A Personalized Minky Blanket For Your Baby

By Ronald Sullivan


In this world, full of stressful things to worry and think. There is one creature for sure that has the capability to erase all of it. And the people usually calls them, babies. Staying nine months in the womb of the mother, people around the newlyweds tend to become busy. Excitement and commotion will be then visible to every friends, relatives and families eyes. Shopping things and stuffs the baby needs is the first priority of the people. Buying stuffed toys and the important things the baby will use including the clothes the baby will wear. The fragility of their tiny bones and soft skin are the parts everyone should protect.

Everything the baby needs should be suitable for them and not harmful for their health and growth. A right choice of materials and fabric is important to keep the baby warmth . A special type of blanket called as minky blanket, is known to be a type of plush fabric blanket. This kind of blanket is like fleece. Softer and thicker to provide a comfy feeling for the baby.

Getting this from stores and boutiques will surely cost you big. Spending your money for a blanket is not reasonable. You want to keep your money but at the same time you want to provide the best blanket for your baby, here is the answer to your problem. Why not make your own good minky comforter.

You must secure these following needs before making. Prepare one and one fourth yard of woven cotton print textile, eleven yard of minky textile, a thread to match and a sewing supplies. To start with, wash and dry the fiber and once it is already dry, iron the fiber.

It is up to you to how big or small your comforter will be. Divide the minky you have prepared in making more than one lining. Dissect them to your preferable dimension and size. Better to tear the fabric than to use a pair of scissor in cutting it. Hold the opposite side and start tearing it. Leave extra space or allowance for adjustments and use ruler to see the proper measure of your cloth.

After cutting them both, lay them together now by putting the printed part down and the soft part up. You need to put them at the right position to make the expected result. Before removing the unneeded part, make sure to put some pins to avoid adjustments.

After, bind the together using the thread you have prepared and pull off the pins that you pinned. Use the back stitch. Leave a whole or a space between the cloth, measure about two to three inches.

Once it is already sewn, flip the comforter through the opening that you made. Make all four corners out. Make the edges smooth and stitch around other edges that are still open. Be sure to close everything. If you need to press the whole comforter together, you can use a warm iron.

Following the whole process. You can possibly finish the whole home made blanket making in just an hour. You already made your own blanket without spending so much. Use your wild imagination and creativity in making your own stuffs for your baby. Doing it out of love and effort is better than wasting money in buying things at the store.




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