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Fabric for Rag Blankets
Sizing & Making a Rag Blanket
Cut Squares to Make a Rag Blanket
Layout Squares to Make a Rag Blanket
Sewing Squares into Blocks to Make Rag Blankets
Sewing Rows to Make a Rab Blanket
Sewing Together a Rag Blanket
Cut Fabric for a Frayed Look
Sew the Outer Seam on a Blanket
How to Wash a Handmade Blanket
Caring for Handmade Blankets
Summary: What size rag blanket do you need? Learn how to determine the sizing for a rag blanket in this free video on sewing and making blankets.
Gretchen Soares is the co-owner of Bufferfly Boutique, which specializes in soft goods such as quilts, clothing and wearable art. She holds an Associates of Science degree in home...read more
"Hi. Welcome to Expert Village. I'm Gretchen Soares and today we're going to be making a rag blanket. Okay, next we're going to be talking about determining the size of our finished blanket and how we're going to go about doing that. I like to make a blanket a little bit bigger. We're going to make these for a bigger child, so crib size or toddler bed size is a great size to make it. It has enough body that it's going to cover the entire child and keep them warm, but not so much so that you're carrying around a full twin size blanket. Especially with children who love to cart their blankets everywhere with them. This isn't a bad size to carry around. It's useful and yet it's not huge and cumbersome. A lot of times if I'm using a recycled blanket, the amount of fabric I have determines the finished product. But for the most part, anywhere from a five inch to a nine inch square pieced together, and your going to lose two inches on each seam. So keep that in mind when you're figuring out your fabric usage. So this piece has six rows, no seven rows because I can't count, by five rows wide."
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