Pee Pee Monster Softie
This was one of the ideas I had for the store I wanted to make. This is a pee pee monster softie to match the pee pee monster onesie. If you remember, this picture was from when I briefly had a Cafepress store for 2 weeks in December.
It is of course inspired by my own little pee pee monster, Isabelle. This is my first softie EVER…well first sewn softie of my own making I should say. Knit softies are completely different.
Problems with it: I wanted a brighter yellow but when I was at the fabric store this was the only yellow felt there. I really need to learn how to close it properly. Now the bottom where I stuffed it is a little wonky. I couldn’t turn the arms and legs inside out. It was too hard. I’ll have to figure that one out. The embroidered face is a little messy. The point on the top is well…not a point. Need to fix that one too.
But on the whole I like it. I like little imperfect toys. Oh and a picture of Isabelle holding it for scale.
May 17th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
Hehehehehe I love your Pee Pee Monster!
May 17th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
so cute! maybe a little yellow dye or koolaide to get the darker/brighter shade of yellow?
May 17th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
I love your pee pee monster. Your illustrations naturally lend themselves to stuffies.
You can always find bright acrylic felt in 9 X 12 sheets at Michael’s or AC Moore. If you have a Pearl, they might have a better bolted felt selection.
One of the excellent properties of felt is that the edges don’t fray, so it doesn’t matter if you turn the arms and legs inside out. I like the way the PPM’s arms and legs look with the outline of the stitching. In fact, you could do the whole stuffie like that using a black satin stitch to mimic your drawing style. Then you could have a razor-sharp peak and a clean seam along the bottom. It would look like your illustration came to life.
May 18th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
very cute! when i tried my first softie i had problems with just cutting the felt.