Post 2 – Treasured Object

Over the summer holidays I had been given a project, of which I had to create by hand a Treasured Object. Before I started making the treasured object where I was told that it had to be big enough to hold in your hands but also gift wrapped ready for when it gets opened in front of my classmates. From this I had decided to create a memory teddy bear, where I had used my dad’s clothing such as rugby tops as he was a big fan on rugby teams. When creating my treasured object, there were many parts that went well in the process this was where I had cut out all the material into the shaped that were needed by using fabric scissors where I used a sewing machine to attach the main features together and also when I free handed stuffed the bear adding additional features to making it look realistic giving the final touches, this went well as it was basic to do but not very challenging at the same time. When creating my treasured object, I had learned that creating a teddy bear like mine can be very easy to create as I thought it was going to be a lot more challenging than expected but also that you can literally create any animal that you want etc. rabbits, dogs and cats. I had been inspired to create my teddy bear as a treasured object due to having similar styles of them back at home from meaningful reasons behind the clothing used however, those had been made by a professional. Once the main features were done the parts where I thought didn’t go as well as I expected were of hand sewing everything back together, this was because I had found it very challenging trying to sew in parts through three pieces of material, where the thread didn’t look very neat in the end. The meaning behind my treasured object was that I was very close with my dad where we did everything together, by doing lots of activities together to having long chilled nights. By doing this as my treasured object it really showed me how much I looked up to him. Overall with the whole treasured object project, next time I would possibly create it on a bigger scale meaning that the small parts would be less challenging and would look a lot neater as a finished object.