A Caballo for Cole

Just a quick look at the stuffed toy I made my Grandson Cole! Its a horse named Caballo.........

My daughter (youngest) and her son left this morning for his Auntie A's house! Its his first airplane ride and I wanted him to have something to keep him occupied. He loves anything orange or yellow so when I saw this great looking orange polka dotted stretch fleece I was sure that he would enjoy this fun horse.

These were my first choices, I already had the brown minky from Cole's quilt that I made just before he was born and the orange polka dot is the new material.

I bought this pattern last summer when Hobby Lobby had their 99cent pattern sale in hopes of making something for my grandson once he was here. I finally had the perfect opportunity when my daughter (youngest) said that she was going to see her big sister this April..yay! I knew Cole would need something bright and fun to play with while on his first airplane ride to see his Auntie A.

I cut out the pattern and the orange polka dot material but decided on a brown flat fleece to use instead of the minky because the minky was of course bumpy and would prove difficult. I put this together in an afternoon, stuffed it and took care of the hand stitched areas and was all done by bedtime. Cole and his Momma were leaving in the early AM! so it had to be finished by flight time.

During the cutting of the orange polka dot stretch fleece I found that even though I had washed it, it was still shedding. I had orange fuzz all over my cutting board and my ironing board too so I thought a quick run over with my lint roller would be a good idea, it was.

This is the finished horse named Caballo.

I drove my daughter and her son to the airport this morning and gave Cole (my grandson) his Caballo to play with, He loved it!

Have an amazing day.....

 

 

Michelle