Making Your Own Stuffed Animal

Courtesy of Rania Spade and Katrina Spade

Find some awesome fabric. Lets face it  your stuffed animal is really a vehicle with which to
show off that amazing piece of upholstery fabric youve had around for ages, or that vintage tablecloth with the stain in one corner. Youll want a fabric that is strong enough to withstand whatever activities your stuffed animal will be doing, whether its being a childs playtoy or looking pretty on a shelf. A square yard should be plenty, and may even get you two animals if you plan right.

Step 1 1

Draw a pattern. Sure, you can find patterns for the basics online. But with a little imagination you can make an animal thats wholly yours. It might not be anatomically correct, but your bunnypig will have more personality than any generic bear. Keep it simple at first  legs, arms, a head, maybe some floppy ears. Aim for stuffing ease  you may want to hold off on making that octopus til later. (You can get creative when you sew on eyes and features.) Fold your fabric in half with the design facing inwards, and draw your pattern on one side with a sewing chalk.

Comments

[Sticjay05]

Alot of people seem to say "add photos". Ill continue this trend. Please, provide an example of the "pattern" described in Step 1. I want to learn how to do this!!

[PetBennett]

seconded

[turtlelover]

It's unanimous!

[turtlelover]

Is the stuffed animal supposed to look like the instructables hand?

[PetBennett]

lolz that would be awesome

[turtlelover]

Yeah i bet u could do it tho!

[PetBennett]

im not much of a sewer any more. but in sure a hand wouldnt be that hard though. . .

[turtlelover]

the hardest part would be the lines on the hands! :D

[charchar2]

neat!!!!

[dragonwarrior3000]

those are great photos that help all of us a lot. its very easy to figure out how to make the stuffed animal look.

[Faynilla]

i actually "LOLed"

[chickchoc]

An example of what the writer's project looked like after completion would have been helpful for us "visual" learners.

[PKTraceur]

Im suprised the admin didnt get after you yet. Seriously, get some pictres, it would help loads! (Yes, im on the west side of the pond...)

[icecube3319]

*caugh caugh* wow....uh...my animal would be happier if it new wat it was suppost to look like....no offence, dude-person-individual.....=]

got any suggestions on sock monkey faces?
i was thinking big button eyes, watta u think?

[Brother_Bear]

Even though this instructable is really easy to follow it would still be nice with some photos. Otherwise its great :)

[chasmyn]

Is it just me? I don't see any photos :(

[eep!]

love the photos