How to turn an old blanket into a pretty throw?

I have this old and rather ugly, but warm and large blanket which I would like to turn into a throw. It is synthetic so I can't dye it. Trimming it with nice ribbon won't do as it has rather oldfashioned pattern on it so the trim wouldn't improve it much. I considered putting it into floral duvet cover and stitching it but the blanket itself is too thick to do this on my sewing machine. Any ideas how to beautify it?

How to turn an old blanket into a pretty throw?
I would put it into the duvet cover and then use a large yarn needle to make a couple of stitches to pin the blanket in place inside the duvet (just sew the duvet closed with the blanket inside it). Place maybe 4 stitches in each direction (4x4=16 ties total) and tie off the yarn all on one side of the duvet (on the top of the duvet - use a color to compliment the duvet colors) and leave about 1" of the yarn ends on. The yarn looks like a decorative "tied" quilt and the ties hold the blanket to the same orientation as the duvet without having to put in all on the machine together.

OR you can use some of the newer iron on fabric-to-fabric adhesives and cut decorative patterns from a nicer fabric in brighter colors and iron them onto parts ot the old blanket to spice it up a little.
Reply:My grand-mother kept her family going during the 2nd world war by utilising the cloth of old suits etc., and she often turned old blankets into throws.

She'd use a compatible colour cloth EG. a cotton sheet that had gone threadbare down the middle, cutting this into wide strips to make a border round the edges - then she'd add some small squares of a printed cloth and perhaps some embroidered flowers. A thin strip of satin / ribbon would also create a nice contrast.



You could also line the blanket with an old cotton sheet and add a thin layer of polyester wadding, using zig-zag quilting stitching . (A cotton lining will help to stop the throw slipping).

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