In September I decided to attempt a bigger project and set about making a quilt/blanket for my daughter. The plan initially was to make it using mine and my husband's old work shirts, but I quickly realised this would not give enough squares so I mixed in fabric from other sewing projects, I needed 108 squares in total.
With 108 squares cut, the next challenge was to plan the design and then stack the squares so it could be sewn.
To create the front of the blanket I sewed the squares in rows of 9 and then sewed the 12 rows together.
Rather than use wadding and traditional quilting methods to compete the project (I couldn't face learning how to edge it properly!), I used fleece fabric. I sewed it with right sides together leaving a small gap to turn it the right way out and then hand finished the gap.
I was really pleased with the finished blanket, as was my daughter!
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| Ta-dah! |
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| Final approval! |
