Meet spot

With September being National Sewing Month I thought it would be a great time to get in my sewing groove.  This week while rummaging through my fabric stash I came across a preprinted panel of fabric for a dinosaur stuffed animal.  I bought this back in the 90s when my daughter thought she might like to try sewing.  Although dinosaurs was not her thing, her younger brother loved them so she was going to make it for him - never happened.  She preferred me to sew for her.  So the panel got stashed away with UFOs.

My little buddy Sebastian (he's four) comes over weekly and he loves dinosaurs so this would be perfect for him.  I showed him the dinosaur panel and he was pretty excited.   He didn't quite understand what we would be doing with this cut out, but he was anxious to get started.  I cut and sewed it together and left the stuffing for him to help, and boy did he help.  His little hands were perfect for pushing the stuffing in small spaces.  Being a boy and a little rambunctious he jumped on the large plastic bag of stuffing.  With a big pop stuffing wet flying everywhere.  Now this was really beginning to be lots of fun for him.  It took us over an hour to pick up that stuffing to put it in the dinosaur.

 As the dinosaur started to take shape he was so excited.  I stitched up the opening left for stuffing and handed him his new "lovey" as he calls it.

This Brontosaurus is now named Spot.  He can't wait to take it home to meet his other toys.  I think he'll always remember the fun we had making Spot and they will be pals for some time.  

Back to the sewing machine.  I have a baby quilt to finish.