Anna's special blanket has been remade. Though I was not allowed to discard any of the shreds that remained, I was permitted to applique specially chosen squared on top of the old tatters.
Trying to get the batting to stick to empty space was a trick, but it all came together in the end. Most importantly, it was done before bedtime.
When Anna was 18 months old, she started to play with silky slips and bits of satin. She seemed to like the texture. I made her a nice little blanket out of purple satin and she named it Boo Botty. She got purple and blue confused and wasn't quite able to say blanket yet. She carried it with her everywhere until an unfortunate airplane ride when she was three where it got left behind. After two hours on hold with the lost luggage people, I gave up and made a Boo Botty 2.0 so that she could sleep at night. Too say Boo has been loved a lot would be an understatement. I offered to make Anna a new blanket with lots of soft, fluffy fabrics. Instead, she asked if I could fix this one up for her. Of course I can. Just a little bit of reconstruction and Boo will be good as new.
