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Now it's your turn! Read the instructions below and get inspired. You don't have to create this exact craft but we want you to be inspired by the idea and show us your own take on it. Do the craft, make a post in this thread explaining what you did, how you did it, and a PHOTO of your work. At the end of the month we will pick one random entry as our winner and send that lucky winner a $50 Amazon.com gift card. 
Feel free to comment as much as you like in the contest thread but only photos of your craft will be valid entries. One entry per craft done.
Have fun, and enjoy crafting! - Nathan
The neat thing about this pattern is that it can really be as big or as small as you want it. You can use a larger stuffed animal and a large amount of fabric to make a full sized blanet or you can keep it as a lovie. You can also move around the head, legs, and arms acording to how you want your lovie to look. Also, if you don't have a sewing machine, this is simple enough that a needle and thread would suffice using a
backstitch.
Suggested Materials:
1 small stuffed animal
2 15x15" squares of soft/textured fabric in matching or coordinating prints/solids (suggested fabrics: minky, flannel, woven cotton, chenille, satin)
sewing machine or sewing needle
coordinating or contrasting thread
scissors
Summary:
Cut the stuffed animal apart and join the pieces with the fabric. Topstitch and enjoy your lovie.
Directions:
cut up the stuffed animal:
My kids had a hard time watching this one
There are a couple different ways you can do this. If you want an animal lovie with the head and arms at the top then you would cut your animal along it's midsection. If you want an animal lovie with the head at the top and the hands/paws on the sides, then you would cut just the head off and then cut the two arms off. If you want an animal lovie with the head on one side and the hands on the top corners and feet on the bottom corners then you would cut off the head, arms, and feet.
Baste Close
After removing the appendages you want to use, remove a bit of stuffing in the opening of each extremity and then baste the ends closed about 1/4 inch in from the cut edge.
Sew The Blanket
1. Place the blanket pieces together with right sides facing each other and pin together.
2. Decide which corner you want to place the head in, mark where the head lays and cut off the corner from mark to mark.
3. Sew the blanket together starting at one corner of the cut corner and working your way around to the other corner, making sure to not sew the cut corner closed.
4. Turn the blanket right side out through the cut corner.
Step 4: Assembling the Pieces
1. Turn the raw edge inward and place the basted edge of the stuffed animal head into the opening. Pin closed.
2. Carefully maneuver the animal head so you can sew the pinned edge closed and then continue to top stitch all the way around the blanket ending with sewing over the pinned edge one more time. Trim excess thread.
3. Ta-da! You have your own little animal lovie.
March 2010: How to make a Stuffed Animal Lovie
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