Hanging Monster Plushie

Step 2 Get all the pieces ready

1) Cut out the paper pattern pieces

2) Draw round the pattern onto the fur fabric using a marker pen, noting the 'grain' of the fabric. I like the fur to point downwards, so I position the pattern accordingly. On one of the body pieces mark the 3 arrows on the top of the body pattern (they are where the ears and hanging ribbon go) and the two dots (that’s where his eyes go)

3) Cut the pieces out using scissors with small pointy tips. Concentrate on cutting out just the fabric backing, rather than the fur itself. This avoids short patches in the fur :)

4) Tip - for a neater finish trim the fur down in a 5mm margin all the way round the edge of the fur pieces, this avoids excess fibers bulking up the seams.

5) Mark your ears on the felt fabric. The blue ornament in this tutorial has small ears, the pink one in the first picture has large ears. 

6) Cut them out using sharp scissors, making sure you trim off any black pen marks.