A car play mat just for Wes

Dear Wesley,

I love that you're an easy to please, simple taste kind of boy. You love your cars and are content playing on the floor with them for good chunks of time. When you decided that the rug at the top of the stairs was a good car play mat, and started playing on it regularly, I knew we could do better. So, your special Christmas gift was this car play mat I made with much love.

I used your largest small car, the little people car to come up with the size for the white parking spaces stitched on each building. I left several buildings blank, so I can add more names later. The Christmas tree found at the town center needs decorating too. Did you see that our favorite cannoli maker from Boston's North End, Modern Pastry is right there? This play mat is about 62x40...a great size. It's like a quilt. The only thing I did to bind the front to the back was machine quilt around each of the buildings, the tree. each of the signs and parking spaces.

Zooming in on the embroidered signs & different buildings your cars now frequent:

your favorite park where you caught your first fish....

"the Chicken Store" is an inside family joke (should I add a Milk $2.19 sign?)

still to come: a "U-Pick" sign for our favorite orchard, Tougas...

and the CITGO sign for Fenway (maybe the bases too)

I'm so glad you have a new, fun spot to drive your cars around, and it's something that will always remind you of your Beantown roots.

I'm glad you like it!

Loves & Loves,