This post will show you how to add fabric letters to a fleece blanket. Yes, you can iron on fleece! You just have to take certain precautions & use the right setting on your iron. The project in this post was a special request for a special graduate & I used a “no sew” blanket kit. Guess what? I sewed it! I find that much easier to do than tying all those strips plus that wasn’t the look that was needed. This was still a quick sewing project & a great gift idea if you’re in a time crunch!
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Making the Letters
I’m using Heat N Bond Lite, a pencil, & some large chipboard letters for templates. I want to be able to sew over these letters plus I find that Heat N Bond Ultrahold does not hold up well when ironing onto fleece.
I start by tracing out the letters I need on the back of the Heat N Bond. Be sure to flip the letters so the wrong side is facing you. I try to get them as close together as possible to have less waste.
Next I’ll cut around the outer edge of all the letters…
I do this so I can iron the whole thing to my fabric. When I cut away the outer fabric I use my fabric scissors.
When I cut on the bonded fabric, I use these spring tension scissors. This keeps sticky off my fabric scissors & I find it easier to control when going around the letters.
I keep all the fabric with Heat N Bond on it because it’s great for art type fabric projects. The paper letters can be used for other things too, but that’s for another post! ; )
Putting it Together
This is the blanket kit I’m using. It’s what was requested, so sorry if you’re not a fan! I don’t watch football, so I could really care less – it’s just sewing to me!
Anyway, I arranged the letters where I thought they would look the best…
Then set the iron to the rayon setting…
I use a lightweight piece of cotton fabric to cover the area I’m ironing on, then just press as you normally would.
As long as you follow those steps, you should have no problem ironing items onto fleece!
Once everything was cooled, I stitched around all the letters with a zigzag stitch. That took longer than any other step!
I planned on sewing the front and back together with right sides facing & leaving an opening for turning. To do this, I laid them out together & it’s a good thing I did. The back piece was about 3″ shorter & 3″ narrower than the front piece!
Luckily, I was able to even things up & not lose important things on the front panel. Once I flipped it right side out, I top stitched all around the edge. This helped close the opening & adds a nice finish to the edge.
There you go! A super quick & easy blanket that looks a little less like a “no sew” kit! This works great for all those blankets that go on sale around Christmas too. ; )
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5 Comments on How to Add Fabric Letters to a Fleece Blanket
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Are the orange iron on letter fleece material?
The orange letters are cotton material. If you use fleece letters, it needs to be a dense fleece not a fluffy fleece or it will fray at the edges. Hope that helps! 🙂
Are you saying the Heat n Bond lite works better on fleece than the Super or Ultrahold does?
Hello, from the picture it looks as though you peeled the heat and bond off the cut
out letters. If you did that why did you iron the letters? And if you left the heat and
bond on then that was why you were able to iron on the letters, and sew them for
extra hold. I saw the pile of paper letters, that is why I am asking.
Thankyou,
Cory
Hey Cory! There is a paper on the back of the heat and bond. I ironed it onto the fabric for the letters then cut them out. Then I had to peel off the paper to iron the letters onto the fabric. Hope this answers your question! 🙂 Kristie