Fabric Puppy Plushie - Easy DIY Needlework How to

14 days ago

Hello, friends especially needleworkers!

At first i wanted to practice my skill in using my mini sewing machine by using this dachshund puppy project, but when i cut the pattern then i realized it was too difficult to do so i decided to sew it with my hand, but unfortunately the result is not too well as i expected. Well, yeah, this was my first time making fabric puppy, i hope you could enjoy it. Let's get started!

Project Time: around 10 hours

Difficulty: Medium

Skills needed:

back stitch
ladder stitch
satin stitch

Materials and Things needed:

paper for the pattern
pencil
scissors and fabric scissors
thick paper or thin cardboard
glue stick or any paper glue plus cellotape
pins
two kind of cotton fabric, i used batik (our authentic fabric)
sewing needle
white thread
filling fiber (i used dacron)
two dolls' eyes
wire

How to make it:

1ST

I cut the pattern from the paper. Glued it on the thick paper then i cut them off. It would be just like below, i got ear part, body (which was divided), underside (also divided) and tail.

2ND

Next, i tracced the pattern to the fabric. The first fabric that i used had leave motif. After i cut two part of the divided body i needed to attached them together so i pinned them and then sew it in the middle. I used back stitch for this and mostly for the whole project (if i don't mention the stitch, it must be the back stitch).

3RD

I did one more time for the whole process. So now i got two of the joining body. After that by using different fabric i tracced the underside part, ear and tail. Look what i got, i got two underside parts, for ears and two tails.

4TH

Next, i sew the underside part with body just like below. Then i made the same way for the other body. Now after i finished i turned inside out so i got the underside parts on the right sight while the body on the wrong side of the fabric. Well then it was the challenging part, joining them together! I tried to pin them together in the middle then sew.

5TH

Then i tried to attach the eyes. From the wrong side i made marks by using pencil. Then from the right side i put the eyes (i made the holes on the fabric of course with the back part of the eyes) then i closed it behind. After finished, i sew around and left the hole on the bottom and at top of the head.

6TH

Next, i put the dacron inside. Closed the bottom and head with the ladder stitch.

7TH

Then, i joined the ear parts. Two by two. After sew them around i cut around because my fabric were too large. I left the open part on top to turn it aside. After they were on the right side, i attached them to the head. Closed them with ladder stitch and attached them with the sewing.