The Pink Giraffe

I occasionally get bit with a desire to "make something" and such an inspiration came over me when contemplating a shower gift for my first niece. I did some online searching for cute stuffed toys, and found a picture of the most adorable stuffed giraffe. Since my sister-in-law had some giraffes in the nursery decor, I decided it would be perfect.

I was unable to get the template attached to the picture to print properly, but decided I could do it just as well myself. I drew out a pattern on scrap paper (several revisions were necessary), cut out nice pattern pieces from tracing paper, and then the fabric - totally adorable pink gingham. I think it took me about 5 hours of solid sewing (including a late decision to add brown yarn hair). Sewing in the stuffing guts is a bit of a trial, but worth it in the end. I may have cut the legs a bit too narrow, as this giraffe mimics its real baby counterpart and has trouble standing on said spindly legs.