Christmas Sewing - Simplicity 2198

I'm taking time out from my Christmas sewing (yes, you read that right, Christmas sewing) to do a post.  You see, I found my camera.  Where was it, you ask?  Right here:

Who'd have thunk it? 
I've made several things in the past week for our granddaugher.  Rather than post it all at once, I'm posting one at a time.

First up, Simplicity 2198.

I didn't have any solid color fleece in my stash, but I did have a faux fur that I wasn't using for anything. 

I decided to use fleece for the hair, so I had to make some adjustments.  I cut out a square of fleece and sewed it onto the fur piece.

Then I removed the fur piece.

 I marked placement using a sharpie on the wrong side.

Thanks to Very Mary, I had the great pins so pinning through the thick layers of fabric was a breeze, as was sewing.

I did find that stabilizer was needed in order to do the satin stitching on the face (fleece).  Of couse, I have no idea where I put it, so I used a fabric scrap. 

A few zig zags and fray block later, I had a really cute face. 

 Et viola!!  A really cute bear faced pillow.  I have to say, I love this thing.  I especialy like the blue eyelashes. 

What's not to love about this guy???  I kind of want to keep him.  Good thing it was so easy to put together.  Hopefully he'll get lots of love.