When looking for something to make as gifts for the members of my quartet, I had to take into account that we would be celebrating our Christmas two weeks into December. That, combined with all the other things on my schedule for the holiday season, and the fact that I would need to make the same thing three times, led met to look for something that would be fairly easy to replicate.
Funky Friends Factory to the rescue!
She’s got a bunch of great options for Christmas, including elves that I seriously considered making. But I settled on the snowman, and here’s why:
One of my friends decorates her whole house for Christmas, but also decorates for every other season.
One of my friends doesn’t like decorating for Christmas at all
One of my friends decorates a little, but has a teenage kid, so she’s got other things to deal with.
So, a snowman, while given for Christmas, and that includes a teeny gingerbread man, could be put out for Christmas, it can be left out for the rest of the winter months! Perfect!
Like most of the items on FFF, we start with the head of the plush. My draft of this guy ended up a little funky in the nose, mainly because darts and I have a tendency to have issues every so often.
Next up is sewing the back to the front at the side seams. For some reason, I would keep forgetting that the back is the shorter piece. This comes into play later…
When you go to sew the arms on. You’ll notice in the picture on the right that the arms are pointed toward the short piece. Well, this means they’re going to end up pointing toward Slush’s back, not his front.
And if you think it’s easy to take out a seam made with white thread on white fleece, then you’d be mistaken.
Still I got him fixed and put together nicely!
(My apologies for the lack of pictures for the rest of the process, or for Ginger. I was in a rush the whole time I was making these guys and just failed in that process. Suffice it to say that just like all the rest of the FFF patterns and instructions, this one worked like a charm!)
I liked him and his pal so much that I ended up making three more, one for P (MIL), G (GMIL), and MM’s godmother for Christmas.
A suggestion, now that I’ve got your attention – always make a draft. You’ll work through any confusion that you may have with the instructions, determine if you like the final product, and end up with one all your own!