Hello, everyone. By stocking stuffers, I mean small gifts that would be suitable for younger children. If y'all are inclined to seek it out, there is a least one old post about little minky-type animals and angels.
Well, Christmas giving approaches, and it's coming at quite a clip. Also I happened to be looking at the various fleece like fabrics in the stash and encountered some polyester baby flannel, left over from making gifts for babies.
I decided to see how the baby-garment brushed poly works with the angel and animal patterns.
I also wanted to sew more than one at a time, cutting down on stabilizer usage, fabric usage, and time consumed in hooping.
The angels used pink fabric. I had figured out that the angel is an applique pattern, so I used some gold left over from the Camino Trails project and a lace sample that was also in the stash.
The stitching time according to the embroidery machine for a pair of angels was 61 minutes. This doesn't include thread changes, fabric preparation for the back side (it needs a turning opening), turning and stuffing, and stitching the opening by hand. The texturing on the wings takes quite a while to stitch out.
The fish, on the other hand, have fewer color changes and no texturing on the fins, so they take about a fourth as long to complete a pair. I used mint green brushed poly for them.
In the picture, for an idea of scale, I included the small trimming scissors that is usually used for cutting out projects and trimming off excess fabric from the in-the-hoop appliqués.
The fish are from an OESD pattern set. The angel is from the Janome blog some while back.
These little things are fun to make and fun to tuck into a stocking, pouch, child's purse, or to use as party favors.
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