I am happy to report another “frog” bites the dust! I finished my “sheep” baby blanket that I posted about on the
March 23, 2013. I can’t believe it took me so long to finish! The years are rolling past! I started the blanket in 2012!
I was inspired by the little blue farm scene tin I bought on one of my trips to the UK, if I remember correctly, it was at Heathrow airport.
The finished size of the blanket is 36” x 52” (91cm x 132cm). I had a piece of green Melton big enough for the project. I roughly drew the 3 sheep and fence post on a piece of paper to scale, and then used this as a pattern template to cut out the items on brown, creamy and black felt. I used a combination of the following stitches – blanket-, back-, lazy daisy -, French knot -, fly -, stem and satin stitch to complete the embroidery part of the blanket.
When I had finished with all the hand embroidery, I pressed the blanket on the wrong side, laid it flat on a table for it to cool and then squared it off to size. For the backing I used a piece of cotton fabric that was 7½” (19cm) bigger than the finished blanket. I basically made a sleeve with mitered corners for the embodied blanket to slip into. I then slipped the embroided blanket into the sleeve, pinned it down and top stitched the backing down on to the embroided blanket using my sewing machine on a straight stitch setting. Pressed it again and presto! It was done!
Next week I hope to show you my progress on my friendship braid quilt!
Happy crafting.
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NikkiM
Buzy Day 
This is lovely!
Thank you.
This is just so beautiful! I absolutely love it!
Thanks for your lovely comment and for visiting my buzy day blog.
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Nikki
This is so detailed. It is beautiful. I love all the stitches you have used. It is going to be a lucky baby sleeping under here!
Thanks Amanda.
Fly stitch was new to me; so glad for your links. Cheers on a finish. The sheep are adorable. The stitchery adds a lot of interest and texture.
Thanks for your lovely comment.
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Nikki
Wow it iS so cute and pretty
Thanks for that!
This is so beautiful, I am really impressed and I wonder who will get such a precious blanket. Did you make it for a particular baby (since you have started it in 2012 already…)?
No I made it just for me! I think I was deprived as a kid! Hehe!
After all that work, you are probably the only one who deserves it anyway.
I always find it hard to let go when I make something for my children and they need much less time to get it really dirty than me making it 🙂
Hehe! Sound like me!
I want to be the baby that gets to sleep under this beauty:) Can only imagine what a wonderful dreams should come 🙂
Me too! Hehe
Beautiful. I keep meaning to include some hand stitching into my appliqué…. Must give it a go.
I’m not great at handwork! But kind off enjoy it in small amounts!
Well it certainly looks great 😉
Thanks! You too kind!
So cute and so simple. I shall have to make one!
Thanks Penny
I love it, I grew up in between hundrets of sheep, we had a farm, my grandfather was a shepherd – sheep farmer. Every easter ( in the 60th) he gave a small lamb to me and my sister, after a couple of weeks they were gone, he always said that the lambs ran into the forest, where they have a better life, I still believe it, but i wonder why our forest is not full of sheep today !!!
Love it! You made my day with this story! Hehe!
That’s a beautiful blankie. I love it. Well done NikkiM. I can’t wait to see your next frog!
Thanks Lucie.
Very clever; any baby sleeping under this quilt just has to count the sheep so sleep is guaranteed! Very, very pretty embroidery.
Thanks Kate.
How cute is this! Good job.
Thank you.
Love those sheep!
Thanks!
I love anything sheep-related, so naturally this picture drew me in! The sheep are adorable and your embroidery exquisite. I’m headed back to read your original post!!!
Thanks Ellen.
very nice
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Pretty!! Love all the details you put into it, like the quilting on the sheep. Beautiful job!
Thanks for your kind comment.
Beautiful!
Thanks AndRoo
You may feel like it took a long time, but it was definitely worth it. So lovely! 🙂
Thanks Deborah.
Absolutely adorable!
Thanks Becka.
I LOVE this!
Thanks Jo.
This is so charming–the black-face sheep make me smile every time!
He is too cute! Thanks for visiting my buzy day blog.
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Nikki
This is a stunning piece of work. I hope you’ve some local craft competitions you can enter it into.
That’s a great idea! I will enter it into the local show, early next year. Thanks!
I would like to nominate you for a new award created by my daughter, the Woman’s Skirt Award (long enough to cover everything, short enough to keep it interesting). You can find the information here: http://myriad234.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/the-womans-skirt-award/. I think your block fits the criteria nicely. I hope you can accept. 🙂
*blog, not block! haha I must have quilting on the brain! 🙂
Hehe!
Thanks for that Deborah! I will take a look.
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Nikki
Thanks! 🙂
This is so lovely! You are very talented and have a lot of patience too 🙂
-Harini
Thanks Harini, you too kind.
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Nikki
Beautiful. One year with insomnia I crocheted 27 afghans. And 1 afghan took me about 2 years to complete.
Wow! That impressive!
It’s beautiful and my daughter would love it!
Thanks Corina.
It’s such fun. I’m not surprised it took so long , lots of work in it. I’ve taken much longer over much smaller projects.
Thanks for that Debbie! You too kind!
Thanks for visiting my buzy day blog.
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Nikki
Very nice!
Thanks for your kind words and visiting blog!
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Nikki
You’re welcome. 🙂
Thanks for liking mine, too.:)
This is so cute!! Lovely job, and it’s the best feeling to finish something that’s been hanging around! Thanks for stopping by my page as well!
Thank you for visiting my buzy day.
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Nikki
Congrats on the 31-day blogging challenge win! 🙂
I’ve nominated you for Blog of the Year – 2013. You can find the information here: http://myriad234.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/blog-of-the-year-2013/. I think your blog is awesome! 🙂
Thanks for that Deborah! Very kind of you!
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Nikk
Oh, I LOVE this! Really creative, original, fresh! Thanks for sharing and inspiring me.
Thanks Debra.
This is beautiful. I am passing the link to this page to my mum. She’ll love it.
Thanks Sarah for your lovely comment.
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Nikki
I love the little black sheep that is looking at the two white ones. Everything is so detailed, especially the flowers on the wooden fence.
Thanks Barbara.
Stunning work ! 🙂
Thanks for your lovely comment and for visiting my buzy day blog.
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Nikki
My pleasure and Thankyou