Colorful Crafting with Jen: Easy Jersey Baby Blanket

When we received the Jersey Stripe and Dot from Seven Islands along with the Flora Knit from Cosmo, I was head over heels for their softness and how cute they both are.  I really wanted to make something with one of them, but I was a bit intimidated because I have heard that jersey can be hard to work with. When we received the beautiful range of solid colored flannel from Robert Kaufman, Mari and I agreed that putting the flannel with the jersey would make a super soft, adorable blanket.  Earlier this fall I found out my friends Heather and Paul are having a boy in December (I made them a Basketweave Blanket in greens already, but I am so excited for them that I wanted to give them more than that as a gift!) so I recently re-read Molly's Swaddling Blanket Project Journal to get myself started.  I think I am now officially over my jersey-phobia! This project was super easy and only took about two hours from start to finish.  Heather and Paul loved the blanket and can't wait to carry Liam home from the hospital in it! 

If you'd like to get over your jersey-phobia too (and end up with a really cute gift), please visit my Easy Jersey Baby Blanket Project Journal for the pattern.  Thanks! --Jen

Comments

[abbie]

I just love the colors, and I and imagine how soft this one is!! great job, and I like the easy tutorial. I end up doing a little non-traditional quilting with streatchy fabrics. I have to "square-up" each piece as I go, but if you aren't looking for exactly perpendicular lines, it works out to be a wonderfully soft, lucious, quilted blanket. Great post!

[Leila]

At first I read this as EAST Jersey blanket...and was quite curious as to what constitutes so regional a blanket!

It's lovely...I am impressed you used lines because I have a sinking feeling about keeping jersey straight. I'll have to try sometime!

[Cristin]

I just HAPPEN to have a white Jersey flat bedsheet that I want to use as a back to a fun Valori Wells orange birdie flannel... to make a swaddle blanket for my OWN little one, due in March... THANKS so much for that tutorial - I too, was scared of jersey!
haha