One of the programs I participate in with my quilting guild is a club called “12-4-12”. We have a goal to finish one project a month for 12 straight months. Everyone that completes this goal receives an award at the end of the year – a fabric shopping spree!

Here’s my latest project that I completed just in time for last month’s deadline. It’s a ric-rac baby blankie that I finished in under an hour (on the last day of the month).

I started with 1 yard each of two different flannel baby fabrics in blue and some coordinating brown ric-rac.

I sewed the ric-rac onto two opposite sides of the backing fabric face up. Then I pinned the top fabric right sides together and stitched around all sides, leaving a small opening to turn.

When I sewed the two pieces together I stitched just outside of the stitch-basted ric-rac so I wouldn’t have to pull out any stitches. The two pieces of fabric weren’t exactly the same size, so I trimmed off the excess after sewing. Then I turned the blankie to the correct side and fluffed the corners.

Finally, I top-stitched all the way around so I wouldn’t have to close the opening by hand. I used a decorative serpentine stitch in blue. Voila-a finished baby blanket in under an hour!