fleece Blanket You Will Need:

3 Yards of Fleece in 1 Pattern
3 Yards of Fleece in another pattern
That’s all!
Well, some scissors

The first sep in this easy craft project it to decide what size you want to make your fleece blanket. Try to buy your fleece in at least a 48 inch wide piece so you can make a decent size throw blanket. Cut both of your pieces to the same size.

Next, lay your fleece material patterns outward. Face the front of each piece away from each other. I like to pin the pieces secularly together with straight pins. Pin these about four inches in from the border or edge, this will be important in a minute or two. Work your way all around the fleece blanket until you have secured all four sides.

Now, take your scissors and get ready to start cutting g your fleece material. Start in one corner and begin cutting 1 inch wide strips that are four inches deep into the fleece fabric. You can do wider strips, but the main point is to be consistent. To save time cut the strips through each piece of fabric at the same time. This will be very helpful when you go to tie them together. Cutting the strips on each piece of fleece fabric at the same time will ensure that you have the same amount of strips on each piece of fleece. Cut along each side until all sides are outlined with these small strips of fabric.