Funky Friends! Soft Toys

The April Island Batik Challenge was to create a “Funky Friends” soft toys. I decided to create the “Silly Scrap Snake“, this is a beginner pattern.

I picked this pattern, because my dogs love to play with toys, so this would be fun watching them run around with the Snake.  When you purchase the pattern it comes in one size, however, you can use a printer to reduce the size of the pattern.  I reduced the size a little bit, so the snake scrap body could be made with some of my Island Batik Stash Builder sets, of 5″ x 40″ strips. 

You can make the Snake in the original length of 60″ long, or you can make shorter, or longer, depending on how many strips you add to the snake. 

The pattern comes with printable sewing pattern, a full list of fabric needed, as well as instructions.  The website has photo-tutorials for additional help. I was able to view the Silly Snake Tutorial. 

The fabric and Funky Friends pattern were given to me free as my role as a 2024 Island Batik Ambassador, by Island Batik and their Partner Funky Friends Factory.

This was a basic pattern, and as a toy for my dogs, I decided that I need to make it “squeak”, so I added some squeakers that I purchased online.  While adding these to the snake, I did have to add extra stuffing, to hide them in the snake, so it was stiffer than I had planned.

When adding the body, you can keep adding more fabrics to make it longer.

The one thing I did decide, when I make another one, I am going to add sew the eyes on the head piece, before I assemble the snake, so it is easier to stitch the felt on the face.  It may have been easier if I had made the full size, instead of shrinking it.

Here is the Head with the eyes.

The tongue is sewn in, it is also cut out of felt.

Here is my completed Silly Scrap Snake.

As I said, I made the snake as a toy for my dogs.  Here is our 9-month old puppy playing with the snake.

If you enjoyed seeing my Funky Friends Silly Scrap Snake, check out the other Island Batik Ambassadors soft animals.  There are so many cute ideas, I can’t wait to make them all.

Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting
Megan Best ~ BestQuilter
Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts

Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio
Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany
Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts

Jane Hauprich ~ Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting
Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts
Victoria Johnson ~ Forever Quilting for You
Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River
Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery
Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine
Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique
Lana Russel ~ Lana Quilts
Julia Schweri ~ Inflorescence Designs

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail
Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color
Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels
Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations
Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt

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