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Watermelon Baby Blanket DIY

Eek! I love sewing for baby. Baby showers just give me an excuse to indulge my inner baby sewing love. Add that with my obsession for all things fruit this Summer, and you get the watermelon baby blanket. Wrap your baby up like the little nugget that they are :). As if you needed another reason to smile every time you looked at that little one – this will surely do it. A super easy sew, this fleece swaddle blanket is the perfect handmade baby shower gift.

Watermelon Baby Blanket / Swaddle DIY.

Skill level: Beginner
Time needed: 1 – 2 hours


 

How to make an easy baby blanket. Watermelon Baby Blanket DIY.

 

How to make an easy baby blanket. Watermelon Baby Blanket DIY.

 


 

Materials:

  • 5/8 yd pink fleece
  • 5/8 yd green fleece
  • scrap black fleece
  • 5/8 yd coordinating cotton fabric
  • basic sewing essentials

How To:

How to make an easy baby blanket. Watermelon Baby Blanket DIY.

 

Step One – Cut your cotton fabric so that it is 19″ long. Fold it in half so that the selvedges meet up on the sides. Cut up in an arc, to mimic a watermelon shape.

Step Two – Using your cotton fabric as a pattern template, cut out a watermelon piece from the pink fleece, subtracting 3″ from the outer edge all around. Cut a 4″ curve of the outer edge, using your cotton pattern piece as a template, from the green fleece. Cut out little black ‘seeds’ from the scrap black fleece.

Step Three – Place black seeds on top of pink fleece and pin in place. Sew around the seed edges to secure.

Step Four – Sew the green curved fleece onto the bottom outer edge of the pink fleece. Clip seams.

Step Five – Place cotton watermelon on top of fleece watermelon, right sides together, and pin around outer edges. Sew, leaving a 6″ opening for turning.

Step Six – Turn right side out pulling through opening, push out all edges with a blunt object. Pin opening closed and whipstitch. Edge stitch around entire edge.

And you are finished!


 

How to make an easy baby blanket. Watermelon Baby Blanket DIY.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and until next time…

Happy Sewing!

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  1. Anne says

    June 3, 2015 at 9:34 am

    cuuute! I’ve got a Craft Gossip post that links to your tutorial scheduled for later this morning: http://sewing.craftgossip.com/?p=82798 –Anne

    Reply
  2. mothersworld says

    February 20, 2016 at 12:27 am

    Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared thus site
    with us so I came to take a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m book-marking
    and will be tweeting this to my followers! Superb blog and superb style and design.

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    • Jess says

      February 20, 2016 at 8:06 am

      Thank you so much 🙂

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  3. Stephanie says

    March 15, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    What is the finished size of the Watermelon Swaddle Blanket?

    Reply
  4. Trena Stevenson says

    May 2, 2017 at 6:27 pm

    I’m also fruit obsessed this summer and so my future LO’s theme is Summer Fruit Market. This is absutely perfect! I can’t wait to make one!

    Reply

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