babyblanket.pdf

Baby Blanket

By Marian Chivers

Materials Required:

White Linda evenweave 28 count: 5.5cm x 6cm,

4cm x 4.5cm and 2.5cm x 2.5cm.

12cm Length of thin White thread or string.

Short length of fine Silver thread.

Sharp craft knife and cutting mat.

Cocktail stick, pencil and ruler.

Garden background sheet: CS001.

Thin tracing paper 142mm x 196mm: TR001.

Basket button (or make your own from clay).

Stranded cottons in: Orange, Purple and White.

Pastel: Pink, Yellow, Green, and Blue.

1 Metre of 3mm wide Pale Yellow ribbon.

Double sided tape and a sticky fixer.

UHU all purpose glue: ADH01.

Card mount: AP48G-CO-HO-61, White and

Holographic Silver.

To Make The Card:

Fold the card and draw round the inside edge

of the aperture onto the panel beneath, unfold

the card again. You need to cut an aperture in the

marked panel to match the one on the front, but

making it just 1mm larger all round than the

front one so the edges do not show when the

card is folded. Using a ruler to keep the lines

straight mark another box 1mm further out, or

just cut 1mm out from the drawn lines.

Place strips of double sided tape around the

cut aperture and the outer edges of the panel.

Peel off the backing pieces from the tape, cut a

12cm length of white thread and place it across

the hand cut aperture approx. 2cm from the

top edge with the ends over the sticky tape. It

should be pulled fairly straight, but not too tight.

Fold the flap over the centre panel and press

firmly to stick. The washing line will now be

hanging in the aperture space.

Select an area of garden paper to fit behind

the aperture and cut it to 142mm x 196mm. Run

a line of double sided tape along the front left

hand edge of the garden paper and stick the

tracing paper in front of it. Run a line of tape

along the same edge of the garden paper but on

the back. Peel off the backing from the tape,

align the insert on the back panel of the card

and press into place.

Stitch the blanket onto the 5.5cm x 6cm piece

of fabric following the chart for colours and

working the stitches over two threads as shown.

Note: the stitching should be worked centrally

from side to side but with a 5mm larger gap at

the top than the bottom. This is to allow the top

of the fabric to be folded over the washing line

and still leave all the pattern showing. The 28

count fabric looks more delicate but you can use

14 count, working over one thread if you prefer.

When the stitching is complete, pull away the

threads going from top to bottom on the sides

and from side to side along the top and bottom

edges to make a fringe as shown below.

Cut the handle and shank from the button

and use a sticky fixer to attach it to the card at

the lower right corner of the aperture. Stick the

small piece of fabric to the basket at the end

without a fringe using double sided tape. Fold

the fringed end at the side and use a little double

sided tape to attach the back edge to the front

of the card.

Fold the left hand edge of the duck towel

under by about 6mm and press, or hold in place

with a little tape (this will be the point of the

blanket on the card). Using the photo to guide

you, fold the top end to fit onto and to the back

of the basket so the two pieces together look

tucked into the basket. Use double sided tape to

hold it in place, a stitch or two at the back, or

some sticky tape across the back might be useful

as well.

Take hold of the two threads that fall between

the stitched squares and pull to remove them

completely as shown above. Pull the two threads

between each of the remaining squares, working

from side to side and top to bottom.

The towel is made in two pieces otherwise it

is too bulky to fit neatly onto the basket button.

Fringe three adjacent edges on the 2.5cm square

of fabric by pulling four threads along each

edge and put it aside for later.

It is a bit fiddly, but well worth the effort to

make the tiny pegs. Cut four 12mm pieces from

the cocktail stick, avoiding the pointed ends and

make two pegs as follows. Pick up two of the

sticks, have the silver thread handy as the glue

dries fairly quickly. Apply a small amount of

glue to the top half of each stick as you are hold-

ing them, wind a short piece of silver thread in

a figure of eight around the middle of the sticks

and gently hold the bottom slightly apart while

the glue dries. Trim off any excess thread.

Fold the top of the blanket over at the start

of the pattern and crease firmly with your fin-

gers or by pressing. Hang the blanket on the

washing line and adding another dab of glue

to the inside of the pegs place them over the

top of the blanket.

Wind the pale yellow ribbon round the card

close to the fold and tie in a bow, trim any excess

length if necessary.

Stitch the wave pattern and ducks on the last

piece of fabric following the chart. The bottom

edge of the wave pattern should be placed just

5 or 6 threads up from the bottom of the fabric.

Fringe the lower edge by pulling away four of

the threads beneath the embroidery.

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