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Some More photos of my prehistoric marine reptile beanies!

and of course the snoot summoning circle...

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Swoops the Beanie Baby by TY

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Tugboat - he/him Handmade big beanie Liopleurodon i made loosely based on the liopleurodon in walking with dinosaurs which was one of my favorites as a kid.

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Ty Beanie babies Iggy Iguana A lucky op shop find a few months back!

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Chamomile (he/him)

Originally a Senger Naturwelt fox plush, which I modified into a thylacine! A lovely plush made with cotton fur and stuffed with wool. He was a Christmas gift from @wolfies-toys (and the mod was inspired by their custom Senger rabbit-thylacine too!)

Details of the thylacinification process below...

Here he is originally as a fox, and honestly I was tempted to keep him as is! Not everything has to be a thylacine after all... but he would make such a fine one! As lovely as his fox-form was, I don't regret the change at all (and of course, he's very happy with it too!)

The patient is ready for dinner surgery. Tonka in the background is being the anaesthesiologist.

First I dealt with his foxy tail, unpicking the white tip and setting it aside. You need to be quite careful with this cotton fabric, as it frays more than most plush materials I'm used to!

I then cut a section out along the top of his tail (not too much at once!) and ladder stitched down it to form a narrow point. Stitching along the top rather than the bottom also produced a nice slight upward curve!

Onto the ears: I unpicked them from the head, flattened them out and turned them inside out, then stitched them into a round shape instead of a point.

I had intended to use the white from the tail to replace the ear insides entirely, but the pieces weren't quite big enough. So instead I just ladder stitched them on top of the ginger, and honestly... I think it looks even nicer! Again I had to be quite careful of the fraying edges here.

Each ear also gets folded at the top and stitched in place.

The original fox had the unusual problem of a very tall forehead! I didn't think this tall shape quite suited a thylacine head, so I had to shorten it. This was actually really simple, using a very wide ladder stitch following each of the two seams over the top of the head, pulling that big dome downwards. The non-stretchy fabric actually took it very well.

Before and after of dome tallness! I did have to remove a fair bit of the wool stuffing to allow for head squishening... He's actually quite solidly stuffed in there!

Then the ears get sewn back into the head, lower down than before.

And of course, stripes! I used an alcohol based permanent marker for this which worked very well, though he was a little fumey for a few days...

And the final step... as a member of my thylacine plush collection, he needs a herb or spice themed name! I actually happened to give him that chamomile flower pendant to wear before I'd even decided to make him a thylacine, so this time it was an easy choice.

(I'd originally considered naming the fox Ripper, but instead I reused that name for someone else...)

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Here she is eating an Oreo while sitting in my pocket on a day out!

Teasel (she/her)

Weasel made by me in March 2019

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Three Icthyosaur beanies i made for myself and some friends! These very silly snoutful creatures were super fun to make. Theyre filled with weighted beans and have a very satisfying flop to their tails

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Ripper (he/him)

A big beanie liopleurodon handmade by @wolfies-toys and sent to me (along with Itchy the ichthyosaurus) in a wonderful Christmas prezzie box! His name is inspired by the extremely Australian Christmas card included in the box. He's super floppy!!

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Echidna by Forest Melody

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where'd you get all the blankets(?) you put your plushies on when taking pictures ? they're so pretty

I'm glad you like them! Most of the patterned ones are just various fat quarters of fabric or off cuts of printed cotton that i've picked up from the local craft store when they've been on sale. The white backdrop I tend to use most often is a red bubble blanket's blank side, and then i also have a couple of vintage doona/quilt covers and some blankets/quilts from my childhood like my deep blue celestial one is just one of my 90s bedspreads. I actually got a 'new' one recently after my recent move which is very cute! here's a preview of it with Scrump:

The soft colours and little animals are so fun, I'll definitely incorporate it into more backdrops next time i take photos of the toys. I'd super recommend looking at secondhand stores for odd fabric off cuts, tea towels and vintage blankets/bedding if you're looking for cute toy backdrops. You just have to be sure that you're able to wash them thoroughly, like you would with most any vintage stuff but esp blankets and the like, you don't want dust mites or other nasty things. they make really fun and unique backdrops tho so it's worth the hassle i find!

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Three Icthyosaur beanies i made for myself and some friends! These very silly snoutful creatures were super fun to make. Theyre filled with weighted beans and have a very satisfying flop to their tails

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Wooden Reindeer by Green Taiga

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Bumbu Toys Wooden Wolf Howling (old) I love how wide this guy is and his little :0 face

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I hope you know that you give the most perfect names to each stuffy. I’m very fond of bimbi and scrump <3

I'm glad you enjoy them! I kind of just wait for something to stick, some can go without a name for a little while before i decide on something that suits them. Bimbi and Scrump are very pleased that you like their names too!

... especially scrump it seems!

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Junebug - any pronouns Jellycat Polka reindeer

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Restocked the gorgonops and all colours of thylacine beanies in my shop! Look at this crate of little sillies.

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Baby Joey - any pronouns Handmade beanie Thylacine Joey i made this little Joey has a magnetic dummy that can be removed, they're filled with weighted beans and fit nicely in the palm of a hand.

'it's dangerous to go alone! take this!'