Someone emailed me recently and asked me to explain how I made the felted sweater blanket I have posted on my projects page. I found some old pictures on my laptop and put this post together.
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hannah
/ January 15, 2012so glad to have found you, jennifer – this quilt is SMASHING!
Anne
/ January 15, 2012Thank you for the instructions, I’ve been wanting to make something like this for a while now. Yours is lovely.
Melissa
/ January 17, 2012This looks beyond warm and very pretty,
Jacki
/ January 18, 2012I love this! I already have a ton of felted sweaters scraps I could use to make this. Thanks for the fantastic idea! Plus, since you already felted the sweaters, you can machine wash this on cold! woot!
jan
/ January 20, 2012Don’t you need to attach the front to the back, so the batting doesn’t bunch up if you do wash it?
recovergirl
/ January 20, 2012I did hand stitch the front and the back together in spots so that it wouldn’t bunch together.
Susan
/ January 20, 2012It’s beautiful! I started cutting squares from felted wool sweaters for this very type of quilt, but then I began to wonder how much wear and tear it would have on my sewing machine. Did you notice any troubles with your machine during the process of sewing this quilt? Thank you for any insight.
recovergirl
/ January 20, 2012Hmmm? I didn’t notice any extra wear on my machine. I did need to clean the inside of it a couple of times because a lot of wool fibers collected inside, underneath the bobbin. But I made this a while ago and I’ve been using my machine and I haven’t noticed a difference. Cheers and good luck!
Cary
/ January 20, 2012Beautiful! What a wonderful (and warm) idea!!!!!!
Lynn Casasanta
/ January 20, 2012I love this. It is cozy and warm looking.
Cindy
/ January 21, 2012My grandmother made these types of quilts out of my grandfather and my dads wool long sleeve shirts. They kept us warm during the winter months.
Ana
/ January 22, 2012How beautiful, did you just sew them with a regular foot? I have trouble getting the thick layers under my walking foot. And if I may ask you one more question: did you need to fiddle with the tension?
Thank you for the post!
recovergirl
/ January 26, 2012I did use a regular foot. Your question makes me think I should have fiddled with the tension. Is that something you typically do when you sew something thick? I’m self taught so maybe I’m missing a step. I will say that it all looked fine when I sewed it. I made the quilt for an auction so I don’t have it now to refer to.
Lydia
/ January 24, 2012I love it!
Lise
/ January 26, 2012This is absolutely gorgeous! I’ve made longies for my daughter and her Halloween costume and a few other things from felted sweaters; now I have a goal for the scraps!
Lydia
/ January 26, 2012I cannot wait to start this! Going out this weekend to thrift for wool sweaters.
monalewisgabriel
/ January 28, 2012love your quilt. I have cut many squares of cashmere already..this inspires me to get mine done! good blog post..thanks
Mona
Sara J
/ January 28, 2012Fantastic and I can’t wait to give this ago!!! I have always wanted to work with old sweaters – felting, quilting just awesome
Sara J
/ January 28, 2012This looks like an awesome project – I have been wanting to felt and quilt old sweaters for some time – thanks for posting this!!!!!!!!!!
Nona Roberts
/ January 28, 2012Love your idea. I might just have to use up my stash of woollen clothing this way. Who doesn’t love a good blanket?? Visit me at http://smallthingsbynona.blogspot.com/
Thanks for sharing.
Danielle Guyear
/ February 4, 2012Hi……when you washed the sweaters initially, did you machine dry them or air dry them? Thanks
recovergirl
/ February 4, 2012I dried them in the dryer as I do all my regular loads of laundry.
Tara
/ February 5, 2012This is adorable. I have started cutting squares from cashmere sweaters that I have which now have holes in them in hopes of eventually having enough for a blanket one day. Did you sew the squares together by hand or with a sewing machine? Thanks for sharing, love love love it
aimee
/ February 5, 2012Hi! Love your quilt. Do you intend on laundering as you do with regular laundry or will it continue to felt/shrink over time if not cared for differently? Thanks!!
recovergirl
/ February 5, 2012I don’t own the quilt. I made it for an auction. I wouldn’t recommend washing it in a washing machine. I think it should be dry cleaned.
ginger
/ February 8, 2012Thanks for sharing this , great idea for sure <3
Heather S
/ February 16, 2012I have never felted wool before and was wondering if it has to be 100% or can it be a combination? I love this idea and would really like to try it.
recovergirl
/ February 16, 2012It doesn’t need to be 100% but it needs to be over 90% (I think) and you want to select sweaters that are tightly knit. Old gap and JCrew sweaters work really well.
Meg
/ February 17, 2012Terrific!So glad you posted this.
sistersmine
/ February 17, 2012I so enjoy what you have done with the sweaters! Clever lady and economical. Thanks so much for sharing. Have a great weekend!