The Drag Around Quilt.
04-14-2011, 07:23 PM
#11
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I still have my "bumpy cover", a blanket that was washed so many times it was actually bumpy. My mother kept it in a cedar chest that I inherited. Those drag around quilts are so important. I love your poem, it captured my feelings for my bumpy little blanket. Thanks for sharing.
04-14-2011, 08:00 PM
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Your poem is just perfect!!! My youngest DD had a blanket that was gave to DH from his employer. DD loved the silky little tag on it and would rub it between her thumb and fingers at night before she went to sleep. She called her blanket "Tag" and slept with it for years. It is now tucked way in her cedar chest that belonged to my Mom.
04-14-2011, 08:25 PM
#16
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Originally Posted by kellen46
I was working on a simple baby quilt made from charm squares when this came to me. I wrote it down right away. I am thinking of making a little book to go with the quilt.
The Drag around Quilt
When I was new and far too small
To do much of anything at all
My mother covered me
With a quilt of yellow, blue and red
It warmed me in my little bed
When I was one,
I took my quilt upon a trip
To Nana’s house down by the sea
She said she made the quilt for me.
It had a zoo of yellow, red and blue
With frogs, and fishies and polka dots
I really liked it lots and lots.
When I was two
And had to take a nap
I would climb up on daddy’s lap
My quilt I would drag there
Just to cover us in the chair
And when as last he fell asleep
I would tuck it in around his feet.
When I was three,
And Momma said
You are too old to suck your thumb,
Or if I felt mad or cried, I would
Make a tent in which to hide
There on my bed, my quilt and me
But only just when I was three.
When I was four
Daddy said, this quilt is worn
We need a new one for your bed
But I kept my old quilt instead
And I would hold it very tight
To keep away the monsters in the night.
Now I am five,
And I am all grown up
I go to school each day
To meet my friends and play
I am too big for quilts you see
So I gave it to my Teddy bear
Just to keep him warm
but if the night is dark
Or I forget how to smile
I ask him if I can have it back
Just for a little while
The Drag around Quilt
When I was new and far too small
To do much of anything at all
My mother covered me
With a quilt of yellow, blue and red
It warmed me in my little bed
When I was one,
I took my quilt upon a trip
To Nana’s house down by the sea
She said she made the quilt for me.
It had a zoo of yellow, red and blue
With frogs, and fishies and polka dots
I really liked it lots and lots.
When I was two
And had to take a nap
I would climb up on daddy’s lap
My quilt I would drag there
Just to cover us in the chair
And when as last he fell asleep
I would tuck it in around his feet.
When I was three,
And Momma said
You are too old to suck your thumb,
Or if I felt mad or cried, I would
Make a tent in which to hide
There on my bed, my quilt and me
But only just when I was three.
When I was four
Daddy said, this quilt is worn
We need a new one for your bed
But I kept my old quilt instead
And I would hold it very tight
To keep away the monsters in the night.
Now I am five,
And I am all grown up
I go to school each day
To meet my friends and play
I am too big for quilts you see
So I gave it to my Teddy bear
Just to keep him warm
but if the night is dark
Or I forget how to smile
I ask him if I can have it back
Just for a little while
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