Indigo Blanket Complete

I still can’t believe I made a blanket, but here it is.

Indigo blanket complete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

It’s about 53″ x 42″ and will serve as a nice lap quilt for my son. Although blankets don’t normally get names, I decided this one needed one.  So, I’m calling it Indigo Hug.  Appropriate, don’t you think?

Of course, I love the indigo, but my favorite aspect of making it was adding the hand stitching.  Here, I used rows of buttonhole stitch to accentuate the shibori design.

Indigo blanket complete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

And, I recently learned to use the same stitch in an undulating pattern that looks almost like netting.  It’s my favorite.

Indigo blanket complete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Plus, an abundance of French knots!

Indigo blanket complete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Although this quilt is designed to be functional, I think it would also look really nice on a wall.  In that case, Andrew said he’d like it to be oriented horizontally.  Like this.

Indigo blanket complete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

So, I’ll add a sleeve at the top and he’ll be all set.  PLUS a label with some really specific washing instructions!

Ellen Lindner

 

 

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10 Responses to Indigo Blanket Complete

  1. Cindy June 14, 2018 at 8:19 am #

    I’m with Andrew on orientation but wherever this piece goes he will be the envy of his peers. Beautiful! And great use of all those fun-to-make Shibori pieces.

    • Ellen Lindner June 15, 2018 at 12:39 am #

      Thanks, Cindy.

      The shibori pieces steered the entire design process. I felt like I had to feature their patterns, so a gridded collection fit the bill.

  2. gail June 14, 2018 at 8:28 am #

    Love your creativity!

    • Ellen Lindner June 23, 2018 at 12:44 am #

      Thanks, Gail! It was a fun project.

  3. JA Hill June 14, 2018 at 11:02 am #

    Why did you use the word blanket? How is this particular piece not a quilt.
    Love the orange

    • Ellen Lindner June 15, 2018 at 12:37 am #

      Hi JA. Good question. I’m calling it a blanket because of its intended use and because I bound the edges. As opposed to something intended to hang on a wall. It IS a quilt. One intended more for function than art.

  4. Carolyn Stewart June 14, 2018 at 11:31 am #

    Ellen, maybe you’ve been around art quilts too long (which I love too and love all of yours)! Blanket? No. Quilters hate that word….We make quilts, a different baby altogether from a blanket. I think it’s because the word blanket, a one-layer thing, discounts the tremendous work and art that goes into constructing a quilt but unfortunately that is the perception that many people have…and I know that is not what you intended.

    • Ellen Lindner June 19, 2018 at 12:27 am #

      🙂 Yeah, maybe you’re right, Carolyn. It’s really both.

      Thanks for the compliments!

  5. Martha Ginn June 14, 2018 at 11:32 am #

    I love that webby looking hand stitching, especially the irregular places (like in the third picture). The addition of the other color (pink/orange?) adds so much interest.

    • Ellen Lindner June 15, 2018 at 12:35 am #

      Hi Martha and thanks. I love that webby looking stitch, too. I’m sure I’ll be using it again.

      Although I didn’t have any variegated thread on hand, I used three different colors to give that effect. One of them was rather coral colored. I liked it mixed with fuchsia and pink.

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