Mimsy Gets a Makeover

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When my daughter DD was a youngster, she won a soft hand made toy rabbit in a school raffle. Named Mimsy, she has lived in my daughter’s room ever since the time she was brought home.

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LM checks out Mimsy’s progress 2

Now, many years later, this little rabbit was sorely in need of a wash.

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The body and clothes dried quite quickly, but the batting took forever to dry, even in the hot SA sunshine.

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Spotless and ironed.

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All the clothes too.

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Now the long process of stuffing Mimsy back to life begins.

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Just ready for the wardrobe.

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Finally, Mimsy resplendent, back on the bed where she belongs.

And that’s how Mimsy got a makeover!

 

47 thoughts on “Mimsy Gets a Makeover”

  2. faburlifekhloe

    Aww how cute Mimsy is!!! ❤ I bet it took you a long time t do the makeover, but felt completely satisfied seeing it become all clean and pretty again 😉 Well done Sci! 🙂

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    1. scifihammy Post author

      Thank you 🙂
      I’m sure they’d think I’d reached my second childhood – if they could have seen the washing line! But we all have them in the back gardens, out of view of the street 🙂

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  6. Bad touch Bear

    Cant believe you ironed her too XD
    I know this sounds kinda silly but I never thought of plushies and clothing…Leaves all sorts of ideas to crafters who make their own toys.

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  7. Midwestern Plant Girl

    I was not expecting such a calm, nice post. I expected Mimsy in the emergency ‘sewing room’ ward after an encounter with LM. Pleasantly surprised! M looks great!

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  12. Ady

    Soooooooo cuuuuuteeeeee…… reading this was so much fun, the process must have been rigorous as it seems but looking at Mimsy’s makeover surely took the pain away 😀 Loved Mimsy and it’s pretty clothes ❤ ❤ ❤

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    1. scifihammy Post author

      It was a lot more work than I anticipated, to get Mimsy really white again. And the stuffing just wouldn’t dry!! But like you say, worth it to see her looking brand new again 🙂

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      1. Ady

        How did you wash the stuffing ?? I must say making Mimsy spotless and milky would have been an insurmountable task for me 😀

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      2. scifihammy Post author

        I washed the stuffing in a large bucket with OMO washing powder, and some bleach! Lots of rinsing – and then days and days of drying in the sunshine! 🙂

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      5. Ady

        Thank you so much Sci 🙂 I always got scary to open it up with the worry, I may not be able to put it back again the same way but now I feel confident 😀

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      6. scifihammy Post author

        It will be fine! If Tigger is quite large, like Mimsy, then I suggest you keep the stuffing for the head and body separate from the arms and legs (like I did) so you know how much should go where! 🙂

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  14. Garfield Hug

    I lurrrrve Mimsy….just like my inanimate furball Garfield. It is great you can remove cottony stuffing you refer to as “batting” (new word for me LOL!)….a mouse too…Garfield’s “friend”…Good job Sci! Well done!

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    1. scifihammy Post author

      It took me quite a while to get Mimsy clean! I tried first without removing the stuffing, but it wasn’t working. I needed to bleach the body to get her really white again. But she looks fine again in the end 🙂

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