Deel material is really beautiful. Deels are the traditional clothes of Mongolians. A deel (pronounced ‘del’) is a glorified dressing gown. The Black Markets, or Narutuul in Ulaanbaatar, has amazing deel material for cheap. 4000tugriks/metre = $2.70/metre. As I’m not capable of creating extraordinary works of art with material and no pattern, I decided to make a blanket for Trevor, Nikki&Brad’s (my sister and her boyfriend) unborn and very late baby.
 | The material cut in to squares (that resemble oblongs) on the floor in my room |
 | The squares sewn together, ready to start making the blanket |
 | The stuffing stuff (not sure what it’s called) being attached to the inside of the blanket |
 | Stuffing pinned on to the blanket |
 | Ready to sew the front, back and stuffing together |
 | Sewing the back, front and stuffing together |
 | Testing the blanket – making sure all the hems are done right (even though they’re pretty dodgey; my machine isn’t made to make fat blankets!) |
 | Almost finished blanket. I just have to blanket stitch the edges to make it look a bit nicer. It’ll probably take me two weeks to do that so for the purpose of posting a blog about my blanket before Trev’s born, here it is: my “finished” blanket. I haven’t decided if I’ll post it home or take it when I go in two months. I don’t trust the post here – some things never make it. I don’t really want this to be lost. I think it’s cool! |
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ok, see if this makes it to the comment, think i have done it but ages ago.xxox
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