Step #3 "How I Create My Plush"

How I create my plush Step 3

1. I first print out the pattern pieces from the previous post and then I pin and cut out all my pattern pieces to the fleece (white) and felt I begin to hand sew them all together. I used fleece for the rabbit's fur cause I wanted him to be really soft. I've never used it this way before so my initial idea was to machine sew the plush together after I hand sewed all the details.

2. I decided that some of the details should be dimensional instead of flat which is my usual style. I'm quite proud of how the glasses came out.

The Doctor was quite interested and came to take a peek.

3. I hand stitched all the body pieces together. Here he is all sewn together and almost done. I didn't show any of the sewing cause I didn't want to bore you. Really wishing

now that I had made the bow tie dimensional too.

I ended up hand sewing the fleece body together because I was afraid I'd jump off a bridge if I messed it up on the machine after I spend so many hours hand sewing the details on. I

really loved how nice the fleece was to sew.

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking using this background but the White Rabbit is done.

He doesn't have whiskers like the drawing because I couldn't figure out how to do them, so if you have any ideas let me know.

I have a whole Alice In Wonderland series plush planned and I'll show peeks here and there as I work on the other characters. Alice is next.

Hope you enjoyed this "creating my plush" series.

You can find PART 1 HERE and PART 2 HERE.

My Studio Has A New Resident.

This new resident comes all the way from Jolly Old England

and has been long awaited. I've been wanting one of

these meerkats for some time and found out the the

artist does custom orders so I ordered one as

a special birthday present to myself.

This wonderful custom meerkat was created by Heather

of niftyknits on etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/niftyknits.

She was amazing to work with on this very custom and

special meerkat. We convo'd back and forth until she

knew what I wanted and I was so happy to see the

finished meerkat and could hardly wait until his arrival.

Now that he's safely on American soil I think it's safe

to say that this is a CUSTOM Doctor Who Tom Baker

meerkat. Tom played the role of Dr. Who for 7 years

during the mid 1970's to the early 1980's and was my first

taste of Dr. Who. Although I adore David Tennant's Dr.,

Tom Baker has a very special place in my little sci-fi heart.

The 4th Doctor had this crazy long, wrap around several

times scarf. A big overcoat and brown floppy hat. The hat

would get lost as he set it down frequently and would forget

where it was. He also carried pockets full of weird things

and would offer people "jelly babies" all the time. I've

never been quite sure what those were but I guess they

are what we in the US call jelly beans.

I love that his coat and scarf come off. His hat doesn't but with his

history of losing it, it's better off attached to his head. 

Sorry about this long and rambling post but I just had to share my

joy with you all! Hope you don't mind too much!

#2 Step In "How I Create My Plush"

How I create my plush Step 2.

1. I continue adding more details on the computer. At this point I've finished adding just about all the details and have played with different colors and decide dhow I want the final to look. Does he look worried enough?

If I was doing stationery this guy would be about ready to show up on a note card or something but because he's a plush character he has to go thru more steps.

2. I start to pull all the pieces apart and make them all line drawings as shown below with the rabbit's clothes.

3. Nothing too exciting but necessary because I then print these pattern pieces on card stock, cut them out and use them to cut the fleece, felt or fabric I'm making the plush character out of.

Step #3 I think I'll show how I hand sew on the details.

STEP 1 can be found HERE, STEP 3 HERE

I also have a free plush pattern and tutorial coming soon.

My 2nd OWOH Prize Has Arrived And I'm Just So Excited!

This is another item I won in the One World One Heart Bog Giveaway

event and is from Melissa of Honey Girl Studio.

She's a Pinkology Fairy. She's an Art Doll Paper Doll

and I adore her! I'm currently looking for a special place

in my studio for her to call home.

Check out her main blog to see a sampling of the amazing

art that Melissa creates.

http://honeygirlstudio.blogspot.com/

Cupcake Softie Winner Is.....

I used my friend Random Generator to pick the winner.

And #4 is......

Yay, for oldblackcatboo!

I hope you enjoy your special little cupcake!

To everyone who didn't win, no worries I have another

giveaway this month and will tell you about it soon.