Spot the difference

I made my soft toy for Monkeymoomoo's Queensland Flood Appeal Dolly Drive today. These come together so quickly (especially when I don't have any small, er, helpers). Yet I'm constantly amazed by how much my boys love them.

Today's (and cool, I just discovered how to make the photos bigger!):

Charlie's that's been slept on for about a year, washed many times, and was mostly made by him:

The eyes on today's bugged me a bit, they are just embroidery thread, and I felt they needed something more. I tried some little eyebrows but spent ages unpicking them because they looked too messy. I think he'll do. Simple can be good, right?

Also just wanted to say, I love chenille. Love it. And this here is good quality chenille, which I didn't realise until I saw some rather thin, crappy stuff at Spotlight. Love a quality novelty fabric :-)

I've been procrastinating about the Negroni sew-along. I haven't measured Andy up yet so I couldn't even start tracing off the pattern today. I hope to make some big progress on the weekend. It's been stinking hot here, although I shouldn't complain because at least we haven't had floods or cyclones in my part of Australia. I feel like I ought to be making about a thousand pieces of smiling chenille comfort to send up north right now.

Poyo for Qld Flood Appeal Dolly Drive

Ooh, two posts in one day! It's just that I remembered I should post about this worthy cause I'll be creating for.

Monkeymoomoo is organising a Dolly Drive (hand made soft toy donation) for people in need after the Queensland floods. There's a really cute button I'm meant to add to my blog but once again I can't figure it out, oh dear! There's no code to copy, that I can find. So anyway this post will have to do for now.

I'll be making one of these. We call it a Poyo, which is how 3y.o. Clem used to say 'pillow'.

This one is Charlie's. He's 9 and made this almost entirely by himself. Then Clem loved it so much, he made one for him too. This Poyo looks rather flat now, since Charlie's head rests on it most nights, all night. I do wash it now and then!

We got the idea from a book called DIY Kids. These Poyos have been so beloved, and I hope one will be loved by a child who has been affected by the terrible floods. Thank you for organising, Monkeymoomoo!