The arrival of another friend's baby girl prompted the making of this baby blanket. Instead of making the same baby blanket as I have before, I decided to go for a pattern that I could whip up quickly within a day and a half minus the time taken to complete my daily chores, netball game etc.
Lucky me, Spotlight is having a sale. I bought a selection of material for about $10 and used some from my stash.
This blanket was inspired by bijou lovely. I just love the simplicity and practicality of this design. I cut the pieces at random length spanning from 2 to 6 inches the width of the material - 45".
The binding is from a linen table cloth. It proved to be a bit too thick, so it was quite a challenge to get a neat binding, nonetheless, I soldiered on with a bit of sore fingers after!
This is also the first time I am using wavy quilting to quilt the blanket and I just love the freedom and randomness of this free-motion technique. Watch out for more similar projects!
As I have done before, the batting is an old flannel flat sheet and the backing is also flannel which I bought for $3, thus making the blanket slightly thinner.
In hindsight, I would probably cut some strips of the panel shorter so that more varied patterned and coloured panels can be added. In future projects, I would also probably use a darker coloured thread for the wavy stitches for contrast and to give the pattern more visibility.
I am however, quite pleased with this first effort! Sending out this blanket to a precious baby girl with much love!
