Materials Needed:

• 1 piece of flannel fabric- 36" x 36" inches (1 yard square) See our selection of Flannel prints here.

Cut your fabric to a square 36" x 36". A rotary cutter and a yardstick are very helpful in cutting a straight line. If your scissor cutting isn't perfect, don't panic- you can correct any wayward cutting when you hem it.

With an iron, turn and press a 1/2" hem toward the wrong side of the blanket. Do this on all four sides of the blanket. If you helps you guage the hem, use a ruler, but let the fabric guide you- don't adjust the hem every few inches- more like every foot. Lots of little adjustments will look crooked, while adjustments less often will appear straighter.

Still at the iron, turn and press approximately 1/4" under the hem you just made to hide the raw edges. To achieve clean corners, do one side's hem first, then turn the blanket and turn the following side. I experimented with mitering and clipping the corners- I ended up with raw edges sticking out and spent way too much time for a worse look.

On your sewing machine, topstitch approximately 1/8" to 1/4" from the edge all around the blanket.

• If you don't have a sewing machine or are completely frightened by it or it is buried under Christmas ornaments in your basement, you can hand stitch it from the under side.

• If you want a truly "no sew" project, you could use 3/8" Ultra Hold Heat 'n Bond by Thermoweb to hold the hem. In that case, I would use a 3/4" hem in Step 2. Then in Step 3, I would press Heat 'n Bond to the hem and then turn it under 3/8" and press it down. The disadvantage of Heat 'n Bond is it will make the edges stiff .