It really does make a wonderful blanket. I used 5 layers of good quality flannel (2 as the base right sides out with 3 layers to cut on top) but you can use regular fabric for the base as she does? Just make sure that the layers you are going to cut are flannel so they "chenille" when washed. The chenille cutter looks great but I used my spring loaded scissors to cut my layers. Be extra careful not to cut your base!
I also made sure to sew every other 45* row in opposite directions. If you sew them all in one direction you will end up with a parallelagram (sp) instead of a square or rectangle.[ATTACH=CONFIG]504128[/ATTACH]