I pulled out my sewing machine yesterday to do some repair work and got an itch while it was out. Here’s what happened when I decided to scratch:
I had some old fabric that I wasn’t using for anything because it was stained. I think I was keeping it to use as a possible drop cloth.
I created a pattern months ago based on the size of a dryer sheet (I want to use them to recycle them), so I used that on this fabric to make my Stuft Rots Square Kat prototype.
I did a little embroidering before I sewed it. Buttons for eyes and embroidery floss for the nose and heart.
As I was embroidering, I saw this stray thread on the floor that had missed the garbage can when I was doing my sewing repair work earlier. I think it was a sign.
At this point in the contruction of “Ralphie” I started getting a little excited and totally forgot to keep taking photos as I went. I didn’t remember again until he was finished, so you’ll have to just do a little imagining as to what the interim steps looked like. (Sorry.)
That little bit of blue fabric sticking out from the right side of him under his arm is just a placeholder for a label. He measures 6¾” tall from ear to toe.
I have some fur that I found at JoAnn’s that was made from plastic bottles. It came in a bunch of different colors: brown, tan, white, black and cream. I’ve been thinking of all kinds of ways to customize each one with different eye buttons, sew-on button shapes, collars, collar tags, clothes and even knitted sweaters, to name a few. I also would like to make a line using recycled things like those dryer sheets and leftover printed fabric that I’ve collected through the years. I’m also thinking they could be customized for special occasions and holidays, and people could even give them with maybe a ring on an arm or a necklace or earrings. School colors are also a possibility. I could make smaller versions with something attached to the tops of their heads so they could hang (maybe like illegally from your rearview mirror).
So many ideas, I hope I’ve written everything down.
Right now I’m just wondering if I would be able to sell these little guys and send them out with their adoption papers. They would probably need about a $35 price tag for me to make any money doing the work.
Please let me know what you think. This would be a big (huge) time consumer, and I need to make a decision whether to put a lot of it into them.
Thanks in advance.