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My second (non-plushie) post-pincushion sewing project was this envelope pillow with piping. I made a lot fewer mistakes on this one, and the finished product looks pretty classy — classy enough that I’m OK with the fact that my son is only kind of meh about the pillow, so it lives on the couch instead of in his bedroom.  Continue reading →

Last year, before I really got interested in sewing, my son asked me to make him a mega-mushroom stuffie. I explained to him that I really wasn’t that skilled yet, and that I didn’t have that much fabric to work with — all I really had was some leftovers from my first (and only) cosplay, plus some attempts at cute fleece anime hats and other randomness.

Instead of a giant mega-mushroom, I convinced him to let me hand-sew him a little blue mushroom — the kind that makes Mario into a little flea in New Super Mario Bros.

Connor loved his new fleece-and-felt mushroom, and named him Blue-White.

That was a year and a half ago. Now that I’ve gotten back into sewing, Connor asked me if I could finally make him that mega-mushroom he asked for so long ago. Luckily, he was OK with Mega being only a little bigger than Blue-White, so I was able to use some more fabric scraps — this time, the back half of an old yellow t-shirt and some red remnants I bought off of eBay, along with an old peach-colored woven fabric scrap — instead of taking my son on a Joann’s trip.

Of course, everything for a six-year-old has to be done NOW, so this project got done in a morning and part of an afternoon.

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