Introduction: Trial and Error Red Panda Plush
He's not perfect but he's very cute and I love him :) Made from felt, mostly sewn - facial features are glued on. Worked out pattern from analysing existing soft toys I own and a bit of guesstimation and then.. voila!
I made a tube from alternating stripes of orange and light brown for the tail
Then his body was very much trial and error, sort of a tube made of two parts (light brown on his back and dark on his belly) with leg holes and a few oddly shaped panels to make the front of his body look like he has a neck... I know it doesn't make much sense but I haven't really worked out a proper patter for him yet. Red Panda attempt number 2 will be better.
His legs are black tubes - his face is based on what most of my bears look like - with the gusset and then the separate muzzle.
His features - I cut out several variations of the shapes and then chose the ones that looked best and stuck them on with fabric glue. his mouth is just embroidered on.
I don't think this would be very easy to make on a sewing machine, he's quite fiddly and involves so much tricky sewing in all the crevices etc it wouldn't really save much time at all. All I have to reccomend is having many different colours of thread.
OH, his from legs - I sewed them to his body a little firther down form the shoulder so he sits the way he is in the photo, that was a kind of afterthought -before he looked very much like he was just sticking all his legs out in physically impossible angles... very ungainly indeed.
So erm.. that's how I made him :)
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6 Comments
5 years ago
Nice it is cool( =
9 years ago on Introduction
My favorite animal is the red panda I'm always acosiated with red ALWAYS it's so annoying yet i still love red pandas GO RED PANDAS!!!!!!!!
10 years ago on Introduction
Not bad.... FREAKIN' AWESOME!!! I love that it was all imagined with no real design, you just made it up as you went along!
10 years ago on Introduction
Adorable, nicely done!
10 years ago on Introduction
That is so cute! I love it :) I think it turned out great!
10 years ago on Introduction
I LOVE red pandas! This is super adorable. Please do share the pattern once you get it all worked out. Thank you for sharing what you consider to be imperfect, because I think it is it the sweetest!