Dear readers,
We have featured many repurposed projects on here, but I always get a bit more excited when we have a local friend of Goodwill contributing their creative spark.
Julie Bailey, a member of Etsy (she also sells crafts on artfire), creates pillows, toys, purses, and bags with fabric and other items found at Goodwill (usually the store in Windham).
She recently made a plush owl out of an old scarf that is pretty adorable (and owls are so IN right now!), so I asked her to share some simple instructions on how you can make your own.
If you have repurposed projects you would like to feature, please leave a comment – we would love to feature your creations!
Simple Instructions for Making Plush Owl:
Step 1: Find a scarf or other piece of fabric that you like. The fabric should be woven material like wool or acrylic; not knit!
Step 2: Fold the scarf or fabric in half lengthwise, sew up the sides, then cut it in half across.
Step 3: Sew the one short edge (the top) and turn it “right side out” (there is actually was no “wrong side”).
Step 4: Stuff it until you think it is full enough and handstitch the bottom closed.
Step 5: For the face, I just rummaged through my fabric scraps, found suitable pieces and cut them into circles and triangles. I usually baste them on with a bit of fabric glue and then hand sew them on – this is much easier to do when the form is stuffed and gives you a much better idea of placement for eyes, etc.
Bonus! My scarf yielded a second half with the fringe from both original 
ends now all at one end..I decide the fringe would be a great topper to the head of another plushie. So I just sewed up the plain end-making it the bottom. I turned it out so the seams were inside and proceeded as before! The fringed top is a little trickier to sew up,but not too difficult.
Sewing Tip: I find a good bottom is easy to do by making little triangles of the corners,folding them over the long seam and hand stitching them down. It’s a bit like making a french seam on a bag!
Thank-you so much for showcasing my owl(s)!I had a lot of fun making them and am at work on more stuffed creatures with some material that used to be wool skirts!