Crafty: Saving Blankie from the Ravages of Time

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re: Crafty: Saving Blankie from the Ravages of Time

RachelZ — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:28:23 GMT

That's a great idea, Squawks, but what if, say, you buy a toy or a blankie and it doesn't become The Lovey for awhile and by the time it does, you can't find it anywhere anymore? Oh, noes!

re: Crafty: Saving Blankie from the Ravages of Time

squawks — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:03:39 GMT

OR, you can do what I do: order multiple, identical blankies and keep them in a rotation. They're still getting destroyed, but much more slowly. And I'll probably keep rotating new ones in, since my daughter's not yet old enough to realize there are 3 blankies. She thinks lovey gets an occasional, highly restorative "bath" to keep him looking like new once in a while.

re: Crafty: Saving Blankie from the Ravages of Time

RachelZ — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:47:11 GMT

I don't have blankie issues, but I have Lefty, my childhood teddy bear. And Xandr, who was Lefty's replacement when Lefty became too fragile to keep me protected from monsters while I slept.

Poor Lefty - he's missing his right arm and an eye, his legs are in grave danger of falling off, and his head fell off once and needed to be sewn on again. He is currently wrapped in the blanket I came home from the hospital in, living peacefully on a shelf in my closet.

At 13.5 months, Jillian hasn't shown any fierce attachment to any one thing just yet (unless you count the TV remote. Or my keys).

re: Crafty: Saving Blankie from the Ravages of Time

Lisa G. — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:20:01 GMT

When I was 17, we had a consultation with a master quilter about the possibility of restoring my precious Woogie for a future blankie-enthusiast. However, we were told that Woogie was past restoring and could only be treasured as is.

That's why my parents had Woogie II made when they found out I was expecting. They took the liberty of modifying a bit: the backing is a lovely green (instead of pink like the first, which was originally my brother's I might add) and the gingham check is smaller. Still, it is beautiful and I hope that my children will love Woogie II as much as I've loved my Woogie over the years.

So I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with such blankie issues, heh.