Stuffed

Wednesday's are now Toy-Making Day. I was getting overwhelmed by the barrage of stuffed toy requests from the girls. On the one hand, I want to encourage them to appreciate the value of a handmade toy, I do love that they come to me with the requests. But sometimes I just can't do it right away, I have other things I'm working on. Or I'm just not in the mood. So this way I have a day set aside where I will try not work on my own projects and dedicate time to them--because I do want them to remember how they could come to me and say "can you please make me a night elf toy" and I'd would, not that I was always busy working on other things and saying "maybe later" but never actually doing it.

I'm not quite sure what these guys are meant to be, they were created at the direction of Ivy and Miranda. They are two-headed wolves from World of Warcraft, I know that much. I made them from a blue-gray cotton/linen fabric. I thought of using something fuzzier, but the girls were fine with this and since I have tons of this stuff it worked out well. The ears, claws and teeth are wool felt.

The standing wolf was influenced heavily by the new magazine Stuffed. I got my copy at Border's Bookstore, I've also seen it at Joann's. It's a great magazine, full of interesting techniques and inspiration.