First Plush: A Handsewn Mudkip

I had a recent and random urge to make a stuffed animal. I gave it to my mother, mangofeet, for mother's day. I tried to make a mudkip, but a lot of things went wrong here. I've never done this before, so I was really making it up as I went, roughly basing it on a pattern I found here. Keyword here is roughly.


I also tried my best to make a wide ball for the head, but found it challenging to work in three dimensions. So, after all, though recognizable as a mudkip... he developed his own character. A little sinister at first, but still colorful and happy.


One of my main issues is the how rough the hand-sewing makes the edges. I have the feeling that that's what makes him a little creepy. That and the eyes. I could use a machine, it would be faster, and I might once I get an actual pattern done (at which point I'll make a tutorial). But as it is, with how much taking apart, cutting, adjusting there was, it was nice to be able to easily undo my stitches. Also, I could watch movies and be generally more social while hand-sewing.










For reference and any of those unaware, this happy fellow is a mudkip.