We also have lots of individual projects going on during the holidays. This year I went 100% natural and 100% recycled using felted wool sweaters. After I saw this tutorial for a felted wool sweater blanket, I started collecting wool sweaters. I've fallen in love with Goodwill Outlets, where everything is sold by the pound! Once I had enough cream and gray sweaters, I made this:
Fine print:
- I straight-stitched all of the seams, then went over them with a wide zig-zag stitch. Some sweaters felted better than others, and I didn't want anything to unravel.
- I made sure that all the outside edges and corners had finished edges. Because of that, I didn't put a backing fabric on or do anything else to finish the edges.
- My blanket was made of 9" squares (except for two double-sized pieces): 6 blocks wide and 8 blocks high.
SO cool!! I can't wait to try this out myself! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful! I have a ton of old wool sweaters (originally intended for diaper wraps) that I've partially dug into. I had considered making a blanket, and this solidifies the idea. Now I must! Thanks for the lovely post!
ReplyDeleteI love this, but I'm so not crafty and it isn't something I'm about to take on. I wanted to "pin it" for pinterest so I could go back to it some day, but the site keeps telling me it can't find a picture in your post. Do you know why pinterest does recognize your blog?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why you're not able to pin it. It really was a simple project (simple in that it's easy to sew straight lines). But it is more time consuming because of the size. Once I had all the pieces cut out and arranged (and then labeled in order so I wouldn't get them mixed up), the sewing probably took 2-3 hours total.
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome idea, and boy i wish we had a thrift store that sold by the pound, that would be great
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