Button Flower Blanket

I finished up my wool blanket this morning. (I added some wool flowers and buttons so I could call it the button flower blanket from Handmade Home.)
Overall this was a fairly easy project-the most time consuming part was hacking up the blazers and pants. I ended up finding another blazer in my pile o' stuff in the basement-so this blanket is made of 6 wool blazers and 1 pair of wool pants. I ended up making this 'throw' size-ten six inch squares down and nine six inch squares across. Then I backed it with a sheet. (Cause wool makes me itchy!)

The directions for the button flower blanket in Handmade Home suggest that if you find a wool blanket in a thrift store and even though it may have a few small stains or holes-go ahead and get it and you can cover the imperfections with the button flowers-which is just wool cut in a circle with notches cut around and a button sewn in the center. I gleened the buttons from the blazers too!

***Hint-if your corners don't meet up quite perfectly-go ahead and tie your blanket on the them-that helps disguise the goofs. I had many goofs because I rushed it-I just don't have the patience I used to!

Also-I washed the wool clothes in cold wash/cold rinse and then partially dried them on medium heat in the dryer before they were hacked up. I did the same thing to the blanket before I added the flowers and it turned out fine. There is no 'dry clean only' in this house!