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Well... Around the end of November 2016, several things happened...

I made a little felt turtle for a friend.
Maybe one or two weeks later, a different friend invited me to watch a certain turtle-centric Michael Bay movie with her. Which prompted me to catch up on a certain franchise of which I barely had a passing knowledge at that point.
I somehow got the idea of sewing some pellet-filled bags that can be tossed around for light exercise, such as playing catch and trying to learn how to juggle. Perhaps in an interesting shape, like fish or something...
While catching up on the franchise mentioned above, I remembered that my sister had recently told me about discovering a certain cartoon show on TV. So I had a closer look and started watching that show with her regularly.

By the end of the year I had developed a serious addiction to the 2012 Nickelodeon incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and suddenly the whole plan came together:
I was going to make some cute turtle plushies, based on the pattern of the little felt turtle and weighted with pellets for good tossability.

But for this, I wanted to make sure that I got the shape right. I decided to make a prototype and work out exactly which parts of the original pattern needed improvement.

Thus, Cara was born in January 2017 - with a better-looking head, a completely re-designed shell, and filled with both polyester stuffing and plastic pellets. She is made from velvet which is my favorite fabric for small plushies. With a length of about 10 centimeters, she fits nicely in my hand.

Now she belongs to my mom who also gave her that name: "dear", "precious", "beloved".

Description
Well... Around the end of November 2016, several things happened...

I made a little felt turtle for a friend.
Maybe one or two weeks later, a different friend invited me to watch a certain turtle-centric Michael Bay movie with her. Which prompted me to catch up on a certain franchise of which I barely had a passing knowledge at that point.
I somehow got the idea of sewing some pellet-filled bags that can be tossed around for light exercise, such as playing catch and trying to learn how to juggle. Perhaps in an interesting shape, like fish or something...
While catching up on the franchise mentioned above, I remembered that my sister had recently told me about discovering a certain cartoon show on TV. So I had a closer look and started watching that show with her regularly.

By the end of the year I had developed a serious addiction to the 2012 Nickelodeon incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and suddenly the whole plan came together:
I was going to make some cute turtle plushies, based on the pattern of the little felt turtle and weighted with pellets for good tossability.

But for this, I wanted to make sure that I got the shape right. I decided to make a prototype and work out exactly which parts of the original pattern needed improvement.

Thus, Cara was born in January 2017 - with a better-looking head, a completely re-designed shell, and filled with both polyester stuffing and plastic pellets. She is made from velvet which is my favorite fabric for small plushies. With a length of about 10 centimeters, she fits nicely in my hand.

Now she belongs to my mom who also gave her that name: "dear", "precious", "beloved".