I made 3 quilts recently — well, a few months ago, but just now getting around to taking pictures of them. I made one for each of my sister’s 3 kids. I really like the way they turned out!
They start with a down comforter, so the only thing you’re really sewing is squares onto the comforter. It would seem that it wouldn’t take that long to do, but it still took 3-5 hours per quilt by the time you cut the fabric, arranged the fabric, ironed the squares on, then sewed the squares on. (Which I guess isn’t long for making a quilt…) The hardest part is that I did Twin size and it was a little difficult to fit 1/2 of the comforter under the arm of my sewing machine. But it might be because I have a smaller sewing machine?
I used Little Bit Funky’s tutorial here.
Anyway, I’m pleased with how they turned out – they’ll be great blankets for movie watching and I think they’ll really last quite a while since the “basis” for the blanket is a down comforter. I intentionally picked fabrics that are fun while the kids are young, but hopefully, will also “grow” with them!
Here’s the purple one:
Here’s the pink and red ones:
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