Weighted Blanket

I made a blanket!  It was going to be easier than pie... and turned out to be like making a cheese cake.

My husband and I measured out where our son would need the weight on the blanket.  We had heard that it should be 10% of your child's weight.  We decided to make it 6lbs.  He's growing like a weed and want the blanket to work for at least the next year or two.

So we took two top sheets and sewed them together.  We started making the grid of 9x6 squares (each being 4x6 inches) by only doing the horizontal lines first.  After we made those I began by making the first line of the bottom of the grid, where my son's feet would be.

Each 4x6 inch square was filled from the top.  Also, good tip: we used a long wrapping paper tube to make sure the "polly pellets" didn't stick to the sides of the fabric.  This made it so much easier.

After we filled each row we would sew a line across and start all over again with the new row.

This is the end result... sideways.

For a 6lbs blanket:
you make 9x6 grid of 1 cup full of "polly pellets"
start by making horizontal lines first
fill the 6 pockets then sew a line and repeat until all grid pockets are filled
use a paper tube to help keep pellets from sticking to sides of fabric

also- working with the sewing machine was the hardest part.  You may want to get a second set of hands just in case.

I would agree that the 6hrs this took plus the $30 or so dollars for material was well worth it as a weighted blanket can cost $200 or more.  I hope this is a helpful treat!  Our son loves it and our pocket book doesn't hurt one bit!!