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Avanii — FOR SALE Plushie: Viola the Mouse Teddy

Published: 2013-05-22 19:04:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1254; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 0
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Description This is Viola, a cute little mouse girl (or rat, both is possible) with a beautiful purple bow. She is made of a lovely German viscose in the colours grey and dark brown. The viscose has a somewhat antique look, and combined with the subtle shading on her tail, ears and feet it gives her a soft and gentle look. Around her nose and eyes some light pastel was applied to complete the picture. The eyes are of black glass. Viola has soft whiskers made of individual flax strands, which should not be pulled. Flax is strong, but may still break when pulled. I got these flax strands during archaeobotany classes, I had to try it out and it works, but they are a bit vulnerable.

Viola has plastic safety joints in all of her limbs and head. The tail contains a pipecleaner, so it can be posed as well. She can stand on her own, as long as she can use her tail for support. Her feet are filled with special sand, the rest of her body is stuffed with polyester fibrefill.

This little mouse is 15 cm (6 inch) tall when standing, and 13 cm (5 inch) tall when sitting.
She was completely hand made by me

I could include Rudy the rat ( ) in her pictures before he had to be shipped away, and I think they did make a cute couple <3 They are of identical patterns (except for the ears) but as you can see, the fabric choice is very important for the look of the plushie! It makes a huge difference.

Viola is for sale! Please visit [link] or send me a note if you're interested

Photos etc are © to me, please do not use/repost.
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Comments: 14

Sasiadragon [2013-05-24 18:55:01 +0000 UTC]

This is sweet! I really like her overall look, especially the head, it's very cute and rodent-like, and the ears with the fur behind and the pretty shape makes her even cuter. All your plushies looks like they were crafted with so much patience, and you only keep improving ^^ I am so glad that you still can do this even though your mood is down, because you get some very, very neat results. The fabric also looks very soft. They are definitely a cute couple, but she looks a bit more feminine, I really like that.

Good luck with finding a new home for her ^^

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Avanii In reply to Sasiadragon [2013-05-25 16:18:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I love insightful comments like this Yeah, drawing is pretty hard these days, but plushie-making still works for me because I think it has some therapeutic value, or something. I mean, sewing is a repetitive act and tends to calm me down. Also, I think working on small projects like these works much better than constantly having to think of new ideas to draw I'm just working my way through the list of animals I want to make plushies of, and that works. And the soft fabrics work wonders to improve my mood, too

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Sasiadragon In reply to Avanii [2013-05-25 18:38:53 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome ^^ Repetive hand movements are really awesome at calming one down, and when you can get a well-crafted, cute plushie out of it, I guess it's a win-win situation ^^ It can really help to have something like a list to work though when you're feeling bad, kind of holds the negative thoughts at a distance.
Soft things are the best, I love to dig myself deep down a sheep-pelt when I'm having gloomy days.

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AprilONeil1984 [2013-05-23 17:30:33 +0000 UTC]

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deeed [2013-05-23 12:57:01 +0000 UTC]

Adorable work!

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Avanii In reply to deeed [2013-05-23 13:15:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Duzloo [2013-05-22 21:30:31 +0000 UTC]

She's so adorable Really cute work!

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Avanii In reply to Duzloo [2013-05-23 06:21:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much

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Duzloo In reply to Avanii [2013-05-23 09:32:52 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!

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TiggTigg [2013-05-22 19:47:41 +0000 UTC]

do you do commissions ?

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Avanii In reply to TiggTigg [2013-05-22 20:35:32 +0000 UTC]

Well, normally I do, but they are closed at the moment due to personal issues/illness and a to-do list that is way bigger than I'm comfortable with. They will open again when things get better, somewhere in August I expect. Out of curiosity, what did you want to commission?

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TiggTigg In reply to Avanii [2013-05-23 09:26:13 +0000 UTC]

a matching pair of wolves for me and my gf one pink one blue

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Avanii In reply to TiggTigg [2013-05-23 09:46:51 +0000 UTC]

I see, that should be possible once I open up the commissions again. I will make a journal when I open them again.

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TiggTigg In reply to Avanii [2013-05-23 17:25:15 +0000 UTC]

okay thanks

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