Wow Wow Wubbzy

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.

Plush Toys Tutorial

Here is my next tutorial on how to make a plush toy. I am going to make them to go with the baby shower presents I give. They will be a present topper. I hope that made sense.

So the toy I am making came from this sticker. I used the throw away part to use as my outline.
Pin the template to the fabric and cut out. (Hindsight: I should have cut the fabric a little bit bigger so that it looked just like the template when finished. I didn't do that and it looked smaller.) I used cotton on one side and minky on the other.
Since Minky moves a lot I had to pin it a bunch of times. Believe me, it helps. It may be a pain but you don't get a lot of movement.
Sew all the way around. I used a 1/4 inch seam. Leave about 2-3 inches for the opening.
Cut slots into the part of the fabric that is curved. Be careful not to cut the stitch.

Turn it inside out.
Fill with stuffing. You can fill it with however much you want. I used a moderate amount.
Then I hand stitched it closed. Ok, in this picture I just whip stiched it. I ended up taking it out and looked up how to do the hidden stitch. Here is a link on how to do it: Hidden stitch.
Here is the finished product. This was my first attempt at making these but I have so many more ideas. I am thinking of making a cute giraffe next. It will have some ribbon attached to it for the hair side. Maybe I'll try a lion too. That would be cute.
Happy Crafting!!!