Meet my Army of Evil Minions.
I had seen Moonstitch's adorable "tutowlrial" a few years ago, and have had it sitting in my bookmark folder ever since. Til I got a request for beanbags in a swap, and knew this was PERFECT for them! :D I filled the top half with fiberfil, and the bottom half with rice...worked perfectly, with a great heft for tossing. All was going well, til I needed to do the eyes..the best material I had was this dark brown sweater I had felted ages ago, and I thought it would be just the thing.
So, made a couple up, sat back a little, and realized I was staring back at an army of evil little owls. Whoops. I hope she is feeling the need for some minions around the house! :D
PS: Her favorite color is orange, and also tiedye, of which I had neither. But I had a yellow based red fabric, so I made reverse tiedye with it, using bleach (you can't see it in the pic, but it looks really cool, and way more orange)...look for the coming tut!!
PPS: I didn't have the printer going, so I just drew my own pattern looking at her pics...result, my owls came out a little more high-and-mighty, versus chubby and cute. Prob contributed in no small part to the evil results.
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8 comments:
I love these owls! I've also been meaning to make some for ages... must get on to it!
I think they look great. You did a good job for freehand, getting the bottoms to match up and all.
I had to look at your craft because you called them minions! I've always wanted an army of evil minions to do my bidding (and clean my house.)
the owls are adorable
hahaha, these guys are too funny! I love these little minions. I featured you today on my favorite things :)
http://sunshineandchaucer.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-favorite-things_19.html
too stinkin' cute! Love your minions!
Aww! Those turned out so so cute, and I love that they have rice in the bottoms to give them a solid floppy feel!
PPSS...these owls RAWK! I loovvvveee them. Plus, everyone needs minions. :-)
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