This month the Island Batik Ambassadors were challenged to make fun stuffed animals by Funky Friends Factory! I let my older son choose the animal he wanted as my younger son has the last one I made. He chose a manatee. Then of course my younger son had to have one too so I ended up making two. Funnily enough they chose coordinating colors. The day I finished them I happened to be going to the hairdressers so I took them along for a photo shoot.
One of the Island Batik Ambassador sponsors this year is Oliso. Here is my younger son's manatee dubbed "Manitoba" cuddling with my iron. I LOVE how flat my Oliso gets yardage! He loves to put his hands on it and watch it go up and down.
The picture directions on Funky Friends Factory website made sewing these creatures so much easier! They were wonderful. I did use a lot of pins, but they came out well in the end and my Aurifil Thread held strong.
My husband loves to take photographs so here are the sea cows eating some grass. He was laying on his stomach in the part to take this picture and some middle school age kids came along and thought he was dead because he wasn't moving. He assured them he was fine, just taking pictures.
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
Check out all the other fantastic critters made by the Island Batik Ambassadors this month!