I worked on these two guys at the same time. Again they are both made out of recycled clothes. I only really had to buy the wool for their manes and a broomstick, so they were a bargin to make. The main fabric for the brown horse was an old jersey t-shirt and the patches, which i hand sewed with a contrasting colour were from an old babygrow. This guy was a real pain to sew on the machine.The fabric was a really stretchy jersey and it seemed like no matter what i tried to do, with different settings, threads or stitches i just couldn't get it to work.So i ended up having to hand sew him together in the end.
The purple horse was a breeze in comparison. Again the main fabric is a cotton/jersey babygrow, (which the machine seemed to like a lot more) and the patches from an old kids dress. I also used a much finer wool with these two than in Willow's original horse. This gives a much fuller mane which i prefer the look of.
The purple horse has already found its way to our little friend JJ on her 3rd birthday last week. Hope they enjoy their new friends.
Ps. I bet there will be many more hobbyhorses to come.
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