RSVP Dubuque County Newsletter 2017 Winter 2017 | Page 5

Martin Luther King , Jr - RSVP Service Project Each year the Dubuque National Service Partnership participates in the Martin Luther King , Jr - Day of Service project by making no sew fleece blankets for the homeless of Dubuque County .
This year was no exception . We doubled the amount of blankets this year . Thank you to all the volunteers who contributed to this project . RSVP is looking forward to growing the project for 2017 - 2018 .
No Sew Fleece Blankets are a great project to work on as a family . Katherine Carothers sent her blanket in with a note that read , “ During the Christmas holiday my son helped me make this blanket . It gave us , as adults , a common goal of something special to do together . Thank you .”
Consider working on this project as a family . RSVP will receive the blankets throughout the year .

No Sew Fleece Blankets - Instructions

Items needed : 2 yards of printed or color fleece for top 2 yards of printed or color fleece for bottom Scissors Ruler / tape measure
• Lay the two pieces of fleece out of your work surface -- one on top of the other , with right sides facing out .
• Pin the pieces together , staying at least 4 inches away from the edge .
• Cut off the selvage edges or the whip-stitched edges , if you ' re using two ready-made blankets , with sharp fabric scissors .
• Cut a 5-inch square from each corner . Cut through both layers of fabric .
• Cut 5-inch long strips into the perimeter of the blanket , leaving an inch between cuts .
• Tie each strip from the top piece of fleece to the corresponding strip from the bottom piece of fleece to create a fringed edge . Work your way around all four sides to complete your no-sew fleece blanket .