How my blankets fit on a twin sized bed..

I get asked a lot about how my blankets fit in a twin sized bed.. 
Please excuse the wonky pictures..  The only twin sized bed we have is Lane's upper bunk on his bunk bed (which explains all the rails around it).  I had to pretend to be a contortionist and creatively stand on things in his room to get these pictures.  (Hubby came in and helped me with one of them.  He has a height advantage.)

This is the smaller throw or cuddle sized blanket. 
You can see it doesn't quite reach the end of the bed, or the bottom of the pillow.  But still has a lot of coverage.

This is the size of the twin sized blanket.
You can see that it reaches from the foot of the bed, and ends midway under where the pillow would be (but doesn't quite reach to the head of the bed.)
It also does not hang off the sides.  Twin sized weighted blankets aren't supposed to drape off the sides of the bed, because the weight tends to pull them off on the floor.

So there it is..  How my 2 typical blanket sizes fit on a twin sized bed.  Of course, I make custom sizes too!  :D

The next set of 10 blankets..

These 10 blankets were made between the end of October and the middle of December..  :D

This blanket was my first local blanket and the first I didn't have to ship!  :D

It was a Toy Story Flannel, on a red dotted minky. 

I used this blue puppy print on the 2nd blanket I made - but this time I used it for a lap pad.  It was paired with a brown dotted minky. 

This was a twin sized white with pink and orange daisy flannel print, paired with a medium pink dotted minky.. 

I've used this John Deere print before, but this one was for the brother of the very first blanket owner I ever made!  :D 

I have to admit...  This next blanket SCARED me.  Minky is not only slippery, its stretchy and is a challenge to work with itself..  But to pair it with satin!?  I was frightened..  It was a custom size (larger than a lap pad, smaller than a blanket) and it turned out well!  :D

I've used this fabric before also.. But this time I made a lap pad out of it..   I've somehow "misplaced" the pictures I took of the actual lap pad.  I got a new laptop around the time I made this one..  But this is the fabrics I used.  Picture it in a lap pad for the time being please!  :D

Thankfully this order came in after the smaller satin/minky blanket, because this one would have probably taken 2 tries had I not had a little practice... But its a light green satin with a brown dotted minky.

This was my first animal print blanket!  A twin orange tiger striped cotton with a black dotted minky...

This was a blue kind of tonal tye died print with a soft blue dotted minky on the bottom side.. It was very cool!

And last but not least..  A brown flannel with a pink dotted minky lap pad...

I'm already 3 blankets into my next 10..  So it won't be long before I will have 10 more to show off.. 

3rd set of 10 Blankets..

So between September and October, I made another 10 blankets and wanted to share them!

I did another planetary blanket, but with a blue dotted minky which turned out just as cool as the green!!

Next was a really soft green boy print, on a striped mint minky..  I loved the softness of this one!

I've used this blue airplane print before..  Its one of my favorites.  This was an embroidered lap pad..

 

I did another embroidered Sponge Bob eyes blanket...

 

This one was an embroidered double minky blanket and lap pad set.  One side was a smooth brown with white polka dotted minky, and a pink damask minky on the other.  Super soft and very pretty!

The next one was also a double minky, a blue shaggy spa minky on one side and a gray dotted minky on the other.  This one was very thick and soooooo comfy!

 

This one was a custom order.  The family had already purchased the fabric and sent it to me.  It was a Thomas The Tank Engine Fleece on the top and a super soft double sided spa minky on the other...

Due to the fact that there aren't very many Star Wars fabrics out there, we had to get creative with this one..  The Star Wars print is actually a bed sheet, paired with a blue dotted minky..  Lane announced "My need one of deese!"  (He is a Star Wars addict.)

I made the Star Wars blanket along with this cotton Tinker Bell blanket.  I loved the colors on this one!

 

And for the sister of the double minky pink damask with brown and white polka dots -  a double minky purple damask with brown and white polka dots set!

 

It won't be long before I have the 4th set of 10 to share!

My 2nd - 10 blankets..

I posted the first 10 blankets for Anja's Creations a few weeks ago..  I now have made 10 more!  (Boy those came a lot faster than the first 10 did!)

(And I have 2 more I'm waiting for fabric to arrive for already!)

I've really enjoyed making all of these.  Each persons taste has been so unique, and each one of these blankets has been so different, its really been fun to sit back and see what kind of fabric I'm running for next!

Anyway,  I actually forgot to take a picture of the lappad for this one (until it was already boxed and I was in line at the Post Office!  :(   )   It was done with these 2 fabrics and came out looking really cool! 

 

This was ordered as a matching lap pad and blanket combo, and was my first blanket with minky on both the front of the blanket and the back.  It was a fun challange (minky is both slick AND stretchy)..  If you look closely you can see Ellie embroidered in the green side of the blanket, right next to where the brown is folded down.

A Navy Blue Flannel, with a Dotted Blue Minky...

This lappad/small blanket was my biggest challange yet!  This one was for a little guy who needed it to fit in his wheel chair after suffering a Traumatic Brain Injury (always have your kids wear bike helmets!!).  They needed the weights to be able to be removed,  so they could change the weight as needed.  It was not easy, but Matt and I do love a good challange!  (He did help me quite a bit with this one...)  I'm super happy with this one, becuase it LOOKS just like all of of my other blankets, but one end velcros closed, so they can slide the tubes of pellets in and out as needed.

My next all minky, was done in all pink...  It was so delicate looking...  :D

This planets blanket is one of my favorites  - just for how vibrant the fabric is!  It really was a VERY COOL blanket!!

I did another flames lap pad, but this time with a black minky backing.  Which also turned out very cool!

This brown and pink combo turned out very elegant!  :D

And last, but not least - a very cute pink whales print..  For a little girl who loves fish apparently!  (And a little pocket in the corner was requested to carry a little lovie fish apparently!  LOL  it was really cute too!) 

(Sorry about the lighting I took this picture at like 5am and it was still dark out!)

Thats all folks!!!!  :D

Firsts...

Man.  Its going to take me FOREVER to type these up..  WHY?  Because I want to come across as intellegent, knowledgable, and whitty..  Sometimes I am.  Most of the time, I'm not.
I may start out that way, and I'll get tired of hitting back space and trying to re-organize my thoughts, so I'll just give up and blurt out anything that I think 1/2 makes my point..
Forgive me in advance, I am not a creative writer.

I am however crafty. ;)

A friend, who's son has high functioning autism had a need.  Her sons occupational therapist recommended that he have a weighted blanket..  I being as insane as I am, see a project and have a "need" to know if I can do it or not.  I may never do anything with these projects, but I KNOW that I can accomplish them.  SO I made one. 

The back of the blankie is ultra soft minky fleece, the front is a super soft flannel, in a robot print.. It is approximately 51.5" long by 38.5" wide, and weighs 5lbs.
See?

While its not perfect, for my first attempt, I'm still proud.

I am planning on posting them on my etsy site on custom order soon..  So I may actually DO something with this project knowledge.