See larger images of Hedgehog Handmade Plush Toy in a new window.
See all of our Our Handmade Stuffed Animals at the index page.
Hedgehogs are much, much pricklier than our stuffemals. It's advised to handle them with leather gloves. They like to curl up when being defensive, and it works well. Actually, they curl up and hiss. A friend described her hedgehog as "surly" at one point, but I'm not sure why. Mrs. Tiggywinkle, a hedgehog in the stories of Beatrix Potter, has given her name to St. Tiggywinkle's, a hedgehog rescue group in England.
Once or twice customers at conventions have found flamingoes amongst our shelves of plush animals and then eyed the hedgehogs with dubious intent. Fortunately we had no croquet hoops handy.
Stuffe & Nonsense stuffed animals are soft sculpture artist original designs, individually hand crafted in California by the Stuffe Staff. While we do have some stuffemals on hand, we usually make them upon order, so delivery time for your handmade stuffed animal will be two to eight weeks. The animals are constructed of mohair, wool, alpaca or high-quality synthetic fur. We have been accused of taxidermy, but be assured that all of our animals are fake! They are stuffed mainly with polyetheylene fiberfill; we may use glass or plastic beads to add weight. Faces are needle-sculpted for detailed shaping.
Stuffe & Nonsense Stuffemals often use glass eyes or include small costume parts and are not generally recommended for young children. If you do want one of our stuffemals for a small child, be sure to state so when ordering. Then we can be sure to use only safety eyes and avoid any problematic parts or materials.
Stuffe & Nonsense is an artisan business and every figure is an individual creation. We do not have a large inventory of materials, the available plush and fabrics vary, and we do adjust patterns to improve shape or details from time to time. We will sometimes have stuffemals on hand but will more likely need to make your figure on order. Completion time for stuffemal orders is usually 2 to 8 weeks, though it can take longer if we're busy and you're not in a hurry. This business is run in our so-called spare time so work hours are subject to extreme variation.
