83 sleeps and the backpack is complete

 It took longer than I hoped but I've finally finished it.

The most difficult part was getting the design in the right place.  Fortunately I bought a large enough piece to allow for me to be selective, although I did manage to still be quite frugal with the pieces and fit them in like a fabric version of Tetris!

I happened to have enough of the spotty lining fabric left over from previous backpacks, so this is also technically the cheapest I've made, although you really can't put a price on something made uniquely for someone special.

Every backpack I've made so far has been different, sometimes by design; and in this case by mistake (I forgot the piping around the base and rim 😒)  But I guess this means that they really are unique.  At least the quality is not compromised.  I'm really not a good seamstress but I guess the fact that I put in so much love overrides the lack of talent.

So here it is, the finished article.  At the very least, I got Pluto in the right place, both back and front.  And there is absolutely no way there will be anything like it when we go to Disney World in May.