Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Paulie Toews, Birthday Monkey

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Paulie Toews is a commissioned birthday present for my brother-in-law Chris. Your lovely wife asked me to make it special for you. Happy birthday Chris!


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The monkey is named after Paulie Konerko of the Chicago White Sox and Jonny Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks. 

I started with the monkey pattern from Aranzi Aronzo's The Cute Book. I made him bigger, gave him a fuzzy belly, changed the face, and added a tail. He can stand up! To show his Sox and Hawks pride, he has two custom made ballcaps to wear. I made a pattern for the hats and embroidered the logos on as authentically as I could. I love how the Hawks hat turned out - I freehanded the logo and was the most fun to make. 

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I'm sending Paulie Toews in the mail tomorrow to Chris tomorrow :) 

2 comments:

  1. This is AWESOME!! Oh my gosh, the monkey is ADORABLE and the ball caps are so detailed! I also love the monkey's smile. :) Way to go on this - it's really cool!

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  2. What a fantastic idea this is! My brother is a huge Sox fan, and now I know how I can customize all of the cute patterns I find!

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