blanket fort - quotes and descriptions to inspire creative writing

In that artistry of wool, within a fabric that told of patient hours of tip-tapping knitting needles, we dwelled within a castle within our home.

From within the wollen cocoon we conjured such flgihts of fancy, over rolling hills and oceans, transforming into whales of the sky.

The blanket fort is our place to play on each rainy day, a place we make anew beneath the kitchen table. Here amid the homely aromas we are so very brave and so very safe, our imaginations redefining the space from moment to moment.

Here at Fort Blanket, we are the masters of peace - strong of spirit and generous of heart.

Beneath the yellow blankets so brightly adorned with rainbow flowers, sits the masters of their tiny universe. They have built their fort and now their games can start, slaying dragon chairs and rescuing teddy-bears from the deep-blue.

The blanket fort is our world within the adult realm. It is where we make the rules and imagine it our way, taking command of this most epic of miniature homelands.

Amelia's play-fort was a large knitted blanket draped over the saggiest part of the washing-line and "pegged out" with rocks. There she sat, able so see all through the glorious holes, a queen of her woven home.

Here in this blanket fort, we are the brave soldiers of the world - the ones who fight for truth, honour and love. We sit here amid the outward facing chairs, the champions of all we survey, protected by the warmth of bright quilts.