Well, here's the scoop. Tiny stuffed animals are DIFFICULT and confusing to sew. As I have said before, it was probably the best project for me to choose for my foray back into the world of sewing. Accomplishing it is a big boost to my confidence and little Breonna loves it! :)



Here are some pics that kind of give the walk-through of the most harrowing part of my experience. The pinning and cutting out seemed simple enough and then I got the whole top of him put together which includes the entire trunk as well as the top sides of his legs and tusks. Then I got the bottom of him put together which is just the underbelly plus the undersides of the legs and tusks.

The harrowing part started here. Looking at these small pieces, my rational mind kept thinking How in the hell do I attach these two parts and sew around them without messing it up??. So... as is my usual, it sat for MONTHS. I think I started this last year, didn't I?? Good grief... I'm such an emotional cripple.

Anyway... had some revelations in therapy recently and it got me going again. Here are some pics that show what this thing looked like:


- This is the result of me pinning the pieces together and choking at the tusks part. Wow... this thing looks like a scene from Alien or Predator doesn't it?? How in the world is it supposed to end up cute???

Got my wind back and pinned it all. At one point, there had to be over 100 pins in the thing and I pinned it through the callus next to my middle fingernail. I lifted my hand and it was actually ATTACHED TO IT! Good lord!

So... okay... this has gotta work. I sewed it slowly around all the pinned areas and this is the result:


- Notice how tame and organized it now appears and also notice there are no FEET on this thing.

I look over to see what pieces are left to be used and it is just the circular back and front feet:


- Note how these are PERFECT circles and the legs in the pic above are like flat lines, just two pieces of FLAT fabric sewn together. Once again... I'm like Huh???.

But... once again I have to get a grip on myself. This can happen... it DOES happen or these animals couldn't be made. So...


- Wonder of wonders!

So I get them sewn on and start turning it...


- Looks like a pod, doesn't it??

But Voila!!! - It worked!!



And then I wanted to sew the date on its butt so that little Breonna would always know when I gave it to her.



And here it is ready for giving to the little one!! She loves it, by the way! :)