Everyone needs a turtle friend

As I have mentioned before, I prefer to have a person inspire project, but inspiration is inspiration.  This time it just happened to come from my complete adoration for this print (and maybe a little frugality).  Here’s how it happened…

So I made these placemats for two out of this REALLY cute print.  I had maybe a quarter of a yard left over.  And it was in a funky skinny rectangle.  It wasn’t even enough to make another placemat; too skinny.  But really who has dinner for three very often?  It was too skinny to make any real practical thing, I thought.  What can you do with that?  Well this is what. 

I went through my collection of patterns and tried out a couple of things that I thought might work.  Rosette? No.  Napkins? No.  Headband? Maybe, but no.  Then I came upon this pattern for this precious little turtle friend.  And guess what…The pieces fit PERFECTLY.  I whipped him up and here he is.