Although I have made a number of these patchwork blankets in the past, I don’t really consider them to be quilts (hence my churn dash quilt being my “first”).  They’re really blankets, with pieced patchwork tops.  No actual quilting involved!  This one is for baby Lucy.

There is a layer of polyester batting in the middle (good quality polyester batting, suitable for blankets that are likely to get a fair bit of machine washing) and it is backed in flannelette.  The vintage chenille was all bought a little while ago from a marvellous eBay seller who alas no longer sells chenille ( Jodie!) and the prints are from my stash.

Babies seem to like the mix of texture and colour.  This is about cot size: suitable as a lap quilt as baby grows.  I cut a second set of squares at the same time to make another one for Stella.