A Scotty for Kyle

This weekend, we are going to be headed up to San Jose for baby Kyle's baptism. Kyle is the adopted son of Mark & Liz...Mark is Steve's godfather, and Steve is going to be Kyle's godfather. So I felt compelled to make something for Kyle...and then somewhere online I saw a Scotty dog (sincerest apologies to whomever I borrowed this idea from **EDIT - Found the link stuffed in my IE favorites - also Pink Penguin**)...and it immediately made me think of this Scotty dog softie my grandma used to let me sleep with, although he was made of carpet-like fabric, if I remember correctly. **Mom, if you're reading this, find out if grandma still has that doggie...I would like him!**

Anyway, I came up with a pattern for the doggie, using trusty rusty Excel. I fell in love with the American Jane "Recess" fabrics, so I ordered a layer cake from Pink Chalk.

I cut each layer cake into 3x10 strips, then cut 3" squares from that. So I ended up with 120 squares, which I used to somewhat randomly piece together Mr. Scotty Doggie:


I didn't realize until I put the 2 pictures together that I used the navy polka dot fabric in the exact same spot on both sides of his face.

I think I had 25 extra squares leftover, so I decided I wanted to make a fabric basket using Pink Penguin's tutorial:



So hopefully the colors and fabrics aren't too girly, I thought they were fun, kinda Crayola primary colors. If not, I can always keep him...and name him Jock. ;) Now I just need to figure out what to do with the remainder 7x10 Recess pieces (pun intended, although I know it was weak)...