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

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.

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!

I have a "Pink Hut" Red with White stars blanket, it is 100% cotton and I LOVE it :D 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 :D), they do now offer a 100% cotton version as well.

Not sure if any of that was any help ;)

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

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

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....!

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

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.

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