Turning Quilts into Crochet Afghans

Lately I have been inspired to take a quilt pattern and make it as blanket with crochet. My inspiration comes from some of the quilts I have seen and pinned on Pinterest. Ah yes, Pinterest - a time waster but very inspiring.

The first one I made introduced me to two colour traditional Granny Squares. You can find a great tutorial video on how to make these at the Crochet Crowd http://thecrochetcrowd.com/two-toned-granny-square/ 

The last row of the border I also found on Pinterest which linked me to a blog called Bunny Mummy. 

This is Bunny Mummy's Double V Edging. I think it gives a finish to the edge without being distracting from the border itself or just abrutly finishing on the last row of three clusters.

The next quilt idea I crocheted is this one. However, I chose to do just six hearts. Which turned out to be a nice size for a single bed. 

This blanket also turned out to be excellent for using up little bits of left over yarn.

Yellow...

Green...

Pink...

Red...

Purple...

and Blue.

I am now searching for more ideas to turn the good old Granny Square into interesting patterns and blankets from quilting, cross stitch and Hamma Bead patterns.

Crochet Art

I had a couple of large blank walls in my bedroom that really needed some art. Something that I could look at whilst lying in bed on a lazy weekend morning. So, what if I was to crochet some mandalas and mount them onto canvases? That could work.

I had borrowed this gorgeous book from the library and found some ideal mandalas for my project in it. Perfect size and I could adapt my colour combos to them.

I made five mandalas and chose three to go on the wall together.

I painted the canvases then layed out the crochet, carefully centreing each one. They are attached to the canvases with matching sewing thread. 

Then onto the wall.

I'm so pleased with how they turned out that I'm going to attempt a much bigger one for the lounge. I've picked the colours and I'm looking forward to starting it.