Friday 21 February 2020

Sheepish Cuddles

A while ago I made a Bear cushion for our elder grandson, which I am pleased to say that he has really taken to. Recently, however, our son told us that our younger grandson has also taken a shine to the cushion, so in the interests of filial harmony a request was put in for a second cushion for our littlest grandson.

As I didn't want to make a replica of the first one, I trawled through all sorts of cushions on Pinterest until I finally decided that I would have a go at a sheep cushion.

I had never worked with fleece before so that was the first challenge!



As you can see, however, it turned out fine :)

The front and back of the cushion are 16.25" fleece circles, the face is grey felt with scraps of white and black for the eyes which I have raw-edge appliqued to the fleece backing.

I used six strands of black floss to backstitch the mouth and nose.

I wanted to make the ears stand proud of the face and body, but wasn't sure how to achieve that until I came across this tutorial by Shiny Happy World that uses Soft & Stable as wadding. Now, as it happens I had a strip of Soft & Stable left over from the Catch-All Caddy, so problem solved!

My first attempt at the ears wasn't very successful as I made them so slim at the bottom I found it impossible to turn them right side out. The second attempt, which you can see here, was much better!

I didn't have a round cushion inner so had to make do with a square one, however, it gives my sheep a slightly wonky shape which I think suits her very well :)

I was really pleased with how this turned out and hope that she will be as much cuddled as her Bear companion! 

10 comments:

  1. That is so cute! I'm sure it will be well loved!

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  2. Well, dang, Fiona, that cushion is just darling! He will love it!

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  3. Oh, this is just the most fun little pillow! You made her face so whimsical and the ears are perfect :)

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  4. Oh that is adorable! You did a fantastic job with this!

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  5. She's wonderful! I'm sure she will get lots of cuddles :)

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  6. That sheep cushion is B-ewe-tiful. You know it'll be loved to pieces.

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  7. Super cute cushion! I would cuddle with this one! :)

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  8. What an adorable and fun cushion, Fiona!!!

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