
Day 199 – Faux fur vest is a bit oversized, but she loves it anyway. “Me, pink!” She can wear/love it for years. (Taken with Instagram)

Day 199 – Faux fur vest is a bit oversized, but she loves it anyway. “Me, pink!” She can wear/love it for years. (Taken with Instagram)

Day 198 – So close to finishing this faux fur vest for my toddler. A more experienced sewer would have known that you can’t sew up all sides and the arm holes and then turn it right-side out. Arghh. I really dislike ripping stitches out. (Taken with Instagram)
I’ve been working on an idea for a reversible bear for awhile now. This is my first prototype, made entirely by hand because I could not figure out how to sew it on my machine. I bought a rainbow assortment of t-shirts from Goodwill. Complementary colors, green and red, heighten the contrast between the awake bear and the asleep bear. As with all prototypes, there are several things that I would do differently next time. But for now, my 10 month old loves playing with this one.