#custom beanies

[sillybeanies]

how to make your own beanie buddy!!

first: sacrifice a beanie D: this was a damaged and worn zip the cat. farewell sweet prince. thanks for your service. anyway take that beanie to bits

iron the pieces and trace them to make a pattern (make notes about how to reassemble NOW before you forget!)

Ask your sister to use her work printer to blow up the pattern from A5 to A3! thats four times bigger!!

get some plushy fabric from the craft store and get tracing and cutting (using medical scissors from that surgery you had four years ago)

SEW THAT BABY TOGETHER and then pick apart the head because you messed up AND THEN SEW IT BACK TOGETHER PROPERLY!!

make a little face :3 eyes, nose and whiskers!!

fill that beast with BEANS using your sister's hamilton shotglass (and some fluff for the head and body)

sew her up.... and take some photos!!

optional step: repeat the process to make some siblings!

[beanbagbuddies4life]

Simplicity Crafts 8091 looks like mostly generic beanbag animals... but Simplicity Crafts 8472 and Butterick 5295 look like potentially Beanie Baby replicas and spoofs. (That Butterick pattern is for sure-- that rabbit is spot on!)

These patterns are probably small enough to scan and upload. Just saying. Should anyone get their hands on one

[feltbite]

caterpillar gets a nice little coat and has a lovely day outside 🐛

[loki-of-the-light-switch]

Hm. Needs more eyes.

[3gbwoutlandishclothing]

Smile Now and Cry Later Pom-Pom Beanie

[sillybeanies]

meet Fathoms! Fathoms is a handmade beanie made with recycled materials using @beanbagbuddies4life's scorch pattern :3

Their poem reads:

I live deep within the sea And drag the tide along with me I make friends with all the fishes And grant all their little wishes

I wanted to make another magic spoof and have it be a little elemental and tied to nature. This dragon is really soft and velvety. I really liked how the tail came out curled over like a wave!!

more dragons: 🌱 mossy 🌠 aurora

[sillybeanies]

Meet Cedric the dragon :v He's a custom dragon beanie baby based off @beanbagbuddies4life's scorch pattern with some modifications - the horns, head shape and tail. I wanted to create a more traditional storybook dragon with Cedric. His tail is a bit unwieldy but i really liked how his head turned out!!!

His poem reads:

When "once upon a time" was true, Magic was real and dragons too. When the sun shone on my scales, I ruled the world of fairytales.

[sillybeanies]

meet.... Aurora!

after making mossy i'm still on a dragon kick so here's another custom beanie baby!

Aurora is also handmade from @beanbagbuddies4life's pattern, using recycled and thrifted materials. Her poem reads:

Dancing colours light up the night Dragons are flying high and bright Curtains of colour in the starry sky Flicker and play way up high

I based Aurora more closely on magic due to her short plush, though only aesthetically as magic actually has a different construction to scorch despite looking similar! again the belly had to be narrowed a lot to give her shape and have her sand on her lil toes.

i love her so much! She has so much personality and the sweetest face :3 also she only took me one day to make!

here she is with magic:

(i'm still working on a mossy buddy but im thinking i'll make an auroroa one too!)