Samantha Molloy

The Strangest Thing I've Ever Made


Recently I was asked to make a soft toy for a friend's baby. My friend had seen someone making toys out of baby's first babygrows (onesies) and wondered if I could do the same.
Certainly I said. What animal do you want? (She'd shown me bears, elephants and rabbits).
A kiwi, was the reply.

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There is a reason for this request - the baby's father is a New Zealander, and the kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand.
I'll see what I can do, I said, not for one minute thinking you could get a pattern to make a kiwi soft toy. However only a short search proved me wrong (which I'm very pleased about, because I was wondering how on earth I could MAKE a pattern myself).
An Etsy shop called Funky Friends Factory has patterns for all kinds of soft toys, including this:

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I thought it was rather sweet.
Here's my version, made from pieces of 5 of the baby's first babygrows.

One side is floral

This side says "Born in 2013"

Underneath I embroidered the baby's name and date of birth.

I think this must rank right up there with one of the strangest things I've ever made, although I do think it's pretty cute.
What's the strangest thing you've ever made? 

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