Start by threading a handsewing needle with single thread. You may want to use thicker thread if the stitching is meant to be seen as decorative stitching or for finishing the edges of a blanket. Arrange the fabric with the raw edge facing you and the right side up. Working from left to right, start with the needle through the fabric on the left side of the piece, coming up from the wrong side to the right side. Place the needle an equal distance above the raw edge and away from the last stitch.
Bring the needle out straight down toward you, looping the thread under the point of the needle.
Do not pull the thread too tightly, just until the loop sits against the raw edge of the fabric. This forms the blanket stitch.
Repeat this stitch across the raw edge of the fabric. Keep the stitches equally spaced along the length of the fabric and an equal distance up from the raw edge. You are making a series of connected L-shaped stitches along the edge of the fabric.
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