Gone Camping

Daddy, Momma & little bunny
packed their sleeping bags and went camping.

I spent much of last week pattern testing for Florence of Flossie Teacakes.

I have been following her blog for at least the past year,

really enjoying so many of her projects.

Then this spring, I absolutely fell in love with the sleeping bags
that she made for her children's teddy bears.

The pattern comes with 3 sizes,

but is really customizable to whatever stuffed animal or doll you'd like.

  This is an extremely well written, easy to follow pattern, with lots of great photos.

  I was never frustrated with it, and I really enjoyed the process!

The back sides

Each sleeping bag is like a mini quilt -- top and bottom layers, quilted however you'd like.  On these DS Quilts bags, I did wavy line quilting.

On the sheep sleeping bags (below), I did free motion quilting.

Her pattern includes a very nice tutorial on single fold bias binding --

 I had never done this before, and was surprised at how easy it was to learn!

Each sleeping bag has a soft pillow for the bunny's head, and I finished the inside of the bag (after stuffing the pillow) with a decorative wavy stitch.

These little sleeping bags were such fun to put together.

You should have seen the smiles on my children's faces!

I will definitely be making more, for Christmas, birthday gifts, etc.

Pattern available here!