A Cozy Little Blanket

During our recent trip into the mountains for some snow and skiing, and fireside relaxing (ahem), we had some friends holding down the fort back at home. They ever-so-kindly came each day to care for our hens, with their little one, Laila, at the helm. Ezra and Laila have become good buddies in their few short years, so I asked Ezra to make her something as a way to say 'thank you' for looking after his chickens. When I suggested this, I was thinking along the lines of painting a picture or something we could give to her that afternoon at music class. After he thought for a moment, 'a blanket!', he shouted. 

Alrighty, a blanket it is. We quickly went searching through the fabric stash, and while I chose to put some Mary Flanagan wonderful, cozy & soft wool as backing, I let him chose the top. 'Mom, Laila loves fairies. Where is your fairy fabric?', he asked. And, since I didn't happen to just have fairy fabric sitting around, we opted for her most favorite color in all the land - pink. And, really, you can't ever go wrong with a little Liberty Arts prints.  

Each piece was already cut as 1 yard, so we simply pinned them together. With my little man on my lap, we sewed up the edges, turned it right-side out, and top-stitched around. Within an hour we were done - from start to finish - just in time for music class. He carried this so proudly over to her, and alas, she was looking warm, cozy and just plain cute under this blanket.