Dora and Diego ~~ a finish!

Some time ago I pulled a variety of novelty fabrics and started sewing them together in whatever fashion they'd agree to. Some of them had to be urged into a spot. Others had to be throttled into place.

This morning I searched for a backing and discovered this piece of Dora the Explorer fabric. It's left over from little skorts that I made for Catherine or Sophie who are nine and eight years old, so it's been a while. It was just big enough for backing and binding.
I got a little bored while quilting and decided to concoct a story (Preeti style) about Dora and Diego's play date.

One day Dora and Diego were playing soccer in the park, but just two people aren't really enough for a game, so they used a pretty phone to call Strawberry Shortcake and Cookie Monster to join them. 

On her way Strawberry saw four friends walking their dogs. Maggie and Millie and Mollie and May--those little girls from e.e. cumings' poem who usually play on the beach. "Molly was chased by a horrible thing" but it didn't hurt her and so she went along.

They all walked passed a large zoo and invited the big cats and a blue elephant.

Cookie Monster called all of his monster friends. It's turns out that they love to play soccer. So everyone came to the game.

In the meantime The Cat in the Hat, Thing One and Thing Two and other Dr. Suess characters happened by the soccer field on their way to the library, and Diego shouted "Puedes venir a jugar" which means you can come play! Naturally, they all joined in the fun. 

The game started late because the alligators tried to make trouble. We do all live in Louisiana, after all. But they agreed to keep score and gators can't count, so it was just a game for fun. Everyone went home to the zoo or the beach or where ever home was, but only after they agreed to another play date soon.