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snake

Man this guy took forever to stuff. 

Fabric snake head on
I found this fabric at a church rummage sale on Saturday.  It is some kind of wool-polyester blend, probably originally intended for making a women's suit jacket.  It just looked like a snake to me. I couldn't resist. And it was 25 cents for two yards. 

Fabric snake to the side

Comments

  1. Tiffany says

    So funny – I wanted to make a snake the other day and was trying to decide how to make him. Did you cut the fabric with a curve at all or did you just use a plyable fabric to be able to coil him up like this? Adorable!
    Do you have a book out – because if not, you need to write one, so I can buy it 🙂

  2. plushpussycat says

    He’s a cutie–got lots of character! Love the fabric! 🙂 I’ve created a pair of worms (boyfriend and girlfriend–one of the first posts on my blog). They’re not coiled, so they didn’t take as long to stuff–thankfully! 🙂

  3. abbyjane says

    Thanks, I do have a book out – The Artful Bird – and I have a second one coming out in the spring of 2013 about soft toy design.

  4. abbyjane says

    I did cut the fabric in a circle. I traced the top of my trash can and then made a big spiral. Then I made a head with a gusset and two darts and an open mouth.