i even baffle myself - the pet pillow

I'm not ignoring you.  I promise.  I usually try to reply to everyone who leaves a comment, e-mails me or becomes a new follower of twelve crafts, but the last few days I haven't.  Bad blogger!  Bad blogger!  There, I've slapped my own wrist.  

I do feel horrible, but I promise I'm not ignoring you.  Every minute of my free time the last few days has been filled with . . .

This stuffed animal/pillow hybrid.

Attach the Velcro - it's a stuffed animal.

Unattach the Velcro - it's a super soft and comfy pillow.

I did it!  I put it off all month doing everything else I could possibly do, but I finally did it!  I had an impromptu trip to the far-away fabric store, and I've spent every free waking minute - as well as minutes I should have been sleeping and I made my very first pet pillow.  I honestly can't believe I figured this out all by myself.  I still don't know how I did it.  Well, I do know how I did it because I took pictures of almost every step and I do plan on posting a tutorial in the days to come.  But still . . . I'm baffled how I figured this out.

I showed it to my husband, and he asked me to make him one.  What a cutie!

So this is the reason I've seemed absent from here and from replying to you.

I have one more to do for daughter number two (and maybe one for the mister, so I . . .

craft on!