So, my daughter gave me a picture that she drew and colored and I thought it was so cute.  She told me it was Wow Wow Wubbzy.  At least her take on it.  Here is the cartoon.

Here is her drawing.  She gave him a body. 
So, I decided to make a plush out of her drawing.  Here is how I did it:
I first scanned the picture.  Then I enlarged it in Photoshop.  (My copier didn't have a size function on it.) 

Then I cut up the picture into six pieces.  Head, arms, legs, and body.

I cut out all the parts.  I embroidered the face on the head part.  First I drew on the face with a fabric pencil.  My embroider skills aren't the greatest but you get the gist of it.

Here is a look at the drawing and my embroidered head.

This was a pretty tricky doll because there were a lot of small parts.  I sewed the arms and legs and stuffed the legs.  The arms I scrunched them up using some yarn.  I was able to sew on the legs normally and one arm.  The other arm I had to sew to the body by hand.  There was just not enough room in the body to do that and flip back out.  I used the hidden stitch.

Then I sewed the head together and left a hole in the bottom where the body will go.

I stuffed the body and head and then hand stitched the same way.  I do have to say that the doll turned out better than I thought.  It will definitely not be a doll to play with.  It's pretty flimsy because of the large head vs small skinny body. 

It was pretty fun doing this for her.  It would be cool to get a toy that you designed.  Try it sometime if you dare.  Maybe pick a picture that is easier to sew.
Good luck to those who try!  I will probably do this again.
1 comment:
This is darling!
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