Faux Chenille

I'm taking a faux chenille class at the LQS. If I had not seen the actual blanket, I would never have considered doing this. My mom had a chenille blanket on her bed when I was a little girl and I remember she'd kind of boast about it to her friends. Apparently, back in the day having a chenille bedspread was a status symbol of...something! She was quite proud of it. I never liked it!

But I did get to see the store sample and knew I had to learn this technique! It's surprisingly easy(always a requirement for me!)but it is very labor-intensive. Lots of lines to draw then sew.

Here are the flannel fabrics I chose. The polka dot one is for a couple of shapes I'm adding into the mix. One bear and two hearts. It was going to be three bears but, dang, those bears are a pain to cut out.

I'm at the cutting stage now. After trying several of the tools designed specifically for cutting chenille at the last class, I went straight to Walmart and picked up a set of Black & Decker electric scissors. Wonder of wonders, they were on sale for $15.00! That was a pleasant surprise! Stuff like that hardly ever happens, so when it does I like to mention it!

I plan on working on it tomorrow all day if need be!
Pics will follow! Unless it looks like crap then this never happened!