Emelie said that Julia could use some bigger blankets for daycare naps. I found some fleece blanket kits on sale at JoAnns. This is the first one. If Emelie and Julia like it, I'll make the other two. If they would rather have flannel, I'll return the other two kits and purchase some flannel.

I first tried to do a no-sew braided edge, but it puckered too much, so I cut off the edge and did a hand stitched blanket stitch.

This is the braided edge that I ended up 

cutting off.   It doesn't look too puckered 

in the picture, but, believe me, it was.