I’ve Created a Monster

7 January 2007 5 Comments

Remember when I said I wanted to make a stuffed horse? Remember how I made the Dammit Dolls instead, and decided it was a good thing I hadn’t done the stuffed horse because it would have been a disaster?

Well. I made a… disaster. Heh.

My first mistake was disregarding my own advice (to stay away from the stuffed horse idea).

My second mistake was deciding, at 3 a.m., that I could do a stuffed horse after all. At 3 a.m., my house mate would not be amused if I turned on the sewing machine… so that meant to do the stuffed horse, I’d have to hand sew it. That’s not a good idea, ever.

My third mistake was in improvising my own pattern. Including drawing the horse. An artist I am not.

My fourth mistake was in continuing to make the thing, even though the stitching was coming apart while I was still putting it together. Oy. How many hints to cease and desist does one person need?

So here it is, in all its glory horrificness:

I think it looks a bit like an anteater crossed with the Loch Ness Monster, don’t you? Or else it just really, really needs a stall break and a few minutes privacy.

Even though I’m laughing–this is truly awful, you know–I think the idea is sound:

If I can fix the anteater head, machine sew it so the stuffing isn’t leaking all over, and stuff it firmly enough that the legs will stay straight… it might actually look like a normal horse.

Meanwhile, the cats get this one. They’ll disembowel it and put it out of its misery, which is the kindest thing, really.

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