Art recently showed me how he managed to put a hole in his favorite pair of shorts.
How did he do this anyway?
The hole is rather big, but when he wears it, his t-shirt will usually cover it. Still, it was possible that it could get bigger.
He decided that patching it with some sort of custom patch would work.
I've done this before. A friend of mine gave me a wonderful fleece jacket that she did not need. It belonged to her son when he went to Harvard.
Ummm... I did not go to Harvard and felt funny wearing a Harvard jacket so I ironed on a patch to cover the front logo.
I thought that panda bear was awfully cute.
We went to Walmart's sewing section to see their selection of patches, but nothing appealed to him until I found this.
It reminded us of our granddaughter, KC who would leave little messages for us on our whiteboard in the kitchen and my office before she left to return to Illinois with her parents. We could not bring ourselves to erase any of them.
Our granddaughter loved books about loving her family.
Robert Munsch's book was a favorite. I remember reading this to my first grade class and startling my students when they saw tears forming in my eyes.
When KC was little we'd have this game thinking up how far our love could go.
e.g.
"I'll love you to the moon and back.
I'll love you to the sun and back.
I'll love you to the universe and back."
I’m sure KC was surprised this summer when she saw her grandpa's patch.
POSTSCRIPT 1:
I was cleaning out the guest bedroom and saw this puzzle our daughter, son-in-law and KC sent Art for his birthday last year. He liked it so much that he framed it after he put it together.
Ahhhh....
That's why the patch appealed to us!
POSTSCRIPT 2:
And before our granddaughter left to return to Illinois earlier this summer, she'd updated her frame in my office with this sign.
That is a cute patch, and the story of the messages on the whiteboard was very sweet. But what made me smile was the panda bear over the Harvard logo just because you didn't go there?? Haha my gosh, at least you're honest Kay!
ReplyDeleteThe line from the song "I love you a bushel and a peck..." is a frequent flyer in this house. I used to sing it to my granddaughters when they were younger. There's now a door knob to the broom closet with the saying and a cup inscribed with it (a mothers' day gift from the granddaughters. Maybe there's a custom patch with that inscription?!
ReplyDeleteMy mom wrote a whiteboard message on my great uncle's whiteboard at the age of 7 or 8. It was still there when he died some 55+ years later.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to investigate iron on patches. Nobody in my house sews and so when things get holes, I throw them out. However my oldest now only buys jeans with holes in them already. What a world we live in!
I love how you guys repurpose used items it is good for the environment, everyone just likes to buy new new new.
ReplyDeleteHow nice! What a sweet granddaughter!
ReplyDeleteA sewing section with a selection of patches?! How nice and useful! Never been in such a section.
ReplyDeleteVery clever!
ReplyDeleteI remember the love you forever book
ReplyDeleteLove the patch and all the heartfelt messages!
ReplyDeleteThat is perfect! What a sweet granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteI think the panda bear patch was a great idea! ... and the others too!
ReplyDeleteAwwwwwh! That patch and your family stories are SO sweet!
ReplyDeleteYou do have a flatout wonderful family.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a good solution.
ReplyDeleteMy sewing skills are limited to tightening buttons.
ReplyDeleteThat is the coolest patch ever!! Wouldn't be surprised if Art doesn't tuck in his shirt to show it off.
ReplyDeleteSome patches can get very creative. And then there's the micro manager who took the "hell" off my Eagles cap!
ReplyDeleteAwwwww. This is all so cute. But the cutest part starts with the two of you. Going together to the patch section to find something just for Art's favorite casual shorts is soooo sweet. So you went to Panda University, eh? Scouting has a panda patch for worldwide conservation. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteThis entire post is so lovely there are tears in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteThe patch is nice, but the associations and memories it evokes are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThat is really lovely! It is wonderful how you look after one another. I read Bob Munsch to my kids and students.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that sweet patch and your story with me, one of your fans. :-)
ReplyDeletelie says how sweet. i'm going through old files now and finding cute stuff from young grandkids when they are teens or boys they get too busy.
ReplyDeletethat was Lin not Lie who made the comment...
ReplyDeleteOh my god, I made the mistake of picking up Love You Forever in a bookstore when my baby was about 6 months old. I was sobbing in the aisle! I'm sure all the post partum hormones had something to do with it, but to this day I can't read it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it is about that book, but it really does make you cry. I haven't read it in a while. I wonder if it would still affect me that way.
DeleteIn my late night exhaustion from working the 3-day weekend, I hope somebody doesn't think Art's going to "moon" them! If he gets a back pocket hole, you may need a different patch! Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteSo Art can moon us twice!
ReplyDeleteJamie here:
ReplyDeleteI love both the panda and the moon patches.