How to Hand Sew a Lining to Crochet Blanket - No Sewing Machine 

I'm sorry that I stumbled onto this wonderful artist after she passed. She left a beautiful legacy.

it’s so special that her skills are still helping us after she’s gone ❤️❤️

I was searching for a tutorial on attaching fabric to a crocheted blanket and of course Melanie Ham is the one to show me. Melanie still lives on teaches us her many talents. You are missed.

I'm so thankful Melanie popped up when I wanted to know how to sew a backing. I learned how to crochet and quilt from her videos when she was still with us! ❤ Thank you for keeping her work available!

Thank you. I have wanted to add lining to my crochet blankets, for years. But I couldn't figure it out. I tried explaining what I wanted to someone who quilts. She told me i couldn't do that for my crochet blankets. So I gave up on it. Then I typed it in to RU-vid and you came up! Thank you. Thank you.

I think for those who do not use a sewing machine, an option would be to use a pillow case and the knit then blanket to the measure of the case...

This is perfect! Thank you. I’m wanting to line a sweater coat; and, this is just what I was looking for.😊

So thankful to be able to still see these videos. I still learn so much from these. Miss her!

Thank you for leaving behind so many great tutorials. You are truly missed.

Thank you for leaving Melanie beautiful tutorials her memory will live on 😢❤❤

Thank you melanie for sharing ur knowledge and passion with us❤, Rest in Peace God be with her and all the families, friends and loved ones✝️🙏🤍

I have been really struggling to figure out how to back an enormous crochet project and this worked PERFECTLY! Didn't have to be perfect and was SO easy. I saw some people mentioning corners: I just added extra stiches until I was straight on the next edge. My project was double crochets, so I 3-4 per corner.

Beautiful, bright Melanie, still helping people this day. You are an inspiration.❤❤❤

This is amazing! Yes, it will be extra time consuming without a sewing machine, but the end result will be just beautiful. Thank you so much for explaining how to do this.

This tutorial has helped me a lot, Melanie, even though I don’t have a sewing machine, it’s perfectly clear and not that much sewing, after all. I always worry about little fingers getting trapped in my baby blankets! I have lined one or two with fleece in the past, but my multi-talented crafty witch of a sister will always do any difficult bits for me. I shall be very proud to be able to show her one I’ve done all by myself! Thank you!

Never thought of using fabric to finish off a project with the exception of a pillow. Beautifully done.

I had envisioned this for over three years. And I stumbled upon your tutorial today. I crochet a queen size blanket using the crocodile stitch. I wanted to add material to the back side but wasn't exactly sure how to execute. I just had a baby and I'm excited to use this technique on her blankets! Thank you!

This video popped up just when I needed it. She was so talented and miss her.

Amazing video! Thank you so much.. People like you make me feel so much better about life and that I can do it! 💪🏼

This is great! I wouldn't have ever thought of doing it this way.

Wonderful video. Found it extremely helpful. Now I can try adding a fabric backing to my daughters blanket like I've been wanting to. Thank you so much for your help and inspirations.

I wanted to add a backing to a blanket I'm making which is a sunflower granny square that had a lot of open spaces, would you recommend do stitches in the middle of the blanket like quilters do?

Hi Melanie! I Love the way you make things Sooooo easy: Super tips & Great explanations, All this, with a cute contagious energy! Many Thanks

Great technique! No holes in the fabric! When I did this with some fleece those holes were a pain. Great way to use some of my crochet cotton too!

I'm so excited I found your video!! I've been wanting to know how to do this. my first grand baby is due in July, I can't wait to get started making blankets ❤

Thank you sweet lady for sharing - you must teach all Angels in Heaven too!

Oh my goodness this is so genius. I will definitely be using this method on my current project. Thank you so much!

Nice job! I am crocheting a blanket now and you gave me an idea of how to finish it. Thanks.

How terribly sad, I didn't know she passed away or even when. This beautiful woman is still an inspiration and her legacy will continue. Just last week I crocheted her lovely and easy Slouch Beanie for a friend, not knowing she passed away. I will forever cherish Melanie xxx

I really love your videos. You do some great stuff AND give all the advices so well explained. Thank you so much. I really hope you feel better. thank you my prayers are with you and your family

I'm making a king size Blanket, so I'm just going to use a nice thick sheet as my finished fabric.

I love this Melanie! Thank you for always explaining things so well. I so enjoy your videos xxxx

SO thankful for this, I'm for sure trying this! I love the look of crochet but know some people prefer the gel of soft material

I came to comment how i will be working on a "picnic" style blanket with a canvass backing for my mom while shes gone for a month in job training to take with her when she starts officially at her job. But now ive seen that the creator has passed in these comment and i absolutely cannot believe that. Im glad her videos are still up and able to help me cope through this separation process. ❤❤❤❤

Great video. Very easy to follow.. Which is a most for a crochet beginner like me. Blanket looks great. Thanks!

I’ve done two lap blankets with handstitching but love this method better. Thank you for this video!

Your video was very helpful not many for crochet baby linings thank you so much for sharing it helped me a lot 👍🏼

Awesome idea. I was thinking on how I would that,Very helpful thanks.

This is genius! Thanks for sharing!

Genius! I want to try this on a baby blanket. Thank you! ❤

Lovely neat finish I will try thankyou

Just what I needed. Thank you so much for your wisdom! Totally subscribing now

Thank you for sharing very beautiful edging. Much appreciated.😍

Hi, this is a fab way to line a blanket, can i ask if it would also work on a crochet squares bag please. Thank you x

such clever method; i'm going to try it out on my projects this year! thanks.

