The big secret is that when I finish this, it is for my youngest child's paramour (I can't think of what to call him, but know some things that I would like to call him). My main reasons are: he does not work, he has no car, he has no money whatsoever, but talks her into spending every weekend until winter and begins again in early Spring, to talk her into going camping (not to worry...he has convinced her to buy top-of-the-line gear) AND he is eleven years older than she is. Yes, folks, when she was in kindergarten at 5, he could legally drive at 16 (too bad that they didn't meet back then, as even the ever tolerant DH would have not been so chummy. I figure that, until all this has passed, I shall remain silent. This bear design must be flipped so that Mr. Bear faces to the left, but I can do that.
With both NANCYE and VCESS watching out for me, I should have no problem figuring this out! Fabric color? The Bear Flag as we call it in California, predates us being a state. Should I add the red stripe at the bottom? The red star at the upper left?