This little porcine pal was made for Jen’s birthday. He has two other piggy friends in the works. When those are done, you are welcome to make their acquaintance, too! The one below is “Alpha Pig,” because he is the first of his kind. Hehe.
I bought a very reasonable set of three dishtowels and some squares of felt in colors that I thought would work. After sketching out how Alpha Pig would look like, I cut the shapes for his features out of the felt. Felt is great because the edges don’t unravel!
I appliquéd the shapes over each other with blanket stitching, layering contrasting colors so the shapes would pop. Some pieces I just anchored with tiny stitches at some points, because it looked cleaner that way.
Alpha Pig’s ears were small felt triangles whose two points I sewed together.
Here is Alpha saying his first oinky HALLO!
The final step was to stitch Alpha Pig onto the dishtowel.
Jen says she isn’t going to use this, along with the others I plan to make (soon, I hope!), because she’d feel bad about wearing them out. I hope she’s lying. Alpha Pig and his soon-to-come friends, Beta Pig and Omega Pig, told me they’d be very cross with her if they don’t get the chance to, er, dry dishes, and hands, or mop up spills in the kitchen. Just keep them away from the pork chops!
May 1st, 2008 at 5:17 am
hello mr cross pig
May 1st, 2008 at 12:46 pm
what a cute little piggy!
if i had her (she’s a she!), i wouldn’t want to get her all dirty too. she’s going to be just one eye candy to be hung and adored.
May 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Ross
- Mr. Pig thanks you for the salutations.
ms firefly
- Heehee, I guess it’s a she if she’s pink! I want people to use the stuff I make for them, though!:)
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 am
Ang cute naman!!! Hello Mr. Pig!
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:30 am
Oink, oink, Toni!
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Very cute!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:14 pm
cuters!!! love your blog!
May 5th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Gracey
- And easy! (Kayang kaya mo yan!)
Caryn
- Thank you! Love yours too, so much creative content!
May 6th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
I really don’t know if i can bring myself to use them. I really think they will just be on display. Maybe i’ll use ONE of them and keep the other two. I’ve always been like this. I had loads of stationary supplies from Sanrio as a kid and I would only use one eraser out of a pack of 8 because they were so cute (and sometimes not even the one).
May 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Jen
- USE THE DARN DISHTOWEL.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:33 am
Love your blog!!! I shall peruse them more thoroughly when I can buy my own laptop..hehehe…by the way, I have another dance on June 7 (bellydancing)…I will send you the pics or post the vid on my friendster profile so you can watch it…mishu!!! ;*
May 10th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Hun
- So happy you stopped by, happier still that you’re keeping with the bellydancing. It’s in your blood to be, er, exotic. And sexy. Haha. Come back often!