Month: March 2016

Organic Stuffed otter close up gray background fluffmonger

A New Friend – Smuggles the Otter!

With two handmade markets coming up, I wanted some new faces to display at my booth. Otters have always been on my list of favorite animals, so I took advantage of some free time over the past two weekends to work on a pattern for a stuffed otter. When I’m coming up with a new animal character, […]

Organic Teddy Bear fluffmonger

A Custom Order Plus Rumpus the Bear!

A lot of times when I get a custom order, I’ll end up making a pattern that I only use once. It sometimes feels like a waste to spend days (occasionally weeks) working on a single pattern to never use it again, but I really enjoy the process of creating a new design. Plus I always end up […]