Tolentreasures

You will need: 4  - 16 1/2" x 12 1/2" pieces of main fabric 4 - 12 1/2" x 4" pieces of coordinating fabric 4 - 20 1/2" x 16 1/2" pieces of interfacing and of backing fabric 50" of trim Regular sewing supplies. To begin: Choose your fabric and cut to size. If you happen to be using fabric samples as I was, cut of the paper backing. Cut the coordinating fabric. I waited to cut the backing and the interfacing.  I then laid the main fabric on top of the interfacing and backing and used my ruler and cut it 2 inches bigger the whole way around.  (As a note, I had stiffener that I bought at a local upholstery shop and it worked great for interfacing and saves $$$, however you could use any stiff interfacing) Your stack should look like this. Zig zag the edge of the coordinating fabric, sewing through all layers. Next, sew the trim on through all layers. Take the entire stack to the ironing board, put on some great music or your favorite TV program and...

Not BIG security issues, just little baby/toddler security issues.  My older daughter had a blanket, well actually two blankets, but I am not sure that she knew that.  You see, she carried one of those white thermal receiving blankets everywhere she went.  I kept one hidden so that we could always have a Clean Leave the House Blanket on hand.  My younger daughter was much easier, she had her thumb, always available and always with her.  A little harder to break than the blanket security.  It was somewhere in the first month of kindergarten when she was trying to hold her pencil and write with her thumb still in her mouth, right handed, right-thumbed, picture it?  Now for the grand kids:  Tyler had a Binky, a certain Binky that he had to have.  I had about six of them at my house, never wanting to be out of one and not be able to find one.  He hasn't used it in two years, I recently found one in my nightstand.  See how often I clean...