For the I AM project, I made a wisdom tooth plush toy. Because I am going to extract my wisdom teeth soon and I want to make a wisdom tooth for the tooth fairy. 🙂

We started by doing various sketches and chose one that we liked the most and which we are capable to make.

We drew three views of the design we chose.

Then we made some patterns for the design and tested them and made a muslin prototype.

Then I brought the prototype to the class critique.  And I found two problems of prototype during the critique: the legs and arms are not attached properly and I sewed the upper part on the wrong side that the seam allowance was exposed.

I then fixed these problems by testing on muslin and pattern paper, and I also made one more pattern to improve my design.

I made the choice of fabric: a heavy weight white cotton (since I am making a wisdom tooth). I also included a swatch of black fabric to make the eyes and the white thread. I also prepared the list of “I AM” terms on a piece of  light weight light weight muslin.

I sew the final “I AM” and stuff it with secret ingredients.

Then I finished the final plush wisdom tooth. It made me smile! This project is very interesting and I learnt a lot from its designing and  prototyping process. Thank you Kirk!