Eye-eye Sheldon

Sheldon has been finished for a while... sort of.

Yarn: Super 10 Butterfly Mercerized Cotton - Mouzakis, Colors 3701 & 3728
Pattern: Sheldon

Jordana asked,

He looks great. I'm working on one myself but can't find the safety eyes. Where did you find yours?

When it came time to put on Sheldon's eyes, I called every fabric and craft store I could find in the phone book within a reasonable distance to where we were staying in Phoenix. No one had safety eyes. Well, that's not quite right. Joann's had some in stock, but they were way too big for little Sheldon. So I bought some black embroidery floss and sewed some eyes on after he was finished.

What I didn't realize is that trying to sew a nice round eye on a st st fabric isn't as easy as it sounds. What I ended up with were two rectangular shaped eyes that made Sheldon look reptilian and not very friendly. Spinnity had a great suggestion--sewn-on felt eyes.

Here's my Sheldon eye kit: felt, embroidery floss, and a 1/4 inch hole punch. The fabric and floss cost less than 50 cents. Sweet!


Sheldon's mean eyes were removed using a seam ripper and a size 0 needle. Thankfully I didn't cut into his face.


I punched out 2 felt eyes using the hole punch, positioned them on his face, and sewed them on using a double strand of embroidery thread. Since this is a gift for a baby, I wanted to cover the felt completely so little curious fingers couldn't pull them off. The stitching crossed over the felt round like spokes on a wheel--over and over and over the felt until it was completely covered floss.

Here's Sheldon with his new, round, friendly eyes.


I like how the stitches across the diameter of the felt creates a dimensional eye.


3 weeks after Sheldon was declared finished, he's finally ready to be gifted. But before he leaves, I have to show a couple photos of the guy without his clothes on.




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Sheldon begins
Sheldon is done... almost