beach blanket to go

When I first received my copy of Handmade Home I knew that this beach blanket would be on my to do list. I have quite a collection of vintage sheets, many of them are new and never been used. So when I starting getting them out to make this blanket I thought it would be easy to choose the sheets I was going to cut up to make the pattern as it appears in the book. Well it wasn't as easy as I thought, I was having real trouble working out which sheeting would work well together and would work with the thrifted candlewick bedspread that I had for the base. Then I came across the single sheet that I ended up using, the colours worked really well with the bedspread, but nothing else in my stash worked. So I decided not to use the pattern at all and worked with what I had instead, including recycling the fringe on two sides. I added rock pockets on each edge after seeing someone doing the same over on Flikr. It's a big hit with the kids and it got it's first outing on the weekend when we went to feed the ducks. I had to include a shot with feet as it is a project from Soulemama after all.