I’m done with Ingrid’s Leia robe. The zipper was a nightmare since I didn’t plan for it properly but in the end it looks like what it’s supposed to be so I have to learn from it and move on. Ingrid loves it, and she looks adorable in it. We are getting excited about Halloween; hence the idea to make a little Yoda. This little guy may come trick or treating with us.
Here’s how he started out. I found a neat little tutorial but Ingrid wanted her Yoda to be closer to life size, and she wanted the robe to come off, and we had a whole bunch of fleece that I really wanted to get rid of. So actually I got the idea from there but drew my own pattern and we did our own thing with it. The googly eyes didn’t look right on our big Yoda so Andrew threw in some ideas and I think they worked out great! The funny part about the eyes is that we couldn’t all agree on whether they should be under the lids or half in half out, but after I sewed them on, Ingrid pointed out that the eyes could be wide open (all the way out) or partly open, say if he’s angry, or all the way closed if he’s sleeping.
Last night we went out for our romantic anniversary dinner; just us, and Ingrid, and Yoda! My sister offered to watch Ingrid, but we couldn’t deprive her of her favorite restaurant. And she’s fun to have there too. She didn’t talk much, was more interested in the food, so Andrew and I got to talk and relax and it was great. When she did talk, she said everything backward the way Yoda does, and giggled like crazy afterward.
