My friend made one of these for my DD when she was a baby - it lasted pretty well up until this past year - and when some of the threads came loose, I kept it to sew back together again 'cause it is just such a nice baby toy - very easy for little hands to grab!
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Margaret
Blessed with four, one in heaven
"If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that" Goethe
Oh, my DD would live this. Now once I figure out this whole sewing thing maybe I could give it a try Hopefully Dd won't be a teen by then. LOL Thanks for the link.