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Remember When. . . you had a blankie?

2/24/2021

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Allyson, a former colleague, contacted me before Christmas. She asked if I could make a Bearloom from her daughter's Blankie. Taylor got Blankie from her grandmother when she was born. For the last 25 years, Blankie has kept her company every night, and now it was at the point it might not survive another washing.
a thread bear blanket that is see through.
When I got its picture, it looked like lace and suggested that I make a pillow rather than a Bearloom. Allyson agreed, especially since Taylor's dog sees all stuffed toys as his!
blue ticking pillow with lace trim
I looked for lace pillows on Pinterest and found several ideas that I thought would work with Blankie. Allyson liked this pillow from SunnyApril on Etsy but wanted grey ticking and let the rest of the design to me.
thread bear blanket sewn to white fabric.  Grey ticking above an below with various trim options laying on top.
I carefully sewed Blankie to a piece of cotton fabric to form a "lace" focal point and worked through various trim options.
rectangular pillow with lace insert boarded with a grey lattice trim.
I choose the grey trim and cut the decorative edge off for the top border.
rectangular pillow with lace insert and grey lattice trim. Top has one large buttoned pocket with blankie sticking out and a small pocket with the story starter in it.
The back was similar, with a zipper hidden at the bottom and two buttoned pockets at the top - one for the rest of Blankie and the other for her Story Starter.
Blankie needed the ISI (Intensive Sewing Intervention) to save her, and I was humbled to be entrusted to do that work. It is wonderful to reimagine/recreate such a meaningful part of someone's life on the brink of disaster and give it new life. 

Christmas Day Message

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"There wasn’t a dry eye in the house - she LOVES it!" Allyson
Do you have a childhood keepsake in need of a new life? Contact me, and we can see if we can come up with a way to make that happen.
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