Soft-Map Blanket

I absolutely love my South Philly neighborhood (no matter what anyone says!) and I'd love to have all of my favorite blocks depicted on a soft and chic Soft-Map Blanket. The artist hales from Brooklyn and specializes in those neighborhoods, but luckily, she's willing to customize her blankets to match your favorite neighborhood.

Each Soft-Map Blanket can be uniquely customized- ranging from having your house/apartment detailed on the blanket, or where your child goes to school. I personally love the idea of where you and your significant other first met (I'd get a giant star where the 18th & Walnut St. entrance to Rittenhouse is). The makers of Soft-Map Blankets include the hand stitching of street names, compass rose and scale marker on each blanket.

Most Soft-Maps are made with dupioni silk and with an inner layer made from organic cotton. I love the texture and look that comes with raw silk; even though it does need to be dry cleaned.

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Oh, wow... I might just have to spree for a custom map blanket of my own. Mine would depict Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati, which I've already immortalized on a set of coasters:

http://visualingual.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/vine-street-coasters-by-visualingual/

For anyone who's obsessed with map stuff, for the past year and a half, I've been collecting examples of creative work that relates to cartography [and other place-centric creative endeavors]:

http://visualingual.wordpress.com/tag/cartography/

posted by visualingual on May 27th 2009 at 11:24am
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yeah! ft. greene is soft blankety form!

posted by phdesign on May 27th 2009 at 11:28am
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Really cool, I love the whole concept and execution! Kudos to their creativity.

posted by stt64 on May 27th 2009 at 11:50am
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very cool

posted by Lizzykewl on May 27th 2009 at 12:03pm
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this is so rad. so!

posted by kdkaboom on May 27th 2009 at 12:19pm
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Love, love, love it!

(And, Kristen, I feel the same way about my West Philly stomping grounds.)

posted by PhillyLass on May 27th 2009 at 2:10pm
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I love this idea so much.

posted by nkstr on May 27th 2009 at 7:31pm
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What a fab idea. I've been toying with the idea of joining a beginner's quilting class and LOVE the idea of doing part of my city, New Orleans. Although, knowing not much about quilting, it would probably be a much harder job than a little beginner could manage. Still, what a great idea.

posted by RedShoes on May 28th 2009 at 11:05am
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