I'm making a blanket

Well with my job hunt I've had some time on my hands, which is nice since my Summer was actually SUPER busy. I've finally had a chance to be a little crafty. I've made some firecracker writing pens, some cards, digitally scrapped a few things and now, the big challenge.... I'm making a blanket. Now I have a REALLY old sewing machine packed away somewhere so I've decided to tackle this by hand. Yes that's right, I'm sewing this bad boy by hand.

In the past week, I've cut all the fabric and batting, stitched the batting to the fabric pieces, and have sewn 3 pieces together. Here's the progress so far...