Scalloped Waves Spa Cloth & Fleece Blankets

Hope your holidays were merry and bright; mine were lovely.
Here's a burgundy Scalloped Waves Spa Cloth that I knitted. The pattern is here. It's fairly simple & quick to knit, one of my favorite cloth patterns.
Got fleece? Got blanket binding? Good! Let's make some blankets..
For a baby or child you can use 1 to 1 1/2 yards of fleece & 1- 2 packages of blanket binding.
For an adult 2 yards of fleece and 2 packages of binding will make a nice sized blanket. First, calculate how many yards of binding you'll need for your blanket & sew together enough binding to go all the way around plus another 12 inches for overlapping the ends and the seam allowance. Sew the beginning of one package of binding to the end of the other in order to match the fold in the binding. Press the matching ends open; sew a 1/2 inch seam. Press the seam open then re-press the fold where you joined the binding.

Trim any curling or undyed selveges from the sides of the fleece. Pin the binding onto the fleece along one side. Do not begin at a corner.

Zigzag stitch to the corner, backstitch a few stitches & break the thread.

Miter the corner & pin in place. Mitering is easy after you've sewn all the way to the corner. Start zigzag stitching a few inches before the corner and proceed to the next corner mitering each corner as before. When you reach where you started cut the binding leaving plenty to fold under & overlap ends. Pin in place & finish sewing, backstitching the last stitches. Finished...

I sure got a good reaction when this horse blanket was opened. :)

I made a total of four of these blankets (with binding) last week to give as gifts.

Latte anyone?

Go for a spin?

And I couldn't find blanket binding in a color that looked good with this one so I did blanket stitching around it using worsted weight yarn & a big-eyed needle. oO :)

Enough sewing...back to knitting. Have a great week, Y'all!