scotty the soccer mascot

Scotty is the new mascot for Miss 12's soccer team. Miss 12 drew up the pattern and then cut it out from a thrifted Scouts wool blanket. We spent Saturday night sewing and then stuffing him. I'm proud to say that Scotty's insides are full of all my saved up snipped threads, loads of scrappy bits of fabric & an old worn out nightie that we cut up.

On Monday, he went with the team to the Eastern Zones competition. Miss 12's team didn't win, but they had fun and enjoyed carting their new mascot all over the place. Miss 12 was named Player of the day, so Scotty got to spend a couple of extra days with her before heading off to a game this afternoon.

tilly ting-ting

Introducing tilly ting-ting, a very colourful softie, from my own drafted pattern and handmade by me. A ting-ting doesn't have a strict definition. It's whatever your imagination wants it to be! I'm sure I've seen a ting-ting or two out of the corner of my eye when I'm at home alone...

More softies

For some reason, I like to make things in sets of three. So Miss Teal is expecting the arrival of 2 sisters very, very soon. Take a peek at their cute little faces. I'm experimenting with colour combinations and at the same time I'm experiencing a great deal of joy working on these little girls.

These 3 softies are destined for my Felt and Etsy stores.

Miss Teal

Almost finished Miss Teal, a new softie in teal/green co-ordinating fabrics. Take a peek at her.
She has the sweetest little face and I was inspired to create her from the 'woodland' and 'forest' dolls that I've seen made by lots of talented softie artists. (I drafted my own pattern).

As for the UFOs (unfinished objects), I've been forcing myself to work on them...

Toy Society drop this morning

I'm taking part in the Toy Society Christmas drop. This little guy is off to the Sylvia Park mall this morning in search of his new home. I was originally going to drop a Miss Blue doll that I'd made earlier but after making her some sisters, I couldn't bear to part with her so I had to make a new toy.

Dropped off at 8am, near the entrance of the mall.

Sock toys under way

Felt inspired to start a couple of sock toys. I've made the bodies and have been stuffing them. I'm finding that the combination of a stretchy sock and lumpy dacron is very challenging.

Once the bodies are complete, it's then a matter of deciding whether they're going to become monkeys or something else. I'm taken with the idea of creating a softie that can be whatever you want it to be... and hope that my softies will be of interest?

Three in a row

Just finished the 2 other Miss Blue softies. I noticed as I was working on them that I can't replicate exactly the same expression as the first Little Miss Blue. Each one is slightly different, whether it's in the lift of the brow or the depth of the smile.

I'm also working on some other softies although I haven't made enough progress to share yet.

More Miss Blues in progress

I've started making another 2 versions of Miss Blue. They're both cut out and ready to be put together. I like to work on the face first before sewing it onto the head fabric. My embroidery skills are a little rusty so keeping the faces simple and rustic looking are ideal.

After these 2 are finished, I hope to start some bjd sewing again.

Little Miss Blue

Miss Blue is finished and ready to be stuffed. I like how she turned out. She did start off with arms,legs and ears but I abandoned those in favour of a more simple look. There's no loose bits or pieces so this would suit a young child. I had fun making her and now I think I'll start working on her sister.

Softie in progress

This is "Miss Blue", whose under construction. She's destined to be part of the Toy Society christmas drop. She's my version of a woodland girl (although as I progress with her, she looks more like a baby!) Apologies for the terrible photo. My camera skills seem to be really lacking today and this is the best of a bad bunch.

Talented child crafter

Just thought that I'd share with you all, a gorgeous creation which Miss 12 years old (aka The Teenager) made yesterday afternoon. This child of mine has always been creatively minded and started crafting as soon as she could walk. She's very resourceful and works with salvaged and upcycled fabrics etc all the time.

What I love the most, is how 'innocent and naive' her craft work is. This one is truly ugly yet in a cute n cuddly way. I've noticed that a lot of plushies and softies made by adults (myself included) tend to have a more contrived look about them, almost as if they're trying too hard to get that combination right.

Next week she finishes school for the year and a quick look at her crafting "to do" list shows that she plans a lot more crafting goodness to come. Thanks for letting me share my 'proud mummy' moment.

Talented child crafter

Just thought that I'd share with you all, a gorgeous creation which Miss 12 years old (aka The Teenager) made yesterday afternoon. This child of mine has always been creatively minded and started crafting as soon as she could walk. She's very resourceful and works with salvaged and upcycled fabrics etc all the time.

What I love the most, is how 'innocent and naive' her craft work is. This one is truly ugly yet in a cute n cuddly way. I've noticed that a lot of plushies and softies made by adults (myself included) tend to have a more contrived look about them, almost as if they're trying too hard to get that combination right.

Next week she finishes school for the year and a quick look at her crafting "to do" list shows that she plans a lot more crafting goodness to come. Thanks for letting me share my 'proud mummy' moment.

Ribbons

Splashed out and bought a whole lot of ribbon from a new trademe seller. The ribbon is imported from Germany and will definitely add a touch of Euro to my softies. That's if I can bring myself to cut them when they arrive.

I can't seem to get inspired when it comes to bjd sewing. This week I've had zero inspiration and my 4 attempts to make bjd tops have been biffed in the bin. So I've decided to take a wee break from it for now and concentrate on making something fun instead. That's where the softies come in.

My Felt store

I'm working on some softies and I'm really happy with the progress. They'll be for sale in my Felt store as well as in my Etsy shop.

I'll post a progress photo soon. At the moment I'm finishing up some bjd clothes to be put into the shop tomorrow.