"Product Development"

As always when I have a number of projects that I need to finish, my brain gets all restless and I ignore the projects and start faffing around with something new. That is what happened this weekend, and I am choosing to call it "product Development"!

It all started when I was tidying up this gigantic ball of yarn:

I have used it for squishy teddies on sale in SimplyBearsCraft on Etsy, but I wanted to use it for a dressed bear. It is Aran weight wool and acrylic blend, so I knew the bear would be bigger than my other little bears. I wanted that, so I could make clothes from my Stylecraft, rather than thin cotton.


So I made a head and torso and then couldn't wait to do the rest of the bear, but started making a cardi:

I knew once I started pinning it in place, that it was too big. So I started again, making a beautifully detailed, carefully written out pattern!:

I decided that having arms on the bear would help with the fitting. So I made the arms and used my scribbled pattern, and the fit was good.

I have a nice selection of buttons from Hobbycraft. All these only cost £4.00

I had chosen some fabric, got out my sewing machine and made a pillowcase dress. It looked so wrong that it went straight into the bin!!

Instead, I decided to use this pleated skirt style, but add on a bodice to make it into a frock - love the word frock, it is just so old fashioned:

So now I had the bear, the dress and the cardi. Please note her big, white knickers:

She was all ready. Or was she?

She was missing something...a ridiculously oversized bow, I think:

So here she is, the result of my Product Development - Rosie Posy:

RESULT!