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Sew Cozy Wraps to Donate

10/26/2019

 
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In my last blog post, I mentioned that I had been working on my unfinished projects.  Here is another one that I really enjoyed.  I receive emails from many suppliers and vendors and they always have fun and unique projects.  This was one that I have kept in mind since last January. When I see something that looks promising, I usually print it off and file it in a binder so I can thumb through it later for inspiration.  This is kind of like looking at the pattern books in the sewing department which by the way is another favorite pastime of mine.
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My inspiration came when I found these blankets on sale. I could not pass up this deal because just look at that amount of fabric!  If I purchased this off the bolt it would be quite a bit more!  Blankets and sheets are a wonderful way to get lots of fabric for a minimum price.  I purchased three of these Extra Long twin sizes so I had a lot to play with.
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The project I had in mind was this cozy wrap from the Brother site. You can visit it here to download all of the details.
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The wraps use the width of fabric which is 66 inches on the blankets.  The length of the wraps I sewed were 20 inches. So I actually got four out of each one with fabric to spare. That figures roughly to .75 cents cost for each. How can you go wrong there? I just can't pass up a great deal... and ones like this allow me to enjoy being creative and pass along some good will.
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The pattern will tell you all of the settings for your sewing machine and take you through sewing a blanket stitch around the edges.
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Rounding off your corners
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Adding pockets too which by the way are the perfect size for glasses or phones. Nice and deep.  I digitized this little design to applique onto each one of my pockets.  
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One extra step I did was to add snaps above the pocket.  This way the wrap would stay in place if the wearer moved around.
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If you decided to sew some of these cozy wraps, you could finish them really quickly. It is mostly straight stitching and the fabric is very friendly. Now comes the fun part of delivering them. Just a few ideas would be to your local retirement home, or cancer treatment facility.  Other places might be your local fire or police department. They always have a need to keep people warm.  One final idea is to your local center for abused women and children.  These wraps  are so comforting and feel just like a hug.  Everybody needs a hug once in a while!  I hope you have enjoyed this post, share what you learn and are generous with what you create. Someone will appreciate your hard work!

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