I said a few days ago that I was looking for hedgehog inspiration and here is why:
Meet Hattie!
See she fits in my hand like the
other hedgehog and is almost as cute!
Hattie is my first 100% original design. Here is how I made her!
1. I looked at some cute pictures of hedgehogs and some cute hedgehogs sent to me by Alana from Japan. I sketched out a picture of a little hedgie.
2. I cut the sketch into pieces. I enlarged the face piece by about 1/8th of an inch. I also made the legs slightly longer so they'd be easier to stitch onto the body. I also created a belly panel so she could be 3 dimensional and stand up on her own.
3. My pattern ended up looking like this. I would like to add a link so it can be downloaded but I don't know how to do that. Anyone able to help? If you are interested I can send it to you or you could save this picture and print out using a full page (or 8X10) and that should work.
4. Next I stiched the face onto the body, just along the back edge. I then stitched on the quills and attached the legs. Then I stitched on the eyes and the mouth (which ended up being a bit wobbly). After all the embroidery type stuff was done I stitched one half of the body to the bell panel and then the other. Once that was done I stitched up the face and prickly edge leaving about an inch to stuff her. The I closed her up. For the finishing touch I added cheeks, little ears, and a nose. Voila! Hattie the Hedgehog!
