I think it turned out quite well. I bought this book a year or two ago at Half-Price Books for less than $5. It has tons of animal-related craft projects in it, and I got the pattern for the cat out of it. I have plenty of fleece leftover, so after Christmas, I'm thinking that I may make some more cats as baby gifts (but I'll replace the button eyes with fabric). This wound up being a fairly easy and fun thing to make. I just hope she likes it!
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Very cute!
I'd say your sewing skills are better than rudimentary. It's not all that easy to make some of those tight curves without making the fabric pucker!
Thanks!
Well, I learned a major lesson through this. I should have sewn the head and patch on the body BEFORE sewing the body together. Trying to do it with my hand inside the body was a quite the challenge. And I taught myself to do the patch and nose with a blanket stitch. I have an ancient (as in, older than me) BHG Sewing Book that I bought at a thrift store, and it has pictures and basic instructions that even I can follow.
Now that I've made one, I think any future kitties will be pretty easy. Gotta learn through mistakes and experience.
That looks great! And you say your sewing skills are not great. I wish mine were as bad as yours. I could be really good.
that is awesome! i tried sewing a stuffed animal dog in 8th grade home ec. (I don't think they call it home ec. anymore, sorry for the political incorrectedness...I don't know what it's called these days). I managed to sew the hind legs on backwards. The dog was supposed to be in a sitting position, but it didn't work out very well with its legs sewed on backwards!
I LOVE Half-Price Books. I never did find one here, I wonder if there is one where we are moving to.
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