Blanket with Tags

With Christmas not too far away I have started my long list of items to make for my children, niece, nephews, cousins children, sisters....well you get the point. So, I have been trying to knock out an item on the list every evening. This evening I created a blanket with tags...which many know as Taggie Blankets but I want to make very clear that Taggie Blankets are patent protected and you cannot sell these on Etsy, Ebay, etc BUT you can make these for personal gift giving. :) Since these are patent protected I am going to refer to them as blankets with tags and I want to give a general idea how to create one of these.

These types of blankets are super easy to make and anyone with minimum sewing experience can make these.

Materials:
1/2 yard Minky Fabric
1/2 yard Coordinating Fabric (flannel, satin, more minky up to you)
168" of Ribbon consisting of 4 different types (usually sold by the spool)
Matching Thread
Scissors
Tons of Pins

Starting off you should decide how big you want to make your blanket. I decided on making a 16" by 16" but when I cut my fabric I cut it 16.5" by 16.5" so I could do wider seams.

 Above is my fabric I decided on doing blue bubble minky with light green stripped minky. You can see some of the ribbons I had started cutting to length.

Next you need to cut out your ribbon to either 4", 5", or 6" long (you'll fold these in half so keep that in mind) you can either do different lengths or all the same lengths. I did mine as 6" ribbons...

 I had some ric rac and used that as one of my 4 ribbons

 Now that everything is cut out lay your two fabrics right sides on top of the other and get ready to pin your ribbon to your blanket!
Fold your first ribbon in half and pin it about half an inch from the corner then measure and inch from this one and pin your next ribbon. Your ribbons should be pinned to were they are tucked into the blanket.

So, once everything is pinned do a straight stitch. Make sure to leave an opening to pull your blanket right side out! ( I forgot to photograph that sorry! Leave about a 1-1.5" opening by one of the corners)

After sewing all sides AND leaving your opening pull your blanket through the hole smooth it out.

I like the idea of putting some ribbon or ric rac as a designated hang up loop. Were the opening is you will need to do a ladder stitch (hidden stitch) and tuck in your ribbon/ric rac in the process right at the corner.

 Once you finish doing your ladder stitch and adding your optional hook piece now it is time to do a top stitch. Using super soft or silky fabric it is going to roll in your sewing machine so I heavily suggest pinning your edges to do your top stitch.

 The above photo is what you should have before the top stitch (took this before I did my ladder stitch).

Top stitch! (I pinned mine after I took this photo)
After you do that your done! TaDa a blanket with tags!

Enjoy and have fun!

~Be Faithful in the Small Things because it is in them that your Strength lies. -Mother Teresa