7611: New Life for Bankie

In unpacking the trunk, I brought home my baby blanket, known as Bankie. As you can tell, Bankie was much used in my younger years.

But what to do with it?

After sitting around on my folding desk for a few weeks, the solution presented itself. The embroidery piece I’ve been working on for years was finally done enough to be made into its final form.

The plan, when I worked for MFA, was to have a place to set my water and tea when I went into the office. We had a hot desk situation, and I thought it would be nice to have something to catch the drips. I don’t work at MFA anymore, so I’m not sure if this will get used as it was originally intended.

But no matter, it needed filler. And Bankie became the filler.

I went with three layers, and that might have been one too many, but they tend to compact after a time. I saved the rest for use as filler for my next round of coasters.

I’ll post a picture when I’ve sewn up the gap I left for turning.