First Christmas 2011 make

 A new cuddly friend for dinosaur mad Little Fella.

I adapted a pattern from a back issue of sew hip magazine.  The pattern was only 2D, so the dinosaur had only 2 legs.  So I made a belly by lots of experimenting with paper and a couple of attempts later I did it!!!

I stuffed his feet, head and tail with pudding rice to give it a bit of weight.  Only once I had finished did I think about the practicalitles of a child's toy that is made from dry clean only wool tweed and stuffed with pudding rice! Hmm hopefully we won't have to cross that bridge!

 The tweed was from a charity shop - it cost the grand sum of 50p!  It feels really soft & expensive. THe other fabrics are from a couple of remnant bundles that I bought from FabricRehab a while ago. Although it works out no cheaper than buying of the bolt, they are a great idea if you do lot's of applique or like to make smaller things.  You get to own a range of desinger fabrics without having to buy large quantities.

I googled the tweed fabric and it is a very luxurious blend of wool, cashmere and angora.  I am saving the rest to make myself a bag.