Preliminary Directions for Minecraft blanket

Directions for Minecraft blanket class

With these instructions, you will be able to sew a simple quilt that is 4.5 feet square (54 inches) that depicts either Steve (the hero) or the creeper (the bad guy!) from the popular kid's video game minecraft.

Fabric Needed For Steve Quilt: 5 ft of any fleece of your choice for the back of the blanket, Black 2/3 yard, Brown 1/3 yard, preferred background color (I used green) 1 yard, flesh 2/3 yard, Blue 6 inches.

Fabric needed for Creeper Quilt: 5 ft of any fleece of your choice for the back of the blanket, ½ yard black cotton fabric, 1 yard preferred green, ½ yard lighter shade green, ½ yard darker shade green. (The different greens make up the color pallet of the creeper's face that copy Minecraft's game aesthetic. You can get more then three shades of green if you prefer, or only have one shade of green and keep it simple. Your green fabric must add up to 2 yards total.)

1. Cut your fabric into 6 inch squares. Stack according to color into piles.
   
   
2. Lay out fabric on top of fleece following the directions below depending on the design you chose. If you run out of time, feel free to roll up your project until you can come back to it. The fleece will hold your quilt squares in place!

Steve's Head directions:

ROW 1 || Green:10

ROW 2 || Green:1 Black:8 Green:1

ROW 3 || Green:1 Black:8 Green:1

ROW 4 || Green:1 Black:1 Flesh:6 Black:1 Green:1

ROW 5 || Green:1 Flesh:8 Green:1

ROW 6 || Green:1 Flesh:1 White:1 Blue:1 Flesh:2 Blue:1 White:1 Flesh:1 Green:1

ROW 7 || Green:1 Brown:1 Flesh:2 Brown:2 Flesh:2 Brown:1 Green:1

ROW 8 || Green:1 Brown:1 Flesh:1 Black:1 Flesh:2 Black:1 Flesh:1 Brown:1 Green:1

ROW 9 || Green:1 Brown:2 Black:4 Brown:2 Green:1

ROW 10 | Green:3 Brown:4 Green:3

ROW 11 | Green:10

Creeper's Face directions:

ROW 1 || Green:10

ROW 2 || Green:10

ROW 3 || Green:2 Black:2 Green:2 Black:2 Green:2

ROW 4 || Green:2 Black:2 Green:2 Black:2 Green:2

ROW 5 || Green:4 Black:2 Green:4

ROW 6 || Green:3 Black:4 Green:3

ROW 7 || Green:3 Black:4 Green:3

ROW 8 || Green:3 Black:1 Green:2 Black:1 Green:3

ROW 9 || Green:10

ROW 10 | Green:10

3.  Start sewing your rows together with a straight stitch. Be mindful of the order. When you finish the row, put it back down on the fleece and start the next row.
   
4. Once you have sewn all the horizontal rows together, start sewing each strip to the one below it. Try to line up the seams so the squares line up perfectly.
   
5. Put the fleece and the quilt together with the outer faces of the blanket facing inward and against each other. Sew along the border of the two pieces with a zigzag stitch stopping a foot before you close the perimeter of the blanket.
   
6. Reach inside the pocket and grab the corners, pulling the blanket inside out and exposing the correct side. Use your fingers to adjust the quilt so that it lays flat against the fleece.
    
7. Hand sew the last foot of the border using a hidden stitch.

Enjoy your new blanket!