Anyway, after taking several steps that did not work at all as planned, I finished it. I was hoping for a beachy feel (hence the sand colored fabric around the border), but I feel like I ended up with a desert kind of feel. Still, good is done, and working with stripes and turning them into diagonals is definitely done!
So this blanket came about through an interesting process. I saw a very cool table runner in Beverlys', a wonderful crafts store that carries brand name quilting fabrics at good prices (a chain in California -- check it out if you get a chance). The table runner used this fabric but in another color way. The lines actually run straight, so the fabric was cut diagonally. That was much more difficult for me than I anticipated. The table runner was very long and narrow, and I wanted to make a blanket, so I opted to use the varied lengths to get the width. My son helped me draw diagonal lines and cut them, which is a whole other story (he said to me, it doesn't matter if it isn't perfectly straight. Hello? This is quilting! It totally matters if it isn't perfectly straight!). Anyway, after taking several steps that did not work at all as planned, I finished it. I was hoping for a beachy feel (hence the sand colored fabric around the border), but I feel like I ended up with a desert kind of feel. Still, good is done, and working with stripes and turning them into diagonals is definitely done! This is a quilt pattern I loved so much I went right out and bought it. Probably could have figured it out myself, but I felt like the designer deserved my money for such a great creation. Check out other quilts HERE. I had a little trouble with the mountains, getting the angles right, so I made two blankets at the same time. The better of the two went as a baby gift to one of my son's professors, and the second went to Project Linus. I had fun hand embroidering the sun rays, as well as white caps in the waves, clouds in the sky, and trees on the mountains. It was an enjoyable project, and my son assures me the blanket was very well received by the professorial parents. Win win.
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