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What do you gift one of your besties when she is getting rid of her uterus?

A cute plushie one to replace it, of course. When one of my best friends was having surgery to remove her uterus, we talked a bit about how she felt about having the surgery and the recovery and what it meant. During one of our conversations I mentioned that I had thought of making her a uterus stuffie, as a joke, but I did not think there was a cute way to do it. She told me that she was sure there was a cute version of it. I took that as a crafting challenge so I had to make something adorable for her.  Starting with a cut file from Cricut Design Space, I cut some felt and iron on with my Cricut Maker. I cut the image exactly as it came. The only additional thing I had to do the file was to add an extra background layer to be used as the back of the stuffie. The cutting and ironing-on are quick. The hand stitching the pieces together and strategically stuffing it as you go along is the hard part. The sides are really narrow so something like a pencil or a chopstick will help push...

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