There are some really nice people on the Internets who make cute things and then share their patterns. I love making the stuff, but don’t have the talent to write the patterns.
These little plushies are small enough that you can sew them by hand.
Some uses for them:
- Force your child to get attached to one as his security bunny/bear/alien
- Attach to the outside of a store-bought baby gift to make it more personalized
- Place on a shelf in your house to remind yourself that you can make things besides babies
- Give to your mom as a reminder that she is the mommy and you are the child who still wants her approval
Benefits of this project:
- Motivates you to look into your scary box or bag of fabric scraps and use some and throw out some
- If you are not the type of person who has fabric scraps in your house, motivates you to head out to a fabric store and buy some
- Something to do while your partner is watching something you don’t care about on tv or hogging the computer
- Makes you appreciate the three naps a day your baby may be taking
Three small plush craft projects to choose from:
Mini Moopy – pictured above
Wee Bunny – from Wee Wonderfuls
Sock Dogs – Heather and I made these from Martha Stewart’s pattern. Here is the one I made after Martha wrote it up in 2002. (Instructions require both pages: Page 1, Page 2)
oh. I love that puppy. I’m really trying to motivate and get a little craftier in the whole sewing department and that might just be the kick in the pants I need to sign up for a sewing class. Love it!
Whitney and Heather: The woman who does Wee Wonderfuls is a friend of mine, Hillary Lang. I’m delighted that you’ve linked to her pattern. She is the most talented craftswoman I know – she made an amazing quilt for Nick before he was born and recently made gorgeous teddy bears (from a pattern of her own invention) for my sister’s twins. (http://weewonderfuls.typepad.com/wee_wonderfuls/2006/07/cub_twins.html is the page that shows the bears, and http://weewonderfuls.typepad.com/wee_wonderfuls/2005/02/beckys_baby_qui.html is the quilt she made for Nick). She has an amazing design sense and I’m so pleased you all think so too! Becky
I love this, especially the dog! *linking*
I was just going through my first blog posts ever (in May) and I noticed you were the first comment I ever received. Just wanted to stop by and say hello
can’t see the links to the pattern…coming up with an error. i’ll just check the site for martha’s other patterns. thanks!
Fun pattern ideas! Thank you for sharing!
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