Earlier this year a some friends of mine had their first child. A baby boy named Wyatt.
As a gift to the new parents, I made this trio of soft sculptures to decorate their nursery.
This was my first time making mounted soft sculpture, so it was a bit of trial and error. I developed the patterns myself, also something I've never done. I started first a rough pass of the pattern, I sketched the shapes that I thought would work. Then I cut the felt peices, sewed them up and then drew on top of the sewn dummy in the places that I wanted to edit the pattern. I then, tore the dummy apart and re-cut and re-stitched until it looked good. Then I again dismantled that version and used the soft pieces to make the final pattern.
I used basic poly craft felt sheets for the main portions of the plush. I added the orange pom-pom trim for a hit of color on the elephant, something I took off of the hem of an old skirt and re-purposed here. For the lambs "wool" I used some yarn with the curly texture, and sewed the yarn to the felt base, this was probably the most time consuming part of the whole project. I did some traditional needle felting with wool roving for the muzzle, nose, chest and inner ear of the deer.
For the eyes on all I used single hole buttons, with a little dab of paint for a highlight.
My husband stained the wood plaques, and attached picture brackets to the back for hanging.
I chose the animals for the variety in shape, color and texture.
I have this wonderful vintage children's book, The Wild and Wooly Animal Book by with corresponding passages about the animals that I wrote on the back (no picture to show).
Photos: Katey Penton Photography
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