Process

My Passion Project Process

There was lots of time, effort, and thought that went into the creation of making these blankets. At the start of the project we were each asked to pick a global goal, target, and a solution to that problem. I narrowed down my options and ultimately chose to make lovey blankets. My original idea was to create care packages, but I decided it would be more heart felt and meaning full to create lovey blankets that kids can take home and keep for as long as they wish.

The Start

I started out researching different ideas and hospitals to get me started and inspired. It took me a while to figure out what type of blanket I needed and where I was going to donate the blankets to. This was a very difficult part of the process.

Finding a Hospital and picking a lovey

The Website and Contact

I contacted a family friend of mine who works at the hospital to see if I could deliver the blankets there, and he said yes! Once I did that I then found this website: https://www.hellobee.com/2016/06/16/sew-a-sleepy-sloth-snuggler/ , and started making my sloth lovey's from there!

Buying and finding the fabric

Cutting the fabric

To make 10 different blankets there is a variety of lengths to be cut. This lady was nice enough to cut all of my fabric and felt. She even gave me some good tips of what to do with the fabric and which sewing methods work the best.

Choosing the fabric

This lady was nice enough to give me lots of discounts on my purchases. I was able to chose 3 different colors of the baby quilting fabric. I also chose a tan fleece to make it soft. Finally, for the heads I used 3 different colors of felt.

It's Fabric Time!

Cutting and Ironing the fabric

Before I could start the sewing part of my project, I had to cut all the fabric up. I also had to iron all the baby quilting fabric.

Hand Sewing the faces

Hand sewing wasn't easy. It took a lot of time and effort to get the faces and the sewing techniques just right. I had also never hand sewn before the project, so it took me some time to get used to the feel of sewing.

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Using the Machine!

Here is a video of me using a machine on my first go. My mum is helping me because my sewing machine skills were a bit rusty, since I hadn't used them in a while. It is a time lapse to show all of the steps in one quick and easy video.

Making the Name tags, notes, and laser cut circles

Notes

I hand made a note and I did the same one for each. If you can't read it, it is says, "I am here to keep you safe, to cuddle you in whatever place. Please take care of me, and hopefully, we will tend, to be good friends.

Name Tags

I created personal tags for each sloth the child receives. This is a personal touch to make the sloths seem more real and like they are a real support.

Laser Cut Circles

I hand drew this design in the shape of a circle. I had the tech teacher laser cut them so I could put them each of them inside of a blanket. When the children open up the blanket, they reveal a laser cut circle telling them the sloth will help them.

The Final Product

Sloth Lovey Blankets are finished!

This is the final product after they were wrapped and tied with the laser cut circles in the middle and the poem and name tags tied on as well.

Task sheets included in the process

There are a couple of photos below of some task sheets that I did

Kami Export - Lola Watkinson - Task Sheet - Community Artifact.pdf

Kami Export - Lola Watkinson - Task Sheet - Website Design.pdf

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