More puppies and a mouse

Here are a few more ofthe puppies I've made in the last year. DD at one point had 5 birthday parties to attend. I didn't have the time to shop for each kid individually, so I made pups out of whatever themed fabric I had on hand. Each kid loved it - especially that DD had picked out special fabric fro each friend. The Deere John puppy was of course for a boy...

DS had to get in on the photos too! His own pup is the middle size that I make. The largest dogs take a whole bag of stuffing! Needless to say, I sharnk the pattern after I figured that out!
Last is DD with her favorite critter. The owl needed a bed. Then "she" needed a mouse to keep her company. The mouse is really cute and the body is barely over an inch long. The things we do for our kids!

Puppies!

Puppy minis! I made these by hand. The pattern (I'll have to look it up) started out fairly large, but I kept re-drawing it smaller and ended up with little wool felt pincushions about 3 inches from nose to tail. Each takes about an hour from start to finish. I really like the blanket stitched one! I gave most of these as gifts.

Puppies!

Well, not real ones. I'll show my real fur kids another time. My aunt gave me a pattern for puppies and I reduced it to save on fiberfill! (Yes, I am a little cheap...) The dogs turned out cute and were very helpful when my daughter was invited to 5 b-day parties within 4 weeks! She is truly a socail butterfly! I've made these several times for gifts and then reduced the pattern dramatically to make mini pincushions. I even gave one to a sour instructor at my first official (i.e. paid for) quilt lesson. She did cheer up, but I never got the idea that she really wanted to be there.

Darn - can't find the pin cushion pics. I'll try to add them later