1. Back surgery to add additional stuffing as his neck could longer hold his head up
2. A nose job due to it disappearing when all the pink thread wore loose
3. The most recent surgery, which you will read about now
Little Beany came to me and asked if I would sew Snuggly's mouth back on. It consisted of 2 thick pink threads. This of course was part of the nose I had fixed a couple months ago which was wearing thin as she rubs it constantly. I promised her I would even if I had to while she was sleeping that night.
While she was asleep that night, I started on Snuggly's mouth. I got out some thread and it didn't look right. In fact, it wasn't the right thickness. Oh great. Am I going to have to go to Walmart at midnight to look for thread? I hate Walmart. Well, another thought occurred to me. I have my Nana's old sewing basket in the closet.
It brought back memories of her teaching me how to sew. Making clothes for my toy dolls, clothes for me and my siblings to wear - matching of course, and her own detailed needlepoint and wardrobe. She did not buy off the rack. She bought material.
It must be the cosmos comforting me. I looked in the basket and found a bag of cross stitch/needlepoint thread....one bunch was the exact same pink as Snuggly's nose. I worked so hard I managed to channel my Nana I could feel her sitting next to me directing me on how to sew this mouth and nose. It took a few tries and a lot of ripping and starting over, but we did it. As I looked at the new nose and mouth, it occurred to me that my Nana would not stop there. Although it was past midnight, I then spent another hour sewing in a small pink heart on Snuggly's chest, which my 6 year old now kisses every night when she goes to bed.
I love sewing with my Nana, and my Nana would have loved sewing for my Little Beany.
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