Cat Burglar Joule Thief

Step 3 Sew Like a Banshee

Next, cut out your pattern and pin it to a layer of fabric. Trace the pattern onto the fabric. You can use a sewing pencil or chalk. Remove the pattern.

Cut out holes for the paws. Then from the backside, sew the conductive paws you made in the previous step.

Flip the fabric to the front and create the face. First cut a very small hole for the LED nose. Using felt, create the gray mask and pink nose. The pink nose should cover the small hole you just made for the nose. Use fabric glue or sew the pieces to the fabric. Add a little smirking mouth with needle and pink thread.

Now drag out the sewing machine. Cut a small strip of gray felt to create the back of the mask.
Align it, add some fabric glue. Then place the backside fabric over everything making a kind of "fabric sandwich". Pin it all up; then you're ready to sew it up on the machine. Simply follow the pencil/chalk tracing. Do not sew the entire perimeter; leave a few inches so that you can eventually turn everything inside out. We'll call this opening the "stuffing seam."

If you're as good as me with needle and thread, you'll need to clean out your puncture wounds with Bactine before moving on to the next step.

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