Week 32--Blanket

Here in sunny Arizona, we have been enjoying the loveliest spring weather with chilly nights. Perfect for pulling a nice fuzzy blanket up to our ears.
Until today. With the turn of the calendar to June, it's officially Summer, with Inferno expected over the weekend. Did you know meteorologists have a different definition of summer from astronomers? While summer doesn't officially start until June 22 based on the movements of the sun, weathermen (or women) say it starts June 1.
We're believers.
But before we get all heated up, let's look at our blankets.

From Freebird, we have this beaded cutie:

And our official response is a positive relic:

Every child, no matter how old, should have a blankie to call their own.
Until next time....

A Blanket Statement

We love blankets! Don't you? A nice, warm fuzzy wrapped around on a cool night or curl up under a blanket on a cold, rainy day, tea and an equally steamy novel? Or is that an unfounded blanket statement, an over-generalization, perhaps even an exaggeration?
And does that even translate from English?

If you follow "Life in Pictures," you know that "woobies" are part of our culture here at home. Everyone deserves one:

No. 510

So a blanket can mean security:

Linus and his
Blanket

In more ways than one:

Blanket Insurance Policy
Covers more than one Property

A blanket can be purely decorative:

Pendleton Seminole

Or was valuable for trade:

Pendleton Glacier National Park
Five Stripe Blanket

These types of blankets had stripes to indicate their worth in trade for fur pelts, mostly beaver, in the nineteenth century.

Some are meant to be worn:

Army Poncho Liner
Affectionately Called a
Woobie

Or?

Mexican Serape Costume

And can be plugged in:

Chilly Willy
AHHHHH!

It inspired it's own stitch to keep it all together:

And is the source of inspiration for Dale Chihuly''s glass works:

Dale Chihuly's
Pendleton Blanket Collection
Chihuly Glass Museum and Gardens
Seattle, Washington

Which inspired him to make this?

Fiori di Como by
Dale Chihuly
Bellagio Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada

Wherever you find YOUR inspiration, show us your Blanket twinchies! Send photos to:

1xeritas@gmail.com by 2PM Tuesday, May 31, 2016. We'll post them later the same day. Include any notes and links to blogs or what-have-yous.