North Carolina Tar Heels

Last week a friend that had gotten a VA Tech blanket for one son asked me if I could do a North Carolina blanket for her other son. The answer was, of course. I really like the way this one turned out. The reverse matched perfectly, which is often hard to do with blues. Her son loved the blanket. The Tar Heel blanket or most any NCAA Division I school blanket can be special ordered by email at blanketsbygrandmajim@verizon.net

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!

Grandma Jim Out!

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.






Grandma Jim Out

More Blankets and A Shout Out to a Supplier

This past week has been really hectic. I made a few new blankets and completed extra copies of others I have show here before. I did complete three Redskins blankets, two Marine Corps blankets, two soccer blankets that have been detailed previously. But I also completed two cat blankets. These were requested by someone at the first craft show I attended...... these are pretty neat because the reverse side is the matching plaid that is the background the cats are on.

I also made two more Breast Cancer Awareness Blankets. Each one is with different material. I have also received two other types of Breast Cancer Awareness material I will be using to make several more blankets this coming weekend. But here are the news one that have been completed.

I also have two completed two very nice green and grey plaid blankets. These two are just like the one I made for our use back in December. My wife uses ours like this almost every day. They are soft and warm.

This week I have put together fourteen blankets to work on. There are six for Breast Cancer Awareness using two different materials. There are five baby blankets, each with the same nursery rhymes pattern on the material. And three very colorful hot air balloon blankets. Pictures of these will come when finished.

Oh, this week I had an issue with a shipment of material from PicoTextiles. They sent me a piece of material with a large hole in it. I contacted them via email and the responded quickly and precisely the way you want a supplier to respond. They sent me a replacement piece of fabric at no cost. Way to go Pico Textiles. Check them out and purchase with confidence they will get it right,

Grandma Jim out.

Breast Cancer Survivor Blankets

I finished a total of four of the Breast Cancer Survivor Blankets from my last post and they were gone in a couple of days. So I have ordered material to make five more and may end up repeating that order again. These blankets are very popular and are very nice.

The quality of the material is outstanding.

Grandma Jim out.

Busy Weekend with Results

This weekend was a very busy weekend. I setup 10 blankets to work on over the next week or so on Friday night and Saturday after I got in a round of golf. I started working on blankets Saturday afternoon and just sort of continued until after the NCAA semifinal games were done. And then again yesterday.

I finished a couple blankets that have already been shown on here and three new ones that I will show here. The first one is a print of wild horses. A couple people have asked about blankets featuring horses, So I made one. The two views that follow are a standard quarter view folded and a quarter view with the reverse revealed by turning up the corner. This blanket is a standard twin bed size (48" x 74").

Quarter View

Quarter view corner view

I recently saw some really nice Breast Cancer Awareness (Survivor) material with embroidered roses and ribbons on a pink background, so I ordered enough to make several blankets. I had just finished making two Breast Cancer Survivor blankets (for relatives) and wanted to make a few more. These all turned out very nice. Each blankets is done with a matching light pink reverse side. I completed four of these this weekend and have one left to complete. One is already spoken for by a friend where I work. These are a little smaller than my normal size blanket. Each of these is around 66" long by about 48" wide. A nice size for most ladies. Below are two photos of one of the four finished this weekend.

Quarter view corner view

Quarter view

Two weeks ago I found some cute material for toddlers with embroidered teddy bears on it. I have three of these. I have only completed one and will finish the other two this week. These blankets are more for the baby and or toddler. I am trying a new material for the reverse side on these. This material is called whisper fleece. It is a thick long napped material that is very soft. These may be the softest blankets I have made to date. When done, I will have a blanket with a baby blue reverse, a mint green reverse, and a white reverse. The two photos below show the quarter view and a closeup of on of the embroidered teddy bears.

Quarter View

Closeup of Embroidered Teddy Bear

Until the next time.

Grandma Jim out.

Breast Cancer Survivor Blankets

As I mentioned in my last post, I made a couple blankets that I mailed as gifts and would post pictures of them after they were received. Well, my aunt and sister got their blankets yesterday.

I made my Aunt Marjorie and Sister Julie these blankets. Both are survivors and I wanted them both to know how much we all love them and respect them. Here are a couple pictures of those blankets.



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