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a lookalike patchwork plaid for my mom in law...

Posted by numis from Berlin, Berlin, Germany • Published 18th November 2008 • See numis's 12 projects »

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Step 1
First of all: the fabric.
I decided to take 4 plaids made of polar fleece as you can find them in your local decorations or living art shop. I took four of them, because the plaid should be big enough for one person. The colours were my mom´s faforite. At this time she re-decorated her living room in red, blue and a warm, creamy white shade. So her plaid had to fit in there...
Step 2
Then I made a plan... I thought, therefor it was the first time I did a project like this, having a plan to look at would be good and helpful.
The 4 original plaids were 140cm x 90 cm, so I decided to use sqares 15x15 cm to get the size I wanted to...
Step 3
3 plaids were ment to be cutted, the last one I wated to sew on the back of the ready plaid. From the red one I wanted to make the hem, so I left enough of it uncutted.

I made a model out of carton paper and copied it on the fabric. You allways have to be aware to leave some space between the sqares, because you´ll need it, when it coms to sewing ;)...
Step 4
After Step 3 I sorted the squares as I would sew them togehter later regarding to the plan I made earlier. So you have a huge tower of fluffy fleece sqares on your desk, something your cat cannot ignore ;)
Step 5
Next morning: sort again, after my cat had a wonderfull night sleeping on the squares.
I sewed the sqares together: first 2 (allways neighbors in the same line...
Step 6
... then I sewed them together as bigger sqares. First mistake: I think today I would sew them together line by line, not sqares of 4 togehter with other squares of 4. That looks much easier to my now.
Step 7
Anyway, i managed to get my first two lines by sewing these bigger sqares together and finally first results:
Step 8
It looked NOT like my plan, thanks to the cat ;)
There was one red sqare missing, but I didn´t change it.
Step 9
Sew the new "patchwork) plaid and the one left over plaid together (left top), leave a little space and turn the plaid outward, then sew the left over space.
Step 10
Sew the hem all around the plate, wash it at last and ready :)
Step 11
From the leftover sqares I sewed some matching pillwows.