The birth of a child is always a joyful event for new parents. Even in the early stages of pregnancy, almost every woman tries to make cute little things for her baby: booties, hats, mittens and socks. But, of course, special attention is paid to the preparation of the so-called dowry for discharge. This article will discuss how to craft a blanket for discharge with your own hands. Design options can be a lot, but the basis is always the same.
Blanket shape
An envelope-blanket for an extract is almost always made in the form of a square. This is the most suitable form, since such a product can be laid in a stroller for walks, to cover the baby in the arena with it. Although there are more complex models, practice shows that they are not so functional.
A transformer blanket for a newborn is one of the most successful models. It looks like the most ordinary envelope, which is fastened with a zipper, but if you unfasten all the locks, an ordinary square blanket will come out. Tricks of tailoring such a model will be considered a little later. The main drawback of such an envelope is that these same zippers can cause some inconvenience when the baby needs to be covered with a blanket.
Materials
You can sew a blanket for discharge with your own hands from absolutely any fabric. But Batistes for interior decoration and satin for exterior are best suited. A synthetic winterizer is often used as a filler, since it is warm and light. Its thickness can be 2, 4, 8 and 10 cm (the choice depends on the time of year in which the baby will be born). As a decor, you can use various ribbons and lace made of organza or stitching. The basic rule for all materials is softness, all elements used in the work should be pleasant to the touch.
A great option for a winter blanket is a satin or velor for the front side and a warm and soft velsoft or fleece for interior decoration. Lace should be selected depending on the fabrics chosen for the base. So, for example, an organza base or weave in the style of "tatting" is perfect for a satin fabric, and satin and bow ribbons will look better with velor.
Proshva will be an ideal companion for an embroidered or embossed cambric, from which it is good to sew a summer version of the envelope.
Color scheme
It just so happened that for boys they most often choose blue, and for girls pink. But an envelope-blanket for an extract will look great in such neutral shades as yellow, green, lilac and white. In addition, a white base with colored lace or vice versa will perfectly combine. A double-sided blanket with a bright interior made of cotton fabric and elegant white outside will look original.
The softest cotton flannel with cute ducklings, kittens or bears can give originality to the interior decoration . In addition, such a fabric is very pleasant to the touch and the baby will feel comfortable in such an envelope.
Cutting and sewing blankets
To sew a baby blanket with your own hands, you do not need to develop any special patterns and make complex calculations. All you need to have at hand is materials for the product, a centimeter tape, scissors, sewing supplies and a machine.
So, the blanket for discharge is covered in several stages:
- From fabrics for interior and exterior decoration and synthetic winterizer, a square of 120 by 120 cm or 130 by 130 cm is cut out.
- Cut a straight triangle from a cambric with sides of about 40 cm to finish the inner corner of the envelope.
- Then lace is cut, previously one of the corners of the main fabric for the outer side of the blanket is stripped with stripes along which it will be sewn. Depending on the width of the decorative elements, this can be 3-5 rows. These lines are measured with a centimeter tape and cut into lace twice as long as the measurements.
Blanket finish
After all the elements of the product are cut, proceed to decorate individual parts. From the inside, a triangle of embossed cambric is sewn onto one of the corners, and the slice is closed with a piercing or satin ribbon. On the same part, deviating from the edge of about 5 cm, you can sew on the lace that was picked up around the perimeter of the corner to be worked, the edges of the lace are closed in the same tape.
Also, on the corner from the outside, rows of already cut lace are sewn, having previously gathered them into a thread in small assemblies.
To sew a more elegant blanket for an extract with your own hands, the gathered lace can be sewn around the entire perimeter. At the same time, its front side should be on the outside of the blanket. Particular attention should be paid to assemblies in the corners. In order for the decorative finish to have a proper look, lace in these places should be laid with either counter folds or small assemblies. In both cases, to process the corners, you need to allocate a sufficient amount of frill so that it does not wrap. Lace is swept to the outside of the envelope, folding the parts with the front sides inward.
Envelope with a zipper
Usually a zipper makes a transformer blanket for a newborn. For such a product, two fasteners will be required: one is about 20 cm long, the second is 60 cm. We also need fabric for the base and a special folding pocket for securing the envelope. It is sewn on the front side of the blanket, and after the baby is wrapped and fastened with zippers, it is also unscrewed so that the design of the envelope is strong and does not unfold even with intensive movements of the baby.
Such a pocket is made bilateral and on top with an elastic band. It is simply sewn on top of the outer finish of the blanket in the center of the fabric almost along its edge. Parts of detachable zipper must be sewn to the adjacent sides, with the help of which the blanket will be collected in an envelope. A zipper 20 cm long is sewn to the upper side from the middle of the side to the edges, not reaching the end by about 15 cm.
To prevent the envelope from being too large for the baby, do-it-yourself blanket for discharge should be sewn with sides no more than 75-80 cm.
Typically, such a product is made without lace frills, but if you sew an additional lace corner in the kit to it, and choose a beautiful fabric for the base, then such an envelope will come out very elegant.
Drawstring Envelope
It is not difficult to sew a baby blanket with your own hands if you have experience working on a sewing machine.
Moreover, the task can be simplified and not sew on zippers, but to make ties from satin ribbons. Here you need to think about how it will be more convenient to wrap the baby: on the corner or along the blanket. In the first case, it will be necessary to make the ribbons from the inside, namely, slightly offset from the center to fix the wrapped corner, on the sides of which the ties are also sewn. Further along the swaddling baby, wrap one of the side corners and cover it with the opposite, which should also be fixed with a tie. This design option will provide a secure fit, and beautifully knitted satin bows will add a twist to the product.
Knitted blanket
If the task of making a blanket with your own hands seems too complicated and the soul lies more in knitting, then such an envelope will also turn out to be very cute. Crocheted lace from beautiful soft threads or funny elements with bunnies or roses will look just charming. Crocheting a blanket is a great idea for those who are fond of knitting. Moreover, only a duvet cover can be woven, and the basis of the blanket can be sewn from synthetic winterizer and fabric.
A knitted blanket with knitting needles will also look beautiful. Soft and warm with braids or openwork motifs and broaches from satin ribbons - just a wonderful option.
It is best to give preference to either cotton or acrylic threads. The first option is suitable for summer, and the second will be relevant in the cold season. The winter version of the envelope can be knitted from thick threads, but it should be borne in mind that they must be soft and in no case prick.