i'm rather proud of this, in a ridiculous sort of way. i'd never made anything like stuffed animals before this project, and after making a few with other people's patterns i decided to try my hand at drafting my own. i wanted to make a little owl that could stand up on his own, and voila! yes, i know it's silly. how hard is it make a pear with pointy ears and a few darts? not very. but still.
i'm also proud of my hand-sewing skills. generally i consider myself allergic to hand-sewing, as it requires dexterity and patience and a lot of hunching over and poking myself in the thumb with needles. but after forcing myself to learn the ladder stitch and blanket stitch i decided i might as well try them out. i really like the little something it adds, don't you?
3 comments:
so cute! i love how you conveniently placed your other orange items all around :O) it looks perfect!
love, susan
that is very cute.how do you find time to make such pretty amazing things and to take care of all the boys? natasha.
I love it! I really want to make stuffed animals, too. For Valentines day last year I attempted to make the girls little softies. I should really take pictures of the ugly little things. I made a birdie for V(cause they are so trendy :O), and a bee for Faith. I think the bird was somewhat decent, but the bee was a monster with no head. Yeah, I think I'll find those beasties and post a picture of them, if I have them, we might have thrown them away already! Anyway, after that, I feel like I just can't do it, but it really can't be that hard, right? In reality, I haven't sewn anything in over a month and I dread lugging the machine out, it has some tension issues and I don't want to take it in to be serviced, but that is probably what it needs.
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