Marine Animal Hot Water Bottle Cover Sewing Patterns

Obsessed

This was the most enjoyable 1 day project I've done in a while. I showed all the patterns to my son and asked which one he liked most. He requested an orca whale🙄 "there is no orca babe" , "but you can sew anything mom" 😍 challenge accepted 🤣 so I hacked the regular whale a bit. I cut down the belly and changed the shape a little, added the extra white markings and the dorsal fin. Viola we have an orca. I used wool fleece from an old jacket and the white is from an old cotton sweater. Hand sewn and hand embroidered/ applique. The instructions are amazing aa usual and I think some friends kids will be getting some extra (but late) Christmas presents this year because I want to make more. So fun.

Very happy

I haven’t made the new ones yet but my other hottie covers are selling well

Amazing upcycling project

I made the otter from an old woolen skirt of my Mum and it turned out even greater than expected. The whole project took longer than I had anticipated, but that's only because it encouraged me to go all in with the details. This will not be my last hot water bottle cover! I was also happy to find out that standard bottle size in Germany seems to be the same as in New Zealand 😉