Embroidery today

I saw a link to an embroidered cat pillow on Mark Lipinski's blog today.

So...
First I printed out the pattern.

I sewed over the lines to transfer, then tore off the paper. WAY too reminiscent of paper piecing.

An hour or so of embroidery later, a cat face for a pillow:

I also found a tan-brown almost-pillow that will likely get a cat face as well.