Sewing a Fleece Poncho

 I have been wanting to make Lauren a little something that matches for her and her Doll.....I used her sisters today since Lauren wont get her own Bitty until Christmas.  :)  Shhh....it's from Santa. But Don't you love it when you can make a gift for a child and they have no idea...... That was today!

 I did not buy the edging for the doll Poncho, but I love Lauren's so much that I am going to add it.

 Here is what you will need.  For a 3t size.   1 1/2 yrds Fleece.  3 yrds edging.  measuring tape.  pins.  matching thread....and your sewing machine. 

 I measured a 34" x34" square and folded to cut to a circle.

 Turn stitch the bottom aprox. 1/2 inch or as wide as your edging...so your stitch will not show after applied.

 I used an 8x11 paper for the hood....you can increase size if needed.  Will be cut on the fold so the final piece was 16x11ish.

along the top of the hood piece sew wrong side out.

 corner off fabric as shown....so that top of head seam runs down the center.

 sew aprox 2 inches in.

 cut the triangle top off....will not be needed. 

 turn stitch the edge of the hood.

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 Figure out what part of the main body of the poncho you want as the front and fold over find center and place hood bottom crease along to measure your center cut.  your cut will be 1/2 of the folded hood....since the poncho is folded.

 pin so the the write side of the fabric touches and the wrong side edge is available to sew.

 trim extra fleece...but not too much.

 try it on!

 pin edging.

And sew......you should be done!  just snip off those extra threads and you should have a fun poncho.....same directions but smaller for the doll.  I measured from the neck of the doll to it's hip and doubled the number to cut an 16x16 inch square....