Week 65 - Petite Pusses

 Hello everyone.  How was your week?  The daytime is getting shorter and shorter in New Zealand.  It is hard to get up in the dark and cold morning.  Although M gets up early to go to work, I can still sleep on the bed.  This is the best part being a cat.

This week, M made a couple of tiny cute kittens.

Petite Pusses

How to make Petite Puss

Materials

•  Felt fablic in your chosen colour

  

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• Matching embroidery threads
• One pair of plastic animal eyes
• 6 mm Ribbon × 33 cm
• Jingle bell
• Hobby Fill for stuffing
• Fishing line or vinyl cord (optional)

1. Cut out all the parts using the templates above.  You need to put about 3 mm seam allowance in each parts except for ears, tail, eyelashes and cheeks
2. Start by making the tail.  Hold the dotted line and sew the other side to the end.
3. Slip the tail into the slit at the back of the body and stitch in place.

   

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4. Put body shapes right sides together, and stitch both sides.
5. Pair up the face sides right sides together, and sew CA and BD.
6. Turn body right side out, and place face side C and D to C' and D' and sew on.
7. Make a satin stitch for the nose and a back stitch for the mouth.  Glue eyelash to each eyes. Make two tiny holes and insert eyes.
8. Make a pair of ears.  Hold the dotted line and sew the other side with blanket stitches.
9. Now attach the face to the body.  Make sure the face and the body inside out, and place A to A' and B to B'.  Do not forget to insert each ears.  Sew together.
10. Then, stitch the bottom to the body leaving a quoter, and turn the right side out.

    

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11. Add stuffing to give your puss a plump shape.  And finish stitching up the opening. Stitch the tail on the side.
12. Stitch vinyl cord through the each cheek and glue on the face.
13. Put the jingle bell on the ribbon and tie around the neck.

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M is using a different colour of thread to stand out.

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This project is almost done.

See you next week.