I don't know about you, but I used a lot of different baby blankets for my daughter. I used to match them to her outfit. (Pathetic, I know!) I always loved it when people would ooh and aw over her blanket and I could tell them that I made it. Baby blankets are fairly simple to make and here is a great tutorial from the Craftster forums.


Craftster user ammem tells you what you need to make a basic blanket, how to sew it, and even how to miter the corners, which give your blanket the nice diagonal line in the corners. The instructions on the corners are on the second page of comments, so keep reading.

You could also use one or two pieces of fleece material and then sew a blanket binding around that for a nice warm winter blanket. I prefer my blankets to be square, so it's easier to swaddle. That means if my material is 45 inches wide I would get 1-1/4 yards of material. Then I fold the material on a diagonal and match up the edges, then cut off the excess material, if there is any.

The tutorial-writer also sells baby blankets on Etsy, if you're looking for something just as cute but don't have the time to make it yourself. - Trisha