Stuffies Galore

I've made a few stuffed creatures lately and want to show them off. Here is my very first teddy bear, made out of a t-shirt I didn't like much and some fabric from my stash.


I tried embroidering the eyes and nose at first, but just couldn't get it to work. The t-shirt material was just too stretchy and the embroidery floss couldn't cope. So, I used felt for the eyes and nose and embroidered them on with a blanket stitch. I love his lopsided smile.

And here is a little stuffed owl I made for Simon:

Simon likes to make a lot of noise, but he doesn't have many actual words yet. One of his few words, though, is "owl". And it's so cute the way he drawls it out. Last week we went to the library and he found a stuffed owl there and got very upset when we had to leave it behind. So, I made him his very own owl (the pattern is from a Japanese craft magazine - I found it on Craftster). He loves it - mostly because he knows what to call it. It's rather small, though. So, I'm planning on making him another, bigger owl to be its friend.