11.30.2011

Pendleton melton wool blanket & the mill store


I made this blanket from Pendleton melton wool.  I hand pressed and machine sewed felt trim to the fabric.  The color is called Columbia Blue.  I bought it and the trim from the Mill Store on SE McLoughlin.  The mill store is an amazing resource for felt trim, wool fabric, selvages, and craft materials and books.   I love Pendleton fabrics.  The quality is amazing.  They've been around for 140 years here in the Northwest.  I think this fabric was made at the Washougal mill 30 miles from Portland.   I'm selling custom order twin and lap blankets on my etsy store here:  hoodwool 

Here are the colors available for the custom blankets:


from top to bottom: lipstick red, melton red, berry, maroon, dark cardinal (the reds are hard to photograph accurately.  you can see what these look like without flash on the side in the picture below)





from top to bottom: heather gray, royal blue, columbia blue, sky blue, navy, dark green



black, camel, chocolate, (bottom color not for sale)


cherry, wine, red, orange, yellow, green, dk green, lt blue, blue, navy, purple, taupe, drab, lt brown, brown, grey, steel blue, black, white