A while ago I made my nephew, Elliot, a Spaceboy softie using Hillary Lang's pattern. He's been wanting a Robot friend for Spaceboy, so I made him one this weekend.
This is Elliot's Robot.
I also made myself a Robot and Spacegirl, just for fun. This was a great way to use up odd, large buttons. I also learned that, when making softies, the quality of the fiberfill makes a BIG difference. I had a bag of "premium" poly fill on hand, but had to buy an additional bag to finish all three softies. Because it was on sale, I bought the bargain brand fiberfill, which was a mistake. It took much longer to stuff with and the results were a lot more lumpy.
I'm not really experienced with making softies and I can see a bunch of places where there's room for improvement. (For instance, I placed Spacegirl's arms way too low.) All in all though, it was a fun little project and will hopefully help my next softie project to come out even better.
Hey they are so cute! I love spacegirl's eyelashes. Robot looks like he's not quite sure about spacegirl - she's *touching* his arm! I'm sure I could benefit from a stuffing your softie course - it is so much trickier than I realised! regards, lily
Posted by: lily boot | March 23, 2008 at 10:58 PM
I've had the same pattern hanging around my craft space for the longest time!
Maybe your great results (they look fab- regardless of how much softie experience you have) will give me the impetus I need to get on and make them up.
Posted by: the pesky bombolino | March 24, 2008 at 04:08 AM
Good filling is ABSOLUTELY crucial! I learned that one years ago, after making a huge batch of stuffies, and using the wrong stuffing. Ugh! lol
Posted by: muralimanohar | March 24, 2008 at 04:23 AM
I love the spacegirl! I have to buy that pattern now; I kept going back and forth about it and now seeing how cute you interpreted the pattern I need to make a spacegirl!
Posted by: Stefanie | March 24, 2008 at 06:09 AM
Aww...Spacegirl is the cutest thing! The star fabric is perfect, and the face is very expressive. I think I couldn't ever be a softie maker since the faces on my stuff always comes out weird or creepy or just plain wrong. Well done!
Posted by: Robyn | March 24, 2008 at 06:13 AM
I love the wee wonderfuls patterns...softies made from them are now my "go-to" gift for all my kid birthday needs. :) I can't wait for her new doll patterns to be ready!
Posted by: shannon | March 24, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Oh, my aunt was just reminding me how I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a girl, and how many nights I spent in the backyard with my telescope.... Your little spacegirl is precious. It's been a long time since I wanted a toy JUST FOR ME, but I want that one!! Lovely job, like with everything you do...
Posted by: Christina | March 24, 2008 at 09:56 PM
Very, very, very cute! All of them!
Posted by: Lara | March 25, 2008 at 03:05 AM
Very awesome!
Posted by: Jackie | March 25, 2008 at 08:34 AM
Oh my goodness! These are too cute! The fabrics are so robot-ish and the buttons and embellishments make perfect finishing touches. Love love love them!
Posted by: Tine | March 26, 2008 at 01:18 AM
Thanks, everyone! Robot was a big hit with Elliot and Spacegirl is a big hit with my cats.
Posted by: Elizabeth | March 26, 2008 at 09:40 PM
Wow! Absolutely LOVE these. WOW.
Posted by: bigbucketgirl | March 28, 2008 at 06:15 AM
I LOVE your spacegirl and robots!!!!thank you so much for inpiring me,I just bought the pattern and can not wait for it to arrive.thank you thank you and please don't beat yourself up about arms not being in the right place,spacegirl is perfectoooo!xoxo
Posted by: Dees | April 07, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Me parecen geniales spaceboy y robot. ¿Compartirias conmigo los patrones? No tengo posibilidad de comprarlos. Si me dices que no, lo comprenderé. Muchas gracias.
Posted by: patricia de Chile | June 05, 2008 at 02:20 PM
I like her arms where they are. I think it lends to the whole clunky spacesuit feel. Those things make people look not so human!
Posted by: Michele | June 10, 2009 at 02:37 PM