Last night I put together one of the owl softies that I posted about yesterday. I did mine in boy colored soft flannels. This will also be a gift for the new baby boy in our church. This was pretty simple to put together. Probably about an hour long project from start to finish. He is so soft and cute. I zigzag stitched everything except when I sewed front to back. I also rubbed the edges of the flannels pretty hard after I stitched so that they would fray a bit. I like the already soft and worn look. I used buttons instead of another piece of fabric for the centers.
I almost finished another pig friend while I was in Pig. Forge. I didn't have any pipe cleaners with me, so I haven't finished his tail. That is a quick fix and then he will make the softest, sweetest baby gift. I have never used Minky material, but man it it soft. This was a scrap I bought at the Cherry Pit Quilt Shop. They have this great bin in the back full of scraps and whatever you can fit in the plastic ziplocks they provide is $2. I am pretty good and shoving those scraps down in those bags. I gave my brown argyle pig to one of the ladies at the retreat. She just loved him so much, I hated to seperate the 2 of them. I also made another scrappy flannel owl. He too will make a soft baby gift. They are really easy. I did that the first day there. It takes so much time to get everything unpacked and set up and I helped some of the other ladies bring in their heavy stuff. I wanted to accomplish something quickly as a confidence booster, so I made the owl. 