This is perfect thank you so much ❤️ for sharing this video

Doing this to a baby blanket for my sister. She is having a girl! ❤️

Thanks so much you made crochet on spit clothes so much easier :)

Thank you! Just what I was looking for!❤

Thank you so much. I added fabric to my grandchildrens crochet blankets and I killed myself stitching through the fabric and yarn. This is much easier and looks better.

So nice!! I always love your fabric choices and style! I'm also drooling over that purple nail polish in your intro and need it on my nails 😂

love your nails!

Wow what a New kool trick to learn so sweet. Thank you.

Great Idea! Thanks for sharing.

I wish you would have shown how you did the corners

Great tip. Thanks for sharing.

Nice work. It came out very neat.

Very helpful... thank you 😊👍

Sorry, I just meant for the seams to be sewed. I did watch the video. I watch all your videos and absolutely love them. I just finished crocheting a color block blanket learned from your tutorial. Sorry, I only meant is there an alternative to the seam part, where you used the machine. I didn't hear any mention of glue but I will definitely give that a try! What glue do you recommend? Just fabric glue? Thank you, Mrs. Ham! I love all your videos!

Thank you very helpful. It's nice seeing a hand sewing video. I have a sewing machine. I just don't like using it.

That's awesome thanks so much

Great idea. I will try it.

Love love love this.

ooh God I miss her soo much , May her soul rest in peace

Thank you!! I cut off the yarn at the end. Ugghh. I will have to use what I weaved in work from there.

Melanie, two questions please! First, do you have a pattern for the crocheted blanket, and second what is the color of that gorgeous nail color? Thank you!

Thank you for this! You made it so easy to follow along! Do you have any tips for lining crochet blankets that use the corner to corner method?

I thought this was No Sewing Machine! :(

I need to do this but I don't have a sewing machine. I want to use a single layer of fleece. How would I go about it?

Thank you 😊

I’m doing this to my knitted blanket I made with a patch pattern cause I don’t use very thick yarn. Also I will be adding some sewing accents on the fabric side to give it those bumps some plain blankets have. Sorry I’m not good at explaining, I’m only a high school student.

Can you apply this technique to a knitted baby blanet? Thans!

I still learn so much from her even though she has passed on. 😔

very nice I love it thks

Does the type of thread matter when you are sewing the two pieces together? I have always been told that polyester thread will cut the yarn. I would like to line a cotton yarn project

I miss you, Melanie❤

I'm so struggling with mine. Only because I bought the unicorn utopia crochet pattern and there are puff unicorn circle heads and I can't seem yo get it to stretch right to be even for the unicorn fabric I bought. I could had tied in all the ends but ilof course I did the whole pattern not in order the way it was suppose to be done. I also used 2 way off yarn thicknesses for the rainbows which caused parts to not lay flat. I have to give this as a gift tomorrow and. Kt sure what I'm going to do. Seem how the back looks like crap unless I putt something over the back.

As others have mentioned, no sewing machine is listed in the title. Then you go and use a sewing machine HOW do you hand-sew this, what stitches do you recommend? Running stitch that will be removed once the crochet edging is in place?? Not all of us have a sewing machine, so suggestions would be much appreciated.

Hello, your videos are always good to watch, you explain every thing so well. Thank you. Always look forward to seeing them. How did you crotchet the baby blanket you are working on? It looks lovely!!! .

Hello! I'm using your tutorial to line a crocheted shawl. My sister, a quilter, thinks I need to put in a couple of knotted stitches in the middle of the shawl to keep the fabric more in place. I'm thinking the yarn has a lot more stretch to it than the fabric, so I'm not sure this would be such a good idea. What do you recommend?

Anyone know if you can skip out the lining part if you bought a bedsheet for the back of the blanket? I don’t own a sewing machine so I’m trying to find an easier way! TIA

Is there a tutorial for preparing fabric its just that I have added fabric onto my crochet before and would love to do this but my first time thank you 😊

Very creative 😍🥰

How do we find fabric that matches the dimensions of the blanket? I want to use fleece, and my blanket is a queen size 90 × 108 inches

Very nice!

Made my eyes hurt trying to focus , I love the end result though . I'm making a blanket for my daughter and want to line it . Mine is going to be very large though so I'll have to make some stitches in the blanket too I might make some roses to make it look like buttons .

Title: no sewing machine Her: ok now take this to the sewing machine

Please can you tell me what cotton you used to sew around. I've got No.10 crochet cotton would that be ok to use x

Nice!

Very cool

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Hi Melanie! Do you think this would work on a blanket made with Bernat Baby Yarn?

Hi, Melanie. What a beautiful blanket. I wish a splendid Happy Thanksgiving.

I made a full-sized blanket for my sister, but it's started to stretch because it hangs off the edge of her bed. I hope to use this technique to prevent further stretching, and also because it looks fabulous! I'll update when finished to let y'all know if it works.

I finger crocheted a round roving wool blanket, can I still do the way your are?

I don’t have a sewing machine and I’m new at crocheting but I do want to line my little bag that I’m making I’m just making a single crochet stitches but nobody has tutorials if you don’t have a sewing machine so thank you. Would you think about making one without doing any sowing at all on your sewing machine for people like me at appreciate it

Could you please let us know the name of the border book that you showed us earlier on in the tutorial. Thank you in advance. 👍

Good

Did you wash your fabric to make sure the selvage edge doesn't shrink up?

i love so cute