Monday 2 December 2013

Chenille Baby Blanket!

At last I can show you one of the secret projects I've been working on recently.

A very special lady was having a virtual baby shower on Saturday!  What a cool idea!  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to 'tune in' at the time of the great reveal.  A group of us had sent some baby pressies to Sarah, and she opened them at her 'shower' on Saturday.

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I first had a go at chenilling at 'Quilting College' and thoroughly enjoyed it!  I've been waiting for the right project to have another crack at it, and this was the one!

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There are 5 layers of fabrics here, one of which is Irish Linen, which frays beautifully. The more 'fray factor' you can get from your fabrics, the better with this technique.  And the more you wash and tumble dry the fabrics, the more they will fray.

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The snuggle factor you get with chenilling is so lovely and tactile, and this wee gender neutral blankie finishes at around 30" x 42".

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I hope Sarah & baby enjoy this blanket as much as I did making it.

And if you are local to me and fancy having a go at this yourself, I'll be teaching a Saturday workshop on chenilling next year.  Simple technique with fabulous results? No brainer!!

Jxo

14 comments:

  1. That's so cool! And the binding is awesome, clearly :)

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  2. It's beautiful Jude and a perfect present for Sarah and her baby - and totally cool! I want to try chenilling!

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  3. This is gorgeous. Shame I'm not closer I'd love to come and make these with you. But why is it in projects you want fabric to fray it refuses to and other times when you don't want something to fray too much it does!

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  4. I wish I lived near you so I could come to class, this looks so snugly! Sarah loved it :)

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  5. I think this got the most gasps of interest in the opening event on Saturday, Judith. Everyone wanted to be able to reach out and touch it - and, of course, couldn't. Brilliant present for Bean.

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  6. Really lovely, Judith! I'm sure it's going to be much loved!

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  7. I can vouch for how tactile this little beauty is as I had a wee stroke before you parcelled it up for Sarah.

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  8. I've never seen this technique before and it looks wonderfully snugly

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  9. I didn't guess from the sneaky peak that you were making such a nice blanket for bean. Di x

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  10. Yup, we all wanted to touch and play lol She loved it too :o)

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  11. It's fab, I love the look of these, well done! :o)

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  12. Thank you so much lovely! Its awffy clever, soooo soft and really cosy - I love it to bits :-) xxx

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  13. I would sure love to see this one in person, and to learn the technique. It looks like a perfect baby present to me.

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  14. This Looks so wonderful. I am not sure, if I got it right, how to make it, but I love it!

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