A year ago I made these baby blankets for shower gifts.
I found the idea for this blanket here.
I absolutely LOVE the look, weight, and feel of how they turned out.
This one was for a baby boy – his parents are from Africa!
I added this bib to the gift.
The biggest trick to making this blanket is this cool little tool that I have for my machine. It’s a quilting tool. I had never used it and really didn’t even know I had it. When I read the post I got the idea from, the author mentioned that she had a seam gauge that hooked to her machine that made it easy. I got to thinking that my machine SURELY had something like that!
So I dug out my manual and got to looking and sure enough – I did. Awesome.
It slides on through a small hole made for it and you adjust it however far from the needle you want your stitching to be. After the first line of stitching is made you use the guide to place your next line of stitching.
There are four layers to this blanket. The top 3 layers get cut between the stitching.
You wash and dry it after you do the stitching and cutting.
You can find the well written tutorial for this here. This is the one I followed and it was very easy to do.
Close-up of the edges. I think binding the edges would be neat too but I was too lazy to make binding to match the blanket.
I have an idea for using this technique for something else.
I will show you when I get to it – it’s gonna be a rather big project! Ummm… yeah. Big project that keeps getting pushed back! I do have the squares of fabric cut now – I’ll get to it in my spare time – hahahahahaha!
So what do you think? Like it? Love it? Hate it? Are you a ‘raw-edge’ person or do you like things all neatly stitched, serged, and finished?? ( I am really into raw edges right now)
ADORABLE!!
Thank you Melanie!
I like the raw edges! Thanks for this idea!
Thanks Susan! I hope you make one – these are so much fun!
What a pretty blanket, and a thoughtful gift Jill. I’m sure the new parents loved it, and the bib. You are crazy talented. The raw edges wouldn’t bother me a bit, as long as they don’t fray. I do have a seam gauge, but I often forget to use it. I’m so glad you mentioned it, it definitely comes in handy! Now I’ll have to go dig it up. Hope you’re having a great weekend!
Debbie
Thanks Debbie – I really want to do more with this idea – I need to work faster so I have more time for creative stuff!
I am drawn to the raw edge and silly me, I never knew what a seam gauge was for. Had seen them in the mix of sewing things of my mom’s growing up but never thought about what it did. I didn’t even know that was a seam gauge. Ha! Well, that tells you about how much of seamstress I am. I am awed by your work. I am sure your recipient was as well!
Liz
AWWWW, thanks Liz! It’s just what I do 🙂 I love to do it – not everyone does and that is ok. Who would I sew for if everyone loved it!
Wow. That is impressive. I am sure people are always thrilled to get someone homemade from you.
Thanks Amy. I hope they are thrilled – some people would prefer something from a store over something homemade! But hey, I have a store now so it’s really from a store either way now right???!