I know I have been a bit remiss in my postings, but I have been busy working on a chenille quilt for a friend. Which brings me to this post. I made 3 chenille quilts in my early years of quilting. I made one for my Dad, one for my Mom, and one for my Brother. I still need to take pictures of the ones I made mom and dad, but I have pictures of the one I made my brother.
Now as you can see it has 2 color schemes. One is lighter than the other. The blanket has 4 layers of fabric sewn together with 3/4" lines. After sewing the lines I cut between the sewn parts through all but 1 layer of fabric. Typically this is done on one side and the bottom layer is left uncut. In this case, I cut between every other line. On the other side I cut between the lines that were not cut, thus giving the 2 tone effect.
I then cut the blanket to make the edges even. I also cut the corners so they were rounded. Then I cut the binding into 2" strips and sewed them together giving me a nice long piece to sew all around the edge. This blanket was the third one I made.
I really enjoy making these blankets. They are pretty easy but time consuming. I will take pictures of the other 2 and the one I am working on as I get the time to take them.
Sew well and sew lots.
