Kupo!
A few days ago I was in a thrift store and happened to catch a glimpse of this little guy as I was passing by the toy section. For half a second I thought he might be a stuffed moogle, so I had to double back to get a better look. Obviously he's not a moogle, but he is terribly cute, so I felt compelled to rescue him from a potentially dismal future of winding up at the bottom of someone's toy chest or being chewed on by a dog. I'm not sure what the story is with this character, but the tag on his bottom says his name is Mowbray, and he was made in the UK.
I thought Mowbray possessed enough moogle-like charecteristics (light tan fur, large purple nose, cute little roly-poly body) that it would be easy to perform a little plastic surgery and make him into a moogle. So Mowbray the Moogle was born a few days later. The transformation was pretty simple. First, I picked out all of the embroidery for his eyes, mouth, and eyebrows (very tedious, that. In fact, it was the hardest part of the entire project!). Then I gave him a bath in the washing machine to get him nice and clean and loosen/remove any threads I missed. After that, I opened the seam at the back of his body and removed his old fluff. I gave him new eyes (solid black 12mm safety eyes), anchored his antenna/pompom (made from the cable of an old pair of cheap circular knitting needles & some hand-dyed vintage wool), and re-stuffed him with new fluff. 
I made his wings with felt, heavy-duty interfacing, and low-loft quilt batting with some dark purple embroidery for detail. After inserting & attaching the wings, I stitched him back up and embroidered a new mouth for him, and then he was finished! He doesn't look exactly like a moogle, but I think he's super cute & I love him. ^_^Now I just need to keep him away from my dogs, who seem to think he is something new for them to rip to shreds. :/
Labels: diy, felt, final fantasy, makeover, moogle, mowbray, plush, thrift
posted by Elisabeth @ 9:31 AM
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