Toddler Animals return! - pattern 1032

It's always a great compliment to be asked to make a second version of something.  Last year this pattern of Toddler animals did well enough that I got to make MORE!


See the cute version Mandy Nader made for her son from last year's pattern.  If you want to see more of her work, go to her page Meow about Cosplay and Crafts.

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So, what adorable animals should I make this time??? 

Kitties and puppies are good reliable choices.  And the other two ended up being these, a penguin and unicorn. But my first round of color didn't work so well. 

These colors are MUCH better. The penguin now has a grey body and black head, like actual baby peguins and a turquoise unicorn works much better in the group since the kitty is already pink ... actually that first unicorn was supposed to be purple, it just doesn't look like that on the scan, but the turquoise is better.

These are the fabric photos I send in to Simplicity for approval ... penguin ...

kitty ... 
I decided to put a printed flannel lining in the hood of all the animals this year. The hood fits very loose and I like the lining being part of the design.

And ... HA!!! ... these are not the final fabrics I used for the unicorn ... hmm. I must have changed my mind again. Sometimes it is SO hard to get just the right color.

This was my first set of fabrics for the puppy. I really wanted to use the paw print fabric inside the hood. But Betsy Burger, my design director, said the browns were too dark. And now that I look at it she was so right. She is a good design director!

The softer mottled brown works much better with the multi color dot for the hood lining.


I'll be taking about all the faces on Friday.