cute blue thing

[Cerya]

New guy made for Plush You. I could not decide if I wanted to make him out of fabric or yarn so I did both. More info on my blog.

[gnathalie2]

Kick butt!!!!!!  I think it would take all day to detail every single thing i love about your cute blue thing!!!  Awesome that you combined both yarn and fabric, and i love the light blue detail on it's eye!  love it, love it, love it!!!!!     
Nathalie

[kitschbitch]

CUTE!  Did you find it difficult to sew the fabric to the crocheted part (I am imagining stretch and shape distortion...)?

[lovething]

Oh, how cute!

[brookeincraftland]

That is soooo cute and you just did an awesome job crocheting? and adding the fabric on, it looks professional! I would totally buy it.

[Sneaky_Monkey]

omg i wish i could get one of these cuties!!!!
great job

[atinynap]

This is so darling!

[Cerya]

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Kitschbitch-
I prevented a lot of the problems you might expect by making a template of the foot pads first in crochet. Once I had the template I traced it on to freezer paper and ironed that to the fabric and then cutting the fabric with a half inch seem allowance. Then I lined up my template and poked holes with and awl (but you could problem use a needle) in each crochet stitch of the outside row or the crochet template. After I had the holes punched I used a yarn needle and some scrap blue yarn to make a running stitch to attach the fabric to the legs.  After the sewing is done I ripped off the freezer paper. If I ever do this process again I plan to better document it with photos and such.

polKadOt_iT-
I had to do a good bit of ripping back on this project because the yarn would fray from time to time. But the cotton lends itself so well to the nice crisp stitch definition I could not resist. I hope other people feel the same way as you and someone takes him home from the Plush You Show.

[faerieflings]

I love him!  I love so many little things about him, like his flappy ears, his dotted feet, how he has one blue swirly eye, his differently sized feet; he is just too cute!

[joannausa]

Awesome, cute blue thing. You need name for this little man