This week I began drafting patterns, and I chose to start with Gandy because I had a limited amount of shoddy and he is my smallest pillow.
I drafted the pattern directly from my illustration and this was the result:
To the left is all of the fabric and thread scraps that I ended up with after cutting the pattern, which were then used as stuffing.
Shout out to Ryann, whose real life childhood pet turtle was named Gandy.
I definitely learned a lot from this first draft. A lot of the seams ripped during the stuffing process (mended with the orange thread), but I feel ready for draft #2! Here are my notes for subsequent changes:
Additionally, Dasha suggested I add another embroidered eye on the back, which I think is a great idea!
