no sew blankets

the girls and i love doing project together in the summer.

i just purchased a sewing machine not to long ago and know nothing about it other than it is hard!

so, we decided to make no sew blankets this time.

we all four (the girls and their american dolls) headed to hobby lobby to pick their fabric. 

(i wish i had taken some pictures of them pushing their dolls around in the shopping carts)

cami's choice...

 cari's choice.

to our surprise, all the felt was 30% off...we bought about a yard each.

 once home, we cut cari's corners 2 inches and then made small 2 inch cuts around the sides.

 on cami's we cut a 5 inch square with 5 inch strips around.

(i probably would have done 3 1/2 if doing it again)

after all the cutting comes all the tying!

 cami did hers all by herself. 

(the longer the strips, the easier it is to tie.)

 you can see that cari's strips were much shorter, but cute still!

(the shorter the cuts then the bigger the blanket)

cami and her new blanket

 cari and her new blanket

they love them both!

they are very cozy and unique!

 we even had enough to make their dolls matching blankets!

 robin and rebecca...

(a new doll is on her way just in time for cari's 6th birthday)

we still have fabric left over, so share with us different ideas you think we should try!