The Dog Bed

A couple weeks ago a naughty dog stole a bottle of olive oil off my kitchen counter, and without leaving even a tooth mark, opened the bottle and dumped it all over the living room and his dog bed. Apart from turning the living room into a slippery skating rink and sending his dog bed to the bin no harm done.
End scene,
Enter creative Mommy: "of course I can make a dog bed Mr. Jones, there are instructions in my new sewing book"
Mr. Jones: "Are you sure you don't want to just by one for $30?"
Creative Mommy: "Oh no, this will be cheaper and look much better than anything we can buy!"

That is basically how it went, so weeks later I finished the dog bed.
Was it cheaper and easier to make it? No.
Did it give me a headache, consume my time this week, and keep me up very late trying to finish before the grandma ticker stops ticking? Yes.
Will I embark on such a foolish undertaking again? The answer, of course, is yes. It is what I do.

So here it is with a festive little lady as my dog bed model because rotten, olive oil eating dog would not hold still and stay. I got the Amy Butler fabric from this Etsy store. I saved about $2 a yard buying it online, paid very little for shipping, and had so much fun doing it, b/c I could take my time and concentrate, which I can't do in the fabric store when shopping with the Little.
It photographed nicely, but in real life, it is so bad! And I'm not just saying that. It is bad on so many levels, zipper, cording, loose threads, crooked seams and all, but there you go, it's for a dog, and my first attempt at sewing something other than burp cloths!

The bottom and top are different, so I can flip it depending on my mood. Yellow and green dots.

or gray with lacy flowers