How to Make an EASY Weighted Blanket

We all have anxiety now and then. Do you want a weighted blanket but don’t want to buy one premade? If you can use a sewing machine, you can make a weighted Blanket! I show you step by step what to do to make one.

Time Codes:
Introduction: 00:05
Benefits of Weighted Blankets: 00:13
Materials: 00:53
How Heavy should your blanket be: 02:53
Assembling the fabric: 03:34
Preparing the grid: 05:12
Sewing the fabric together: 09:06
Sewing the Vertical lines: 13:46
Adding Poly beads and optional Polyfil: 16:36
Sewing Horizontal Lines: 22:16
What to do with the Top Row: 26:49
Ironing the Top: 27:52
Finishing the Vertical Lines: 28:43
Filling the Last Row and sewing around the edges: 29:09
Optional Binding: 32:13
Closing and Reveal: 33:31

Materials:
Fabric for top
Fabric for Back
Polly Pellets: amzn.to/3et5IpP
(optional) Polyfil (or pillow stuffing): amzn.to/366YkN5

Videos we refer to:
How to sew a French Seam: youtu.be/61BKgdlOMgw
How to Add Binding: youtu.be/AuRo9vCTcdA

How many polybeads do I need?
Weight you would like the quilt (5-10% of the bodyweight of the person the weighted blanket is for) in pounds multiplied by 16 ounces
This number divided by how many squares you have
This is how many ounces of beads should go in each “pocket”
Weight of Blanket x 16 / # pockets = ounces for each pocket

Items from the video I recommend:
Water Soluble Pencil: amzn.to/39tf6Yc
Chalk Pencil: amzn.to/3hC6Xn3
Famore Scissors: famorecutlery.com/?aff=4
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Cutting Mat: amzn.to/3NLIRcv
Rotary Cutter: amzn.to/44gGPqb
Grabbit Magnetic Pincushion: amzn.to/2Uk0h4I
Oliso Iron: bit.ly/olisoquiltoni

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