Olde Sugarwinters

My mom got the pattern for a primitive snowman She wanted me to make two for her front doors. I think they turned out really cute. I might make one for myself eventually. I followed the pattern pretty much exactly w/a few minor changes (all in styling choices). It was my first time making anything like this. It was a lot of work. The sewing was the easy part. You coffee stained the stuffed snowmen (prior to painting and decorative sewing). Then you baked them in a 200 degree oven. Doing this makes them hard/stiff like--totally changes the feel of the fabric.  Then you painted the whole thing w/watered down acrylic paint. Then you sanded and painted the nose. Lastly was attaching the hat, bells, buttons, and hand stitching details. I still want to add some X stitches around the pockets, but otherwise they're finished. I filled the pockets with what I could find, but you could do anything. I couldn't think of anything very creative to write on the tags I stained. You were supposed to write Old Sugarwinters, but that seemed weird to me since there are two displayed together.