Window Blankets

My last electric bill was $189! (Sadly, I heat with electric, and we had a pretty cold December with several nights in the teens/twenties.) So, I went to Family Dollar the other evening and bought three twin-size blankets. (And they even appear to be made in the USA!) I cut them into thirds, and they just cover my windows. We just tacked them up with thumb tacks for right now. I'm eventually going to make quilt tops and backs for them, but I needed to get something up immediately to try to keep the furnace from running so much as we're in another cold snap. It's supposed to be down to around zero later this week. They seem to have helped some. Here's a good article on making window quilts, and it has pictures of the lovely quilts the author made.