Handmade 52 - Item #4 - JOE!

Handmade Item #4

Poor Joe. He's been stuck in my UFO pile since about ... well, I'm not 100% sure. I'm guessing around 2009?
Who is Joe, you ask?

Joe started out as a monster, drawn by our son, on paper. I then traced the main lines onto my "Easy Pattern" material so that we could turn him into a stuffie. A special stuffie that my son could say he had designed. We cut him out of the fabric Booger chose.....and then he lay there, being moved from pile to pile, and even to a new house, until this month.

After I finished the crayon bag for Missy I asked Booger who I should sew something for next. After some thought he asked me to finish his stuffie for him. And feeling rather embarrassed that I'd left it this long, I agreed!

So after several sewing sessions, and a surprisingly large amount of stuffing, Joe was finally done! Yay!

So without further ado, let me introduce you the monster of the year....

JOE

as drawn by "Booger"

Joe likes to scale tall...umm..mountains.

And be carted, in clenched teeth, by silly monkeys attempting to climb where they shouldn't!

Joe, as you might have realized, is rather special.

You see, he has one normal arm, and then one arm shaped like a hammer. And his legs and feet are also not even. One big, and one small, just like his eyes. There's several things that are rather unique to Joe...but one of my favourites has to be his hiney "tattoo"! ;)

Squidly has arrived!

Introducing Squidly the ... well ... squid!

This is my 2nd ever Bit of Whimsy Doll. His name was supposed to be Spacey, but after he was done, Jared decided the name was no longer fitting. So i nicknamed him in the meantime and it apparently stuck!

Jared picked out all his fabrics except the lightest fabric with the stars that I added so Squidly would be quite so dark all over. As you can tell he loves to hug Squidly, and he does it so hard you kind of wait for his bamboo fiber inners to pop out! Jared also requested that Squidly have no mouth, two eyes but no mouth! So I moved the eyes up a little to look a little more normal on his face. Poor Squidly...no food for you...

I love how detailed the patterns are . Also I am a pretty impatient person, so pdf downloads are my new favourite thing! No waiting to start something until the mailman comes to my house 3, 4, 5 days later. Just download and get sewing... provided the kids are fed, happy and being occupied by Granny of course! ;)

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