Skip to main content

Cute Bears of the Military - Army Edition


This request came in while I was working on my April Month of the Military Child plans. The timing was perfect! If you have been following me for long you know that I am a Military brat and that April is a special month for me. It is the month of the Military Child and I try to do some fun things through the month and all sales for the month in the past have been donated to Our Military Kids. This year I have some new ideas and plans, more about that later though 😁

I decided this would be a great time to do a step by step style blog post about the creation of these amazing bears. These bears are made from the uniforms of your loved one, they can be made from other articles of clothing as well of course. 


These 3 were made from one uniform, top and pants, that I took about 5 hours to take apart, all of the pockets, zippers, patches, velcro has to come off to make the fabric as flat as possible and get the most useable space. There are a lot of pieces, and no two will look exactly alike because of the way the uniforms are made and the pattern on it. 


After the uniforms are apart, I lay out the fabric and get tracing on it all the pieces for the bears, then its a matter of cutting out all the little pieces. 


After everything was cut out working with the customer to get the kids favorite colors and confirming  the lay out and all the extra little details to make these bears special and exactly what they envision. I sent pictures every step of the way to make sure she was seeing what she had wanted and was happy with the progress. 


These are such a personal and special thing to make and I really want them to be perfect for you. There are other animals as well that can be made, the bear is just the most popular option. 



This is the first time I have added a clear pocket for a picture or note on the front, and the EST date on the back, names and heart in the ear. Really made these so special for the family, I hope they love them as much as I do :) 


Oh and this little spot on the back, it made me so happy cause it looks like a heart and reminded me of a book my Mom got for me and my siblings one of the times Dad deployed Love Spots. (link to the book, I get nothing for directing you to them or sales its just a cute book)


Labels:

Comments

  1. TannaMarch 1, 2021 at 7:44 PM

    Thank you so much! My kiddos absolutely adore their daddy bears! ����❤��
    I cannot wait to see the amazing things you have up your sleeve for military child month!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Month of the Military Child GIVEAWAY!!!

This month I decided to create a little gift collection of sorts that you can win by sharing the pinned giveaway post on my Facebook page and commenting on it. Super easy to enter, but a great package I think. I am going to go into a bit more detail below with each of the 4 items in the package. This is the bear, you will be able to choose from the fabric swatches below which you would like it made out of. No two bears will be exactly alike because of the fabric that is being used, some from actual uniforms, and some that is just printed, because of the design there will be some differences. (These bears are listed on the website for sale as well if you wanted to order others) Next we have a super soft toddler/lap size blanket, you can choose either purple, blue, or black. The saying is the same on all 3, 'I am resilient, I am resolute, I am relentless, I am a Military Child', all of them are the same color on the back with tossed dandelions, the official flower of the Militar...
Post a Comment
Read more

My love affair with Candy Castle

I have been thinking about what really set me on this path with confidence and conviction; The Peppermint Swirl . My mom saw this dress and really wanted it for my sister, the pattern was purchased in January and there it sat until march with me avoiding it. I admit I was intimidated. It looked so complicated!  The above picture is the one she finally talked me into making, if you are not familiar with this dress you will not realize I completely screwed it up, it is supposed to have a swirl not ruffle look. Using my moms Facebook at the time I nervously posted in in Candy Castles group, the response was not what I expected.  People LOVED it, they wanted to know how I did it... What?! This mistake started a crazy trend for a hot minute. Something else happened too though, while I had cut it wrong, I made it! I made a really cool dress that Kaylee loved and total strangers were trying to copy! ME! Alyssa Cotter at 12 did that!   I kept...
2 comments
Read more

George + Ginger Rival Dress

This is the pattern of the month for February over at George + Ginger  Which means its on sale! I am a little later in posting this than I had originally planned but still lots of time to run over and pick it up if you love it as much as I do.  This style I am wearing is a sleeveless hooded option. There is also a long, short and 3/4 sleeve, hood, neckband, or cowl neck. All feature the cool pockets on the sides.  This is the pocket detail, normally the line would be cleaner and the top and folded over, but I used a couple of panels I had as the pockets so I served the top instead.  This Fabric is from  Skylove Creations I love the style of this one, that you can use different colors and styles of fabrics to get so many different looks, make it a more fancy, or causal, perfect for work, or like this one Comic Con! Website     Email     Instagram
2 comments
Read more