Cute Dog Pillow/Plush

It's been a while for me to make this kind of large sock doll.
This plush is around 24" long and I think it's perfect for little children to hug when they are sleeping.

I like polka dots. But it kind of hard to see the eyes with those black/gray polka dots.

It's available in my shop.

Sock Owls

Here are the sock owls.
It's small and soft to hold.
I only used one adult sock to make all 3 of those. And all those turn out, mm..., not bad, right?

My Sock Pig

I finially get back to my sock craft. Thanks for the times in Vegas.

Here is my pink sock pig doll. I used to use baby sock to make small size sock doll, this time I used adult winter sock to make bigger size pig. Still soft to hug. :)
Here is the front.

And the back with little tail.

I made another one with smaller body.
I think smaller body give more kawaii feel, how do you think?

I even made the tail more like pig tail on this one.

Graduation Cap

Graduation season is over, I am a little late to post this...
One of my best friends graduated last month. I couldn't make it, so I draw something for her cap(left). I sent her the pdf file, and she cut it out herself and decorated the rest.
She worked in a Japanese restaurant, so I put sushi on her head.
Making the cap for her remind me of my own cap(right). I was just starting to learn how to make sock doll back that time. So I decided to make a graduating sock doll on my cap. She has her own cap made with felt and also holding flowers.

Chick Out

The weather in past 2 weekends are really nice.
So my husband decided to take me to see Body Exhibit in Balboa Park in SD.
Because it was so sunny outside, I also bought my new sock dolls with me to take more pictures.
First, we went to Danny's for breakfast.....
I think I ordered wrong dish, eggs with cheese are too rich for me that morning. I didn't finish it.

No photography is allow in exhibit. So this is the only picture I took for the show.
I wanted to see Body Exhibit for a very long time~
So I was really excited that I finally can go see it.

On the way back to our car, I saw the those yellow flowers on the ground.
SPRING is definitely here.

Big Chick Sister taking little egg sister to feel the Spring.

Pinky Heart Sisters.

How to make Sock Fish~

I made a sock fish tonight.
It's not a tutorial...... I don't know how to make one...
But I will try my best to describe every steps to show you how I made one.
(You can see the bigger pictures on my Flickr Album:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canndypan)

1.) Prepare 2 different kind of socks. One as body (inside), one as cloth or as body color (outside).
I chose a white sock as body material and purple little flowers one as cloth.
2.) Get fiberfill. It's really depend on how big is your sock and how you want it to be. I want my fish felt puffy, so I used more fiberfill.
3.) Put all this fiberfill inside the sock. Make it round.
4.) Sew the sock opening as fish tail.
5.) I cut the fish tail shorter.
6.) Put the outer cloth on to measure.
7.) Cut the sock to where you want.
8.) Put the outer cloth back. We have a fat fish with flower cloth on now.

9.) Stitch the end of outer cloth onto the body. So the outer cloth won't come down easily.
10.) Use the part you cut off earlier to make two half circles (back of the sock).
11.) Sew one half circle and leave the opening un-sew.
12.) Reverse the half circle to the right side and fold in half. Stitch together.
13-14.) Sew the opening together. Repeat with another one.
13-14.) Sorry, I put the number wrong~ Sew both half circles on each side of the fish as fish fin.
15.) Use a piece of felt. I found this pink one to match with purple flowers. Draw 2 circles one it.
16.) Embroidery the eyes with black thread.
17.) Stitch the eyes on. Make sure the stitch on the sock is down to make a smile.
18.) Done!! Here is one happy sock fish!!

This is the old one I made with baby's sock. I use buttons to make eyes. This is a gold(blue) fish!!

Outing!!

This weekend, I took my cute little guys out for some pictures.
I took them out one by one in every restaurant we went that day.
I think servers may think I am crazy or childish to bring plush to eat.... haha. But there is one server thinks they are cute and asked me where I bought it. I am proud to say that I made all of those.
The weather in LA this weekend is cold and raining a little bit. But we still managed to take some pictures under a little bit of sunshine.