i saw rollie polllie beanbag on pinterest a while back.  and i knew i had to make it for T. 

but on her website, you have to buy the sewing pattern.  

so i decided to wait to have time to make the pattern myself.  it looked easy enough, but i didn't have time to actually do it. 

the other day, i was at joanns fabric store.  not the best place to shop for fabric but def. most convenient.  i was just browsing through home decor fabric section and i saw this!

 

and i knew i had to have it.  super cute NYC themed fabric and it was on sale!  even better :) 

well, now that i had this fabric, i caved and bought the sewing pattern.  figured, she already made all those rollie pollie bean bags, she knew what she was doing when she made the pattern.  

 here's the pattern, printed from my printer, taped together. 

 inside rollie pollie (made of ivory cotton canvas fabric) filled with mounds of soft poly-fil stuffing. 

 

finished product with colorful slip cover which can be easily zipped off and thrown into the washer

... and the monkey is keeping it warm for T

 

T Loved it!!! he jumped on it, threw his monkey on it, laid on top of it... then finally sat on his very own rollie pollie to watch his most recent favorite movie "toy story"