How to Sew a Patchwork Minky Blanket (Sewing Tutorial)
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2018
- What's up dudes and dudettes? Today I'm going to show you how to make a snuggly soft blanket with quilting cotton on one side and minky on the other. It's Fall here in Michigan. It's starting to get chilly at night, so who doesn't need a super soft blanket to curl up in?
You'll notice I have a distinct Halloween theme going on here. Of course, you can choose whatever fabrics you want. I think it'd be fun to do a Christmas themed blanket. Maybe even make a bunch of them and give them out as gifts for the holidays. Because who doesn't want more blankets?
Or skip the holiday theme and just pick a pretty quilting cotton that matches your decor.
If you're not familiar with minky, it's a super soft fabric that's almost like a blend between short pile fur and fleece. It's very common in baby blankets -- which, by the way, is another great use for this blanket. Baby showers!
You can easily switch out the minky for fleece or chenille or sherpa fabric. Anything soft and thick should work as a backing that will make this a nice warm throw blanket.
Follow along with a photo/text version of this tutorial here:
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If you want to download the WhatTheCraft circle skirt template to use for tracing rounded corners, go here:
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Do people ever comment on how valuable a little thing like ripping the minky and showing the results of the boo-boo is? It's soooo amazing that you leave it in the video. I love it! I love your style! Can't wait to learn all sorts of new skills from you!
I think you just did! ;) So, thank you!
This is really good. Your projects are practical and fun.
Awesome!! My co-worker is pregnant, I think I'm gonna try this and make a baby blanket. Many thanks friend!
You are most welcome!
Smarmy IAM so totally excited you're back I miss you tutorials I missed you
Thank you! I'm glad to be back!
YES
Me too! So glad you are back! I just made one of these in a rectangle shape I'm wondering if I should do some quilting down the middle. I used a thin fleece for backing rather than minky.
Smarmy. Glad you still posting videos. This looks like one of last videos. You're a good teacher, funny too. Thanks for sharing
was very glad to see you back i have missed your tutorials and I love to hear you talk your voice is very calming
That's very sweet! Thank you!
So glad to see you back!
Thank you! I'm glad to be back!
Beautiful
Love this tutorial cute blanket making 2 for my daughters
Awesome! Let me know how they turn out!
@@smarmyclothes I will 😍
I’m glad you are back!😎
Thanks! Me too!
Just what I was looking for! Thank you 👻👻👻👻
Great tutorial!!!
Thanks!
I literally laughed when you said raggidy ass
Dang I was wondering if I was ever gonna get another sewing video from you! Stoked :)
I promise not to disappear again. XD
@@smarmyclothes I learned how to downsize a tshirt from you. It would be awesome if you made more stuff like that. Im fluent in sarcasm, so it's easy to learn from you lol. Thanks for taking the time to make these!
Wow, been awhile since you’ve been around YT. Love making blankets
I know! I really let time get away from me. :P
smarmyclothes well, don’t let it anymore 😂😊💕
I saw some of your videos a while back. You even gave me advice once.
Anyway, now I do alterations and costume work. I'll be a part of the Broadway Lion King tour show in my home town for the next two weeks. Weird life...
That's so awesome! Congrats!
@@smarmyclothes Thank you for the encouragement.
I think a year or more ago you told me about ball point needles on stretch fabrics and now I'm in a totally different place with my hobby and what I do for a living.
You're a stranger to me but I appreciate every boost I've ever gotten from anyone.
when I worked at Hancock Fabrics (oh i miss them) we called minky, cuddle bubble..i like the name cuddle bubble the best..so i call it that.
Cuddle is a brand name (kind of like Kleenex/tissue) and "bubble" would be the name of the particular pattern/texture. I think the one I'm using is technically the "dot" pattern, but there are so many now it's hard to keep track of. :D
@@smarmyclothes no matter what when I see that fabric I think of Hancocks and me putting many bolts of fabric up..i miss working there. and I also look forward to more videos of yours. Your videos is what has inspired me to sew.
I love this. Could I use batting for this project?
Definitely! I think I'd baste it to the wrong side of the patchwork piece before sewing the whole thing together.
Thank you. 😊
But what about that 6in where it was open... I get you sew over it but won’t it not be a crisp line it’ll form an indented U won’t it? I can’t find this answer anywhere
11:23 - the edges of the opening are turned in 1/2" to match the seam allowance, which gives you a straight line. After topstitching, you shouldn't really be able to tell where the gap was at all.
I wish i could post pictures so I can explain. I get what you’re saying and how it will keep it together but I don’t see how that edge would match the rest of the edges 🤔
I guess 1/8 inch is pretty close so maybe It would be very hard to tell.. I’m trying to reverse engineer a minky my sis in law made us. two layer etc but I can not find her section like that it seems perfectly sewn with a seam all the way around
@@langr752 You can handstitch the opening closed before topstitching if you'd prefer. It's what you would do if you were going to topstitch further from the edge.
@@langr752 P.S. I just tried to find the gap on my blanket, knowing the general are it should be, and I can't find it. It really does kind of disappear after pressing and topstitching.
Why do you rip the fabric?
Fabric rips along the grain, so this is the fastest and easiest way to ensure the pieces of your patchwork are perfectly square. Wonky squares=wonky patchwork.
@@smarmyclothes so how do you know when you can rip it vs when you can't [as in your minky !]
@@katlovedreamingpeach Most woven, non-stretch fabrics will rip - like quilting cotton, calico, and muslin. Knit fabrics (like t-shirt jersey) will not rip.
I think minky is technically a knit, and if I'd been thinking about that, I wouldn't have tried to rip it. But instead I was thinking about how when I worked at Joann Fabric we ripped the faux fur... and I was thinking that minky is *kind of* like faux fur. 😂 I was wrong.
@@smarmyclothes very helpful thank you!
I'm not "dude-ette". How childish.
I know you are, but what am I?