Another Softy

Of course once I made a toy out of my younger son's drawing, my older son wanted one too. So this is his drawing, it's an alien, in case you were wondering.

And this is Carl. Try not to pay attention to the placement of the 7 legs.

On this project, I first learned that you will break your needle if you are using a quilting foot when you try to use an applique stitch (Sorry Mom!) I then learned how to get the hair between the two sides of the head by sewing it on the front of the face upside down (so the hair is basically covering Carl's eyes) and then clipping the fabric below the seam so it will be the right shape when you turn it right side out. After I figured that out (with the help of my mom) it was fairly simple to sew the legs and arms the correct way keeping it all inside the "pocket" when sewing the two right sides together. I also learned that I do not know how to whip-stitch and that even when I do know how I need to be strategic in placing it. I could have put it behind the hair instead of the chin which shows how ugly it is. I didn't know I would be doing this blog when I made these, but I will try to post pics of the steps to give a better idea of how it all went down.

My first project

My younger son drew a picture of a guy on his magnadoodle, and I thought it would be a fun practice project to bring it to life. So here is his drawing

And here is the creature he named "Lo-lay"

With this project I learned that I need to put the face on before I sew the two sides together so that all of the knots and stuff can be properly hidden.