This is the rip in said baby blanket that happened when I was trying to fold up the stroller at the end of the jetway with two kids & bags & a line of annoyed people behind me. Hmph.
I was really bummed about this because I love this blanket & it was finally getting nice & soft. I had no idea how to mend silk so I was thinking I might have to find her a new blankie.Sadness.
But then during the two hour flight I had this bright idea…
A little “boo boo patch” that documents how the injury occurred,I figured if it’s going to stand out then it might as well be something fun to look at, right?
I also made another one with her name…just for fun…
The airplane patch is made out of a light-weight jersey knit which was not my brightest idea. I chose form over function & my stitches suffered because of it. The heart is cotton flannel which worked MUCH better.
A few tips for your patches…
1.) Work with an embroidery hoop, it makes life SO much easier. Also I drew my designs with fabric markers 1st, I don’t mind that the ink shows up between my stitches but if you do you could use a water soluble pen.
2.) I didn’t want to stitch my patches onto the blanket because I didn’t think it would “lay” nicely with the two layers stitched together. So to attach the patches I used non-sewable interfacing. I have the say the edges where the blanket stitching was didn’t adhere too well so I went back & used some iron-on hem tape cut to size. It did the trick. Also I ironed on the interfacing before doing my embroidery, it gave the fabric a bit more stability.
I hope you like, homemade patches are pretty fun. I wonder what else I could stick them on?
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We had a blanket injury recently too (care of big brother and scissors), though my basic fix doesn't look nearly as nice as your adorable patches! I think they add a cute personality to the blanket 🙂
That came out perfect! You would never know it had a boo-boo!! Great job:)
What a great idea! I love that blanket!!!
Ooh, imagine all the patches to come.. what a nice keepsake!
it's a way to personalize the blankie, like there never was a booboo 🙂 very cute!
Oh how cute! I think you should make Sam a sweatshirt with some patches. A princess little jacket with patches.
What a genius idea! Great job! Love the pictures of your girls too. 🙂
Super cute!! Great idea!
Great idea!! You made the blanket even cuter now. Look at you oldest looking at it, lol. cute. and her tutu is cute too!
J.
I love this idea, what a great keepsake for when shes older.
That is a great idea. I really like the idea of dating it and documenting how it happened.
That's a fantastic idea!
Love it! Also love the blanket. Did you make it? It looks so comfy. I'd like to make one in shades of blue for the littlest monster boy.
Great idea! And you would never know it was to patch up a blanket boo-boo. Love it!!
Hi! Where did you buy that silk (that is if you made the blanket yourself)? It's such a cute blanket and I've been looking for silk for my baby girl's blanket.
I love that picture of Sophie all smiley, soooo cute!
Ugh, just listening to your describe the blanket-ripping-incident I can feel the stress caused by dealing with kiddos solo while Disapproving Public keeps a watchful eye… bleh.
Natasha youre amazing!!! wow that is a great idea. I hold on to things even after they rip just because of the memories, but I feel like a packrat because i have old blankies, tops or things im keeping but not using! This is great. thanks for sharing 🙂