We just had a great series of days with sun and temperatures in the 40s/50s, but the forecast for today is for steadily dropping temperatures - what better day to do a blanket repair? Actually, it's kind of a cozy project as I've got it spread over my lap while I stitch, slight aroma of equine wafting about the living room. I'm holding the top layer up with one hand while I sew with the other so I don't go through all of the layers and hit my jeans, which *has* happened before. :)
We just got back from a few days away visiting family for Thanksgiving, and I wasn't organized/prepared to convert from turnouts to blankets after our return yesterday. Consequently, Bestie is out today in her other blanket, but no turnout because I forgot to bring the bigger one to the barn and the one she was wearing is a wee bit snug over a blanket. So I'm sewing away as I fully expect the one she has on today is going to be a mess and I'll need to swap out. I absolutely love this one: a) the tartan plaid looks so cute on her, and b) we bought it used from friends and it still looks new - after 8-plus years. It's made by Saratoga Horseworks, whose blankets when new honestly are out of my budget, but they do seem to be constructed to last. Quality is long remembered after price is forgotten, as our dear friend Jim J. loves to say (but would NEVER EVER EVER apply to anything having to do with horses!).
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