Coconut Creme the Bear

If you promise not to laugh at my bad Frankenstein stitching (this is my first time I did a hand-stitching project; I've been spoiled by my sewing machine, and I'm use to only hand stitching repairs in clothes), I'll show you a cute friend of mine.

A lot of plushies are usually made with a sewing machine, but since my sewing machine is in New York, I decided to try some hand stitched crafts.

Her name is Coconut Creme. She's a bear. I made her with felt, toy stuffing, whipstitches, and love! She has little black beads for eyes and a little snout. She even has eyelashes!

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/v...onutcreme2.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/v...onutcreme3.jpg

Bum!

Sometimes she's cold, and she likes to wear a scarf. I made a little scarf out of felt, and I embroidered a little heart on it (not well!)

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/v...conutcreme.jpg

(The whip stitching around the ears is the really bad part of it. xD)

This is my first plush I ever made. I really enjoyed it. I'm going to keep making them and hopefully my whip stitching will improve to something not so insane!

I used this pattern as a base, and got some help from this tutorial, if you're looking to make this too!

Cute bears to sew from felt - Sewing - Crafts - Canadian Living
http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2007/1/tutorial-hand-sew-felt.aspx

SHE IS SO ADORABLE! :kaoclove:

Awww, thank you, Kari! :blush:

I bet she eats strawberries.

Very cute indeed.

Catchy name too... Coconut Creme.

Thanks, guys! I made her a friend. This time I just used regular stitches, so she looks much more like a standard plushie, with very neat stitches inside for the most part, only used whipstitches where I had to close her (her head!) and around the ears and muzzle. This one is a bunny!

Her name is unknown still, but she might be called Bubblegum. That's because when I stitched the top of her head closed, I wasn't very precise, and one corner of her head is taller than the other, just like Gumby's head. XD But that's part of the charm, isn't it?

She has a little mouth and nose...

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/v...bubblegum1.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/v...bubblegum2.jpg

and she he even has a cotton tail!

Oh my god I love so much this is amazing. You should totally make these for presents! People will be all over them.

Thank you! I think I might be actually. I know someone who I might be visiting soon whose girlfriend would like presents like this!