Special Boy Scout Fleece Blanket.

This blanket is the first of eight Boy Scout blankets I made.  The material is suppose to be a limited edition very special design of the Boy Scouts of America logo in blue over gold.  It is a striking blanket.  The reverse is done with a thick piece of navy blue anti pill fleece.  This is an excellent gift for that special boy scout in your family.  There are two photos.  One shows the blanket folded in quarters.  The second photo shows a detail of the logo over the gold background.

Six of the blankets measure approximately 48" wide by 72" long.  The perfect size for covering a twin bed and two measure approximately 48" square, a nice size for a chair or couch.

Quarter View

Detail of the design.

Three New Blankets....

Here are three new blankets....  well two completely new and one sort of new. 
This first one is special order Yankees Blanket.....  It is not the material desired but it was available and it looks pretty good....

The next two are for the Wakefield Holiday Arts and Craft Festival for on Dec 5 and 6.  This first one is a small panel (36" x 48") depicting Santa working on toys in his shop.  There are three of these and they all have white reverse.

The last one is material I used before for the front side of a blanket.  This is a nice red background with white snowflakes and a red-nosed reindeer all over the front.  The back side is reindeer hide.  Just kidding... it is a thick brown fleece that looks like reindeer hide.  My wifes sick humor picked out this combination.  I like it too.....

Orchard View Bazaar

The bazaar at Orchard View Elementary School today in Winchester was very nice.  This was their first time doing this and they did a very nice job.  All are to be commended for making it a nice day and making all the vendors feel welcome.

Here is a photo of the booth for Grandma Jim.

Burke Fall Festival

Well the Burke Fall Festival has come and gone for this year. This was the first of several festivals I plan on taking part in this fall. It was a lot of fun and we had great weather, though Sunday got a little warm. I met some very nice people and had a successful show, and got some real nice comments on my blankets. But I think the most fun was seeing the reaction of people as they looked at the signage and saw grandma with beard stubble.... And there were countless comments about "Grandma Jim". Here is a photo of "Grandma Jim" in the booth.

I have also signed up for another show, this one will be at Lake Braddock High School for October 17th. This is a holiday show....

Nursery Rhyme Children's Blanket and the Front Royal WIne Festival and Craft Show

In preparation for the upcoming Front Royal Wine Festival and Craft show I have added a children's nursery rhyme blanket to my inventory. This blanket is a very soft light blue with characters from a couple nursery rhymes depicted on the fabric. Each of the blankets is approximately 48 inches wide by about 56 inches long. Two photos are shown below: A quarter fold view and a closeup detail.

I have started getting ready for my first big craft show. I will have a booth at the Front Royal Wine Festival and Craft Show on May 16th. This is a new experience for me and I am trying to get things ready well ahead of time. This weekend I start pricing all of the blankets in my stock and creating an accurate inventory. To my surprise I have over 50 completed blankets. 56 to be exact. Below is a photo of half of the blankets stacked on the coffee table that is on the couch in the basement. Do not ask. Just go with the fact it was not on the floor!

Thank goodness, I got them all packed away before my wife saw them! But she did see the photo and just sort of shook her head and laughed.

Please stop by Front Royal and see me on May 16th. And buy a blanket. Please!

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Two New Designs Totals Six For Breast Cancer Survivor Blankets

I have been working on some new blankets the last couple of weeks. Two of the new blankets are Breast Cancer Survivor blankets. Each of these takes new meaning for my family, as my wife's sister was recently diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. She under went a lumpectomy this week and got great results. My family now has three survivors. My Aunt Marjorie, my sister Julie and my sister-in-law Kathy. Here are the two new blankets for Breast Cancer Survivors.



This brings the different designs for Breast Cancer Survivor Blankets that I make to six. My favorite so far is the embroidered Rose and Ribbon blanket on light pink. The material is difficult to get but it is worth it.

The other four are show below again.






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Busy Week......

Well, this has been one busy week for me. I finished a total of 9 blankets this week. Five during the week while in Winchester and I completed four today. I have three more I want to finish tomorrow if possible. And play a little golf in the afternoon if it is nice enough.

Will post photos of the new blankets tomorrow and tell you all about the really awesome stuff I got (or ordered) this week.



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