These little guys made it onto some baby gear I made for a co-worker of Ryan's. She is having a girl, but loathes the color pink. She and her husband are into the outdoors and more natural themes. So, I decided to go with woodland creatures. I forgot to take photos using my actual camera, so these aren't the greatest as I took them last minute with my phone....
On the left is a pacifier leash with a hedgehog on it. This hedgehog took me waaaay too long to sew by hand. I created the pattern first. I sewed the top layers of blue and tan together first, then embroidered on the cream quills (not sure if that is what they are called), eyes, and nose. then I stitched that piece to a slightly larger piece of brown felt. And finally, I did a blanket stitch to attach a second piece of brown felt to give it some bulk. So cute!
Attaching the hedgehog to the suspender clip was tricky and I need to perfect my methods. You can see the slight dimpling where I stitched through the blue felt which I don't love.
My tag is sewn to the back of both items as well. For the bib, I did a cream terry cloth backing with an extra layer of tan flannel in between to make it more absorbent and sturdy. It has a snap closure and I still swear by the tutorial I posted HERE.
The real lesson I learned while making these things is that sometimes I need to better manage my time, or do things a little differently in the interest of time. At some point (way in the future) I would love to make and sell things and I will never make any amount of money if it takes me several hours to complete one pacifier leash!! I'll get faster too with time, but still, I could be more efficient for sure.
