embroidering a stuffed animal

We've got a store in the next city called "The Embroidery Zone," and the owner has a boatload of industrial strength embroidery machines there, and I swear she has hoops for embroidering anything under the sun.... Maybe theres a similar type of store near you?

-Irene

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We wrote on 'em with permanent markers when I were a lad. Well, when my older sisters were teenagers. Anyone else remember "autograph hounds"? These were broadcloth dachshunds that all your friends wrote on.

You can't have a pre-stuffed animal embroidered unless it's done by hand, which would be expensive and might still be unsatisfactory, since that's doing it the hard way. But you could have one painted or stenciled.

Joy Beeson

Or add an embroidered bit of "clothing". Not sure what kind of animal OP has in mind, but I've seen stuffed animals with all kinds of clothes.

Beverly

Or embroider plain cloth and applique' it to the critter -- still hand work, but much easier to get good results than embroidering directly on the toy.

And then there's glue, presuming that it's going to sit on a shelf.

Joy Beeson

Yes, if it's needle-and-thread on fabric (of any kind, incl. suede and leather) You may have seen the more general work "embellishment" lately bc ppl paint, glue trim, applique, etc. much more nowadays than was the case some years ago.