Fleece Quillow

My husband loves BYU sports.  Especially football and basketball.  Every game day he sets up the flag outside of our house proudly.  He wears his BYU shorts, shirt, and baseball cap every game day too.  So I decided I will make him a BYU blanket for Christmas.  There was a good deal at Joanne's for the fabric.  A "quillow" is basically a pillow that can fold into a pillow.  I guess it could be called a "planket" too:)  I have always wanted to make a quillow but don't have time to do the "quilt" first so doing a fleece quillow sounded much easier.  It's really quite simple.  I follow a couple of sites for the instructions HERE and HERE.  The illustrations are also from those sites.  I opted for a larger blanket and bought 2 yards of fabric to make a 60" by 72" quillow, and a 22" square piece of fleece for the pillow ( I would do a 21" square next time to make the pillow fuller).

Supplies:

1. 1-7/8 yd. (1.75 m) of 58/60" wide (150 cm wide) fleece
2. Sewing machine needle
3. Good quality polyester thread 
4. Sewing machine in good working order
5. (Optional) Rotary Cutter and Mat
6. (Optional) Wavy blade

Sewing Directions (for the 48" by 60" quillow): Please see HERE or HERE for additional images and instructions. 

1. Trim away fleece selvages using a wavy or normal rotary cutter, mat, and ruler or sewing shears
2. Cut out the blanket and pillow like the diagram below:
1. Cut the blanket to measure 48" by 60" (4' by 5').
2. Cut the pillow into an 18" (46 cm) square.
3. You can use the remaining fleece as the pillow sections for two additional quillows. You'll need to purchase only an additional 1-1/3 yd. (1.30 m) of fleece for each of those quillows.
4. * Larger blankets: If you have access to wider fleece –you can make a longer blanket. For example, if your fleece is 70" wide, to make a 54" by 70" wide fleece blanket, just make your pocket 20" long.
   
   If your fleece is 60" wide but you want a bigger blanket, buy more yardage. For a 60"by 72" quillow, for the blanket portion buy 2 yards of fleece. Your pillow should be 21 to 22" square. (I did this with a 22" square)

3. Turn under a 1/2" hem on one of the non-stretchy cut edges of the pillow.  Zigzag the hem in place.  

• Insert a size 90 stretch needle in your sewing machin.  A stretch needed has a rounded point when helps prevent skipped stiches.  
• Use a narrow width zigzag stitch

4. Position the pillow on the blanket.  

• Fold the pillow in half to locate its center.  Mark at the cut edge opposite the stitched hem.  
• Fold the 48" edge of the blanket in half to locate its center.  Mark.  
• Place and pin the pillow to the blanket, matching the centers, right sides together.
• Stitch around three sides of the pillow with a straight stitch or a narrow zig zag stitch.

Folding

5. Place the blanket pillow side down. Fold the blanket into thirds lengthwise, wrapping the blanket edges toward the wrong side.

 

6. Next, fold the blanket approximately into fourths, folding from the end opposite the pillow. Turn the pillow right side out, tucking the folded blanket inside.