saffronsunflower Report post Posted October 4, 2008 Hello all, After looking into the costs of weighted blanket i decided it was really costly for something i wasn't sure would work so i decided to be adventurous and make one. Believe me i'm no seamstress, i don't have or know how to work a sewing machine. I thought i would let anyone interested know how i did it in case anyone else wanted one. I bought 15 gym bags online ( bout 65p each), these are canvas bags filled with beans for exercise. I got an old cot sized baby blanket of my sons and tacked them on with doubled thread roughly in three rows of five, Trying to distribute weight quite evenly. I had a length of fleece fabric ( approx 1& Half meters that i bought for a blanket, but you could use quilt or whatever. I folded it over and tacked big stitching (i believe its called blanket stitching) on the other side and one end to make a duvet cover shape. You want the outer duvet to be just slightly bigger than the blanket with the beanbags. I bought some iron on velcro for the other end (2.50 mtr) and ironed that on to the other side to seal the end. I used the velcro so we can remove the beanbag blanket before putting fleece in the wash.... Result!!!!! My son loves his "heavy blanky"!! I hope that this makes sense to anyone who wants to try, it took me one evening for the beanbag blanket and couple of hours for the outer duvet. It was a labour of love though and worth every pin-pricked finger when i saw him snuggled in it. Next project a lap-pad for when we are out to eat to combat the wriggles!! Cheers Nic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted October 4, 2008 it sounds fab Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare63 Report post Posted October 4, 2008 Wow your a clever stick ! maybe you could go into business. Well Done Clare x x x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aro Report post Posted October 6, 2008 Brilliant! A x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
