Blanket With Built-In Hood

Step 2 Material

I had previously used polar fleece to make the flag. This turned out to be a good idea because:

1 It's warm
2 It comes in a range of bright colours
3 It's cheap
4 It's stretchy/flexible

As you a working with the polar fleece, it will stretch, and stay into new shapes. This can be a bit of a bummer, because previously perpendicular sides will move out of shape when you are pinning/sewing them. On the flip side, it allows you to have a bit of 'slop' in the work, so if you need to make up a centimetre (half-inch) or so to get peice to align it will stretch.

I went to Spotlight for my polar fleece - it cost about $8 per linear metre of 1.5 metre wide material. Their stock is seasonal - when you go in November (i.e. heading into Australian summer) there wasn't nearly as good a range as there was heading into winter (i.e. start of footy season)

You'll need about 6 linear metres, depending on the range of colours and pattern you want. I got 1.25 linear metres of the only 3 colours they had to add to the left overs I had at home.