Good morning and a happy half term to you all!
Oh how wonderful it is to be sat in my sewing room
knowing that for the whole day I can work at The Patchwork Heart!
Sorry for my absence the last 2 weeks
but once again school took over my life!
2 weeks ago I began the most exciting project . . .
a blanket in subtle rainbow shades
for a photographer to use as in childrens photographs!
She chose the most beautiful shades of Stylecraft Special DK
copper
gold
camel
meadow
teal
denim
violet
grape
and
pale rose
and I chose 5 interesting blocks from
Jan Eatons 200 Crochet Blocks
they work out at 15cm square and take approx 30 mins each to make
Oh what fun I had playing with these colours
arranging the blanket made me so happy
working out all the possible arrangements of colours and patterns
I'm sure you will agree
that the addition of 5 different blocks
adds much to the plain patchwork blanket
using mocha for the join
I began with simple dc using wrong sides together
this creates a strong join which makes a nice ridge
and I like its simplicity allowing the blocks to take the glory!
I first work all the rows in 1 direction
then change and join in the other direction
so now it is time for the border
a deep lace border in mocha
I will be back in a few days to share the completed blanket!
Happy hookin
Heather
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13 comments:
What a fabulous looking blanket, the colours look fantastic all together. I must keep an eye out for that book.
I love this blanket, yes delicious colours! :) x
Gorgeous blanket Heather, colours are wonderful, textures great! Fabulous job darling!!! Karen:O)xxx
I have said it before but I LOVE visiting your blog your such an inspiration... i picked up my jan Eaton book again its great!!
Lovely, lovely colours!!! Looks like a fun project! Hmm, I have that pattern book!!!
It's going to be a gorgeous blanket. I'm making a small one using the "Willow" square pattern. I think it's going to be lovely - thanks for the inspiration.
Wishing you a happy half term - the weather hasn't been kind today here on the South coast.
The different styles of blocks make it very interesting, I am sure it will be much admired as a photo prop in children's photographs. Great work Heather and I love all the colours too :-)
It really is a lovely blanket. Thank you for posting the time for completing a block - this will help me in planning new projects once I have crocheted one of the blocks and timed it! I am sure I will take longer than 30 mins but it's good to have a standard to aim towards!
OH MY WORD!! This is phenomenal! I love all the different colors and the different squares! It's SUCH a fun project! I have so many books that have a similar concept, fusing different squares together to make a giant picturesque quilt. I have never thought to TRY it, but seeing how gorgeous this came out, I feel so inspired! Great work!
Your blanket looks beautiful
I love the old pink squares.
Miss.
Beautiful blanket. Love the colour choices, x
I'm using this book at the minute to make a blanket. Can I ask a question? You join the squares first in one direction; when you are joining in the other direction what do you do when you come to the place where the join crosses over? How do you make it neat? Thanks
Beautiful blanket. I must admit I have had this book for ages but never actually used it much. Will now. What an inspiration. Thank you!
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