I love it when people come to me with an idea of something they would like me to make.
A couple of weeks was asked if I had ever thought of making pincushions. Specifically they were after one that looked like a cupcake.
I love cupcakes!!!! :D ... well the edible ones, but I was very excited at the prospect of making one out of material.
Now, most cupcake pin cushion designs you see on the net have a base with a dome on top ... not
a very exciting thing to make.
I love the look of cupcakes with a swirl of piped icing sitting on top
(Delicious!!) and so I based my design on that.
Early last month I
decided to step out of my comfort zone and make a soft toy, like an
animal or a doll of some sort. I went out to my FB page followers and asked for suggestions as the last time I attempted this was
back in high school when I tried my hand at making a dinosaur that ended up looking nothing like a dinosaur or any recognisable
shape.
I got 3 responses ... from girlfriends. I was hoping to generate a little bit conversation from the 300 or so people who like my page that I don't actually know. And let me just say that I am over the moon that I have 300+ likes on my page - to me that is like a billion. I digress ...
A couple of days later I was having a conversation with a girlfriend and she mentioned that one of her favourite toys as a kid was one that had long limbs that her little hands could grab onto and carry around. That's when the joyous creative light bulb came on I could think of nothing better than to base my soft toy after my beloved dog Robbie. He is a recused greyhound who just happens to have long ears, a long nose, long legs and a long body!
So I sketched a little and one Saturday morning put the Robbie prototype together. Don't you think there they look awfully similar?? Maybe I'm just bias :)
Happy with the prototype, I began to put Robbie#1 together ...
So, my Robbie#1 is a one of a kind, soft toy
dog. Hand made with cotton fabric, two way
velvet, foil jersey, ribbon and polyester stuffing; he stands 45cm tall.
Just in case you didn't notice, Robbie is numbered ... which can only mean that there maybe more of him to come :)
Steph xo
PS. Soon after he was made, Robbie#1 was successfully adopted by a loving family from our Etsy store - https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/twooffour
