American Girl Doll Horse Blanket Tutorial AG031

Olivia went to Disney World in January, 2015 so I was able to borrow her AG Horse while she was away.  I found this pretty plaid fabric in my stash – you can’t see it, but it is full of sparkles that don’t come off!  The reverse side is some type of fleece that I found in my stash as well.  I could only find one pattern on the net for an AG Horse blanket.  It didn’t fit Olivia’s horse so I created my own pattern.

Cut out plaid as pattern.  Lay it on top of a piece of fleece with wrong sides together. Cut it out a little bigger than the plaid – that is just to be sure I know I will catch it when I do my basting.  Pin well.

I put my presser foot at the edge of the fabric then moved the needle one notch to the right.  Baste together.

I want to finish the edges with the serger.  I changed my upper looper to wooly nylon thread and decreased the tension to about 1.5.  I increased the tension on the lower looper to 4 (my normal setting was 2 and I used regular thread).  I set my stitch length to 1.5.  I let the serger do the trimming of the fleece.

Quickly press with a press cloth as the wooly nylon thread will melt. Pin 2-1/2” of 1/8” elastic into a loop on one front.

Stitch in place.

Add a button to the other side.

Here is the reverse side.

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