Bad dog!

Well, my last post was all sweet and cuddly about our pets, which is how it is most of the time. But today, I was confronted with the other side of living with a rambunctious three-year-old puppy. Actually, he should be a mature dog by now and mostly is, but once in a while he's up to no good (isn't that true for most of us?) and does something like this:


After being shocked, yelling "Bad Dog!" repeatedly and marveling at the innocent look in his eyes (I think he was trying to blame this on the poor cat!), I realized how this had happened. He loves to hide his biscuits and chew toys, especially if he can make a nest around them with a blanket or something soft. My guess is that he tried to do that upstairs, when the bedspread tore and stuffing beckoned him - he loves NOTHING more than pulling stuffing from things. I bet he had a wonderful time with this...

And I was left wondering what to do with this guest bed cover. I thought of having to get a new one, but then it occurred to me that I am connected to some of the most creative minds in the blogging world!

So, I am putting it out there for you. Do you have any creative ideas of how I might fix this? I have a sewing machine and rudimentary sewing skills, so it is possible that I might actually be able to salvage this. I'd like that, because I really love the colors in this quilt.

Any suggestions you might have would be very much appreciated. In the meantime, Winslow and I have made up and I still think he's the most adorable dog ever!

P.S. Thanks for all your wonderful comments and creative suggestions!! I sure appreciate it. I think what I am going to do is take one of the matching pillow shams to make a patch to fix it and get fun new colorful shams to add to the mix. Oh, yes, and keep that door closed...