Once There Was a Romper

Once there was a romper.

It was handmade by a young girl's grandma.

The young girl loved it

and wore it every day to play

before her mother snatched it for the laundry.

She loved the wide legs

and the way the wind

blew them out like balloons

on Grandpa's tire swing.

She was very sad

to learn that one day

she had outgrown it,
and some holes had also grown
to showed how much she loved it.

So her mother gave it away to the thrift shop.

But the savvy recycler

picked it off the rack.

She loved the cranberry and periwinkle 

in the flowers

 and knew just what to do.

So she deconstructed it

and took out the zipper.

And cut it up.

Into lots and lots of narrow strips.

And made a nice big basket,

big enough for a tree

(well a small one anyway)!

And had enough strips left over

to make a coiled mat

and a set of coasters too!

New life for a thrifted garment!

Available in my PrairieThreads Etsy shop.