What if fabric was never cut any smaller than it had to be? I was considering frugality today, of both cloth and time.
Last night I started gathering the larger pieces of fabric in my stash. I stitched the pieces together, trimming a bit as I went to make things fit.
The front is amazingly enough mostly shades of blue. The velvet to the left is some that I dyed with cabbage.
The back is an assortment of flannel. With one tiny hole already pre-chewed by Lola.
After I had two large pieces, I stitched the sides together, right side to right side, pulled the fronts to the outside and edge stitched all around.
It was a fast blanket, about 5 hours of work. It is large, about 90 by 135 inches. It is something that will keep me warm now, but can be added to and embellished as ideas come, as mending is needed, as there is time.
One special friend has already found his home on this blanket.