Red cot blanket

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  1. Red cot blanket

    : December 14th, 2009 02:16 PM

    Red cot blanket

    Hi there



    I'm thinking about keeping the nursery fairly neutral - white walls (existing!), pine cupboards (existing!) and white furniture (to come!).

    I'd like to accent with red.

    With that in mind I've been searching for a cotton cellular cot blanket (also known as waffle weave or hospital blankets) in a nice solid red. However all I can find online is white or pastel shades - I don't do pastel!

    Has anybody come across some nice boldly coloured blankets that would fit the bill?

    Thanks in anticipation
     

  2. Red cot blanket

    : December 14th, 2009 02:20 PM

    A pure cotton cellular blanket would be really easy to dye red - just get a white (or unbleached one) and then you can do any colour you want.
     

  3. Red cot blanket

    : December 14th, 2009 02:37 PM

    I have a solid red one (as well as matching sheet set) and it's made by Duck Home. I have no idea if you can still buy them though. I think David Jones sell Duck Home.

    Good luck!
     

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    : December 14th, 2009 02:43 PM

    I have a "Pink Hut" Red with White stars blanket, it is 100% cotton and I LOVE it But it isn't the waffle weave youa re looking for, but it is a gorgeous blanket. We also have a Little House Blanket "Millie", is is light, 100% wool and devine (that one was a gift from a group of friends, we were sooo lucky to get one ), they do now offer a 100% cotton version as well.

    Not sure if any of that was any help
     

  5. Red cot blanket

    : December 14th, 2009 08:34 PM

    I have a bright red, green and blue ones and got them from Target.
     

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    : December 15th, 2009 12:17 AM

    ikea have bold colours. I got a cheap doona and accented that with a bright orange blanky, polar fleece but. Check online though, coz they had heaps of variety, and they mail out too i think
     

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    : December 15th, 2009 08:21 AM

    Thanks!

    Thank you ladies for your excellent tips of brands to search for and stores to visit. I'm sure I'll find something lovely now.

    Muppity that's a great idea - you can tell I'm not very handy as the idea of dying a white blanket never occurred to me! But hey now I'm soon to become a mum, I better get a bit more handy/creative....!
     

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    : December 15th, 2009 08:29 AM

    We have a gorgeous Bertini red blanket. Its a large knitted style blanket nice and heavy and great for use on floor at someones house or in pram also
     

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    : December 29th, 2009 04:39 PM

    I got given a red blanket from Ikea, it's solid bright red with an embroidered white love heart type thing (though not very big) it's called a "FABLER HJÄRTA" if you look at the website.
    Last edited by Nelle; December 29th, 2009 at 04:50 PM. : commercial links are against BB guidelines, but I'm sure the OP can search for IKEA if she wants to. =)
     

  10. Red cot blanket

    : January 13th, 2010 11:14 AM

    Hi ladies, thanks so much again for your tips. Just to update...

    The award goes to ... Beema! I have requested one of the gorgeous Little House striped blankets 'Jack' as my going away gift from work!! I am stoked! And I also LOVE the Pink Hut star blankets, I was going to get one of those too! But they seem to have gone out of business (prior stockists no longer have them available; got a bounceback to their email) so I just got a nice off-whiteish organic cotton thermal blanket with an unusual weave from Target, 30% off ($20).

    FYI Duck Home doesn't have any bright blankies at the moment. Nor does Target. IKEA could have been a great option but I just couldn't face the Rhodes store madness over the christmas break!!!

    Thanks again all
    xo