Eco-friendly Friends
Eco-friendly Friends is a collection of plush toys designed to repurpose materials, reduce waste, and help our environment. All of these plushies repurpose and upcycle materials for their exterior fabric, and the interior is stuffed with fabric remnant cut-offs from making other plush friends!
Sunfish Zafu
A zafu is a round cushion, often used in Japanese and Chinese meditation. This Eco-friendly Friend is inspired by the ocean sunfish, or Mola Mola, and motivated by my need for a better home-office seat when the 2020 pandemic hit.
The exterior is made of repurposed textiles, such as old curtains and upholstery dead stock (fabric that is no longer being produced and/or sold), and the interior is stuffed with fabric remnants. This makes the Sunfish nice and sturdy for sitting on, but they are also perfectly happy to bask on your couch.
Because of their unique nature, each fish has their own name. Visit the shop to see what kinds of Sunfish Zafu are available to welcome into your home!
I also make Unstuffed Sunfish, for those who feel crafty and want to stuff a Sunfish Zafu with fabric remnants of their own.
Sunfish Zafu Donations
A portion of proceeds is donated to Mental Health America, a community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and promoting the overall mental health of all.
Repurposed Porpoise
These porpoises are made from almost entirely reporpoised materials!
Repurposed Porpoises were the first eco-friendly plush toys I made ♥
The way I make them is similar to how I make Sunfish Zafu. Learn more about the Repurposed Porpoise here and see the lovely different fabrics I got the chance to work with.
Because of their unique nature, each porpoise has their own name. Visit the shop to see what Repurposed Porpoises are available for your home!
Repurposed Porpoise Donations
A portion of porpoise proceeds is donated to Mission Blue, a non-profit organization striving to make the world a better place, for both us humans and our animal friends, by igniting public support for a global network of marine protected areas: Hope Spots.
Pillow Pals
Accent pillows with fun faces! The front is often made of new materials, but the back features fabric diverted from the landfill via SCRAP Creative Reuse. Just like Sunfish Zafu and Repurposed Porpoises, Pillow Pals are also stuffed with fabric remnants from making other plush toys.
Pillow Pals are the latest edition to the Eco-friendly Friends. Their back fabric pieces are often too small to turn into a Porpoise, and are typically quite tactile, so it seems a shame to turn it into stuffing material.
This makes a Pillow Pal a great accent piece, and they can bring some personality to your couch or bed. Visit the shop to see what unique Pillow Pals are available to welcome into your home!
