An outing, and an Owlie plan

I went out yesterday and decided to pick up some more fabric to make a bigger stuffed owl. I wanted something soft and cuddly, something my child would enjoy. I haven't made it yet, but I probably will today. Here are the fruits of my shopping trip (excuse the wrinkle of the fabric on the far left!)

I was actually looking for more of the Apples and Pears pattern when I ran across the one on the left. I have seen that one a lot recently because it is BIG in the cloth diapering community. The other two are a cream minkee and a brown minkee. Well, kind of...I found out that Minkee is actually a brand name so mine are generic knockoffs. Not bad though, they are super soft and nice, perfect for a stuffed cuddly owl! My husband is going to draw this pattern for me so it doesn't turn out uneven, and I will definitely make a seam allowance, too.
Here is one of the many diapers I have seen in this pattern, this is a Kissaluvs Marvel diaper in Mocca. I honestly thought it was branded until seeing the same pattern on a few other diapers when I visited The Happy Baby Company (a cloth diaper store) recently. I love the pattern, it is going to be for snack bags!
I also bought a pack of Viking bobbins. Regular bobbins don't work in a Viking machine, as I found out recently. Well, it is possible they fit in the bobbin case but you 100% cannot wind them on a Viking machine. You read that right...$12.95 for a pack of 11. What the heck.

Owlie!

I decided today I wanted to make a cute stuffed owl. I could not find a pattern I liked, so for the first time, I winged it!

I used a paper bag to make my pattern. Ok "patternish thing".

I drew this free hand. Yea, I know, you can tell. I just used the shape, I winged the rest.
My pattern and the scraps I used.
I cut out the body, and liked the little arc above the Owlie's head, so I used that as the "wings". I just used this as my pattern and cut the fabric piece I wanted, folded. One cut, yay!
I sewed the eyes on by hand. Not perfect, but this is a tester anyway, not meant to be fancy or 100% perfect. If I were doing this again, I would make the eyes lower. At this point, I wasn't thinking about seam allowance, but I should have.

With the wings. I am normally not very good with curves/circles but I think this turned out just fine! I was very pleased. I love this sewing machine!


After sewing the right sides of the head together and the wings on...
All sewn together. I was not able to get the ears as point as I would like, but it turned out OK.
It is not as uneven as it looks, that is just the angle.
The crappy hand sewing job I did on the bottom. Don't judge me! My kid looks pretty excited...
Yay!
This one was fun! I made many mistakes but I think it turned out pretty cute. I will definitely make the eyes lower next time, and use a different fabric. This is upholstery fabric from Ikea so it frays quite easily. Not easy to work with!