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LET'S CRAFT

​Taryn and Sara show you how to make these cool items by hand!
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  • Fun Decorations to wear or display
  • Scarves or Bracelets
  • ​Cozy Blankets

Browse projects below 




​WHAT YOU WILL NEED ➡️

  • Scissors ✂️ 
  • Fleece (choose a fun pattern or color!) 🌈
  • Fabric (old T-Shirt or jeans) 👖 
  • A clean working space🤸🏽‍♀️
  • Your brain 🧠 
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Go to pom pom project
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go to wearables project
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step one: Draft a pattern for your blanket 

It is helpful to imagine how you want your blanket to look before starting. Making a template is an easy way to come up with exactly what you want to make. Once your template is done, it is a helpful tool to keep you on track as you are constructing your blanket. It's like following a recipe.
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step two: cut out fleece rectangles

​You'll need to cut your fabric into 14" by 10" rectangles. It helps to have a rotary cutter for this part, but a sharp pair of scissors works fine too.
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STEP THREE: CUT SLITS IN THE RECTANGular panels 

These cuts will create fringes for us to tie together so that our rectangular panels can become a blanket. A helpful tool to make cutting go by faster it so make a template. Using printer paper or cardboard, you can make a guide for your cuts so that each panel has matching cuts.
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step four: remove the corners of the rectangle

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You won't be needing these for your blanket, but don't throw away your scraps! You can recycle them by making more fleece projects like pom poms or scarves!

step five: tie panel together by rows IN YOUR PATTERN

STEP SIX: CONNECT THE ROWS ALONG THE REMAINING CUT SIDES

Finish up your blanket by tying the remaining loose edges to one another. Once you've completed this step, you can snuggle up inside your new blanket!

all done!

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This website and its content was created by undergraduate students in the Detroit Connections course at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design.

Detroit Connections is taught by faculty member Melanie Manos.  If you have questions please contact melmanos@umich.edu. 

Website support from Larrea Young (laryoung@umich.edu).

  • Home
  • Art Connects Kids
    • Sculpture >
      • How to Make Playdough
      • How to Papier-mâché
      • How to Make Human Figure with Bendy Wire
      • Share Your Work
    • Fibers Fun >
      • Quilted Blanket Project
      • Pom Pom Project
      • Wearables Project
    • Storytelling >
      • Build Your Character
      • How to Make a Story
      • How to Tell Your Story
    • Inspiration >
      • Become a Famous Painter
      • Collaging Your Feelings
      • Minimalist Landscapes
      • MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE
      • Watercolor Flowers
    • Crafts and Countries >
      • Australia
      • Mexico
      • Russia
      • India
      • China
  • YAAAA
    • Fibers >
      • Fibers Sculpture Project
      • Fibers Video Workshop
    • Sculpture >
      • Sculpture & Light Project
      • Lamp Making Video Workshop
    • Painting >
      • Sound & Painting Video Workshop
    • Animation
    • Illustration >
      • Illustration Project
      • Comic Through Song Video Workshop