Cuddly toys   Mums cuddly toys         Saskia's cuddly toys Mums cuddly toys My Mum has made many stuffed dolls and animals. When I attended primary school, my Mum let me invite ten girls for my birthdayparty every year. She organised several games, where you could win a cuddly toy. I don't know how she did it, but every child went home with one of those prizes. I still have some I won myself. Most of the patterns she took from Ariadne, a welknown needlework magazine in Holland. She had a subscription during a few years. I still have those old issues. The pattern of this merry strawberry was in Ariadne no. 177 of September/October 1961. He has lost one eye in all those years. The pattern of the camel was in Ariadne no. 179 of November/December 1961. The rigging, the saddle and the soles are made of real suede. The soft, pink lion made of restpieces of brushed nylon comes from an Ariadne no. 287 of November 1970. The color and the white woolen mane made it very cuddly. Saskia's cuddly toys It is so much fun making a stuffed animal. To form a flat piece of cloth into a three-dimensional character. I should do it more often. This mouse comes from Ariadne August 1984. I made it for Mijke. Mouse is made out of natural flannel (cuddly and washable). He wears pyjamas made of real pyjamas-cloth. It was my intention to make a complete wardrobe for Mr. Mouse, but the plans never came to anything. To indicate the height: the little chair is 18 cm (7 inches) high. Schanulleke is the doll from the Suske&Wiske-comicstrip. In the US Suske and Wiske are known as Willy and Wanda, in the UK as Bob and Bobette and in the most recent albums they were called Spike and Suzy. I purchased a kit to make Schanulleke.