So, I will be making more of these! It's a nice way to use fabric that is so nice you hate to cut it up--like the Alexander Henry pears and apples above. I had just a little over a yard of that fabric, so this blanket is 38x42. Next time, I'll buy 1-1/4 yd of each fabric, to make it about 42" square. The only challenge to making this is to get the cotton and the flannel just the same size, given the different "give" of each fabric. For sure, pre-wash the fabrics, as flannel shrinks more than regular cotton. For this blanket, I cut them to pretty much to size, then laid them together on my cutting table, trimming up the edges to make them even. Next time, I'll do the size-matching on the design wall instead; I think that will give me a better match.
February 5, 2012
Two-layer baby blanket
So, I will be making more of these! It's a nice way to use fabric that is so nice you hate to cut it up--like the Alexander Henry pears and apples above. I had just a little over a yard of that fabric, so this blanket is 38x42. Next time, I'll buy 1-1/4 yd of each fabric, to make it about 42" square. The only challenge to making this is to get the cotton and the flannel just the same size, given the different "give" of each fabric. For sure, pre-wash the fabrics, as flannel shrinks more than regular cotton. For this blanket, I cut them to pretty much to size, then laid them together on my cutting table, trimming up the edges to make them even. Next time, I'll do the size-matching on the design wall instead; I think that will give me a better match.
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I love how simple and functional this blanket is and what attention the fabric designs get because of that. What fun it must be to pick out the fabrics and then have something finished so quickly! I think that these two prints look great together.
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