Monday, February 11, 2008
Hello Mr. Sheep
He’s a little rebel, a little rosy cheeked rebel.
Why is he a rebel, you ask? He bucks convention! He’s different! He stands alone! (Literally, since there are no other sheep, yet). What in the world am I talking about?
His big ears are backwards, the cheeky fellow.
And Isabelle’s reaction (as a daily comic)? Because he sure doesn’t look like a rabbit now!
Ok serious talk now, or I should say sewing talk. Mr. Sheep (from 4391624206) is made out of an old, too small, ripped bed sheet. What fitting material for a toy sheep. 
And he is stuffed with filling from a pillow I made. I was impatient to stuff him so didn’t wait to buy stuffing. I ripped open the pillow and used the stuffing instead. So he’s totally recycled! Isn’t that awesome? So anyhoo, the sewing I was going to talk about.
I screwed up his ears, well obviously since they are on backwards. But not only that, they’re also larger than the rest of him. What happened was, for his ears, I sewed on the pattern line. Then when I started making his head, and it went wrong, I changed over to a .5 cm seam allowance. So it’s only a teensy bit too large but I can see it. So what do you think? Does he look mostly like he’s supposed to?
February 11th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
He is the cutest little sheep ever! I never would have noticed the ears had you not pointed it out (and still don’t notice the difference in size).
Kuky says: Yeah it’s just a little bit larger, it’s totally in my head.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I think it’s totally cute.
The ears on the ones in the book look super big, too.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
He’s cute or she is cute. Anyway, cute. Totally cute.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
And, just to let you know that I like the bed sheet material better than the patterned fabric used in the book.
Kuky says: Alan thought it was too plain, like I had used muslin. Oooh I think I will make one in muslin, nice natural undyed fabric…
February 11th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
That is adorable. Completely!
February 11th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
So cute! I love it. I hope to have results this good. Seriously, SO CUTE!! (and not too plain, I mean it is a sheep)
Okay, so you said this is different than the clothes. You still have to add the seam allowance right?? When you said it wasn’t like clothes I got worried!
Kuky say: Well see that’s just it. When I make clothes they have a picture of what I’m supposed to cut and how much seam allowance to add. With this there was no picture of how to lay it out, just the pattern. That’s why I was confused in the beginning. What I ended up doing was cutting the fabric along the pattern line and then sewing .5 cm in from the edge, which is a teeny tiny seam allowance, not even a 1/4 inch. I don’t know if that’s what I was supposed to do and that’s why I was wondering if he looked right.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I don’t know if I would have noticed the ears, if you hadn’t said anything. I think the sheep’s a cutie, but I especially love today’s daily comic. The humor, but also the drawing and the black and white. I haven’t been commenting much, but have been reading and smiling. :0)
Kuky says: Yes I thought I’d give black and white a try thinking it would be faster to draw.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
He looks great!
February 11th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I like your version better. I think the ears are cute this way.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
oh he is so lovely! He doesn’t seem to bother his ears aren’t right, and I love the fabric-re-use too. Luckily you didn’t use a pink fabric, or you would never be able to convince isabelle that it is NOT a pig!
Love your dauily comic in black and white too!
February 12th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Wooho, it must be catching, I just made a monkey out of a pair of pj trousers with a print of monkeys on it. But without a pattern I just made it up and it works……sort of.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:16 am
i think he looks adorable! and yes he’s a cheeky little rebel…. compared to that prissy lookin one in the book. I like your re-sheep better.
February 12th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Love him - he’s so cute! You’re doing a great job.
February 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Hey, I love your backward, big, floppy eared sheep!
Love, love, love, love, love, it! But he is sooooooo cute in the palm of your hand. I’d love to rest my head on him as a pillow, if he were super big or if my head was super small!
February 12th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
he’s absolutely adorable! so petite-ly cute!