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Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Monday, 14 May 2012
Steps to creating a Panda Cushion
What you need
- Template/Pattern Piece
- Polar Fleece (35cm white & black- or black felt)
- Polyester Stuffing/Filling
- Pins
- Black and White Threads
- A needle
- A pair of fabric scissors and/or a sharp pair of scissors
- Glue or Sticky Tape
- Sewing machine (alternative: you can hand stitch)
- Glue or sticky tape template pages together
- Cut out template
- Pin face to white fleece
- Cut out face
- Pin pupils onto white fleece
- Cut pupil
- Pin arms and legs onto black fleece
- Cut out arms legs
- Pin ears onto black fleece
- Cut out ears
- Pin eyes onto black fleece
- Cut out eyes
- Pin nose and tail onto black fleece
- Cut out nose and tail
- Pin eyes and nose onto right side of face
- Sew eyes and nose onto face
- Pin arms and legs together
- Sew around the edge of the arms and legs and leave an opening
- Clip arms and legs (not too close to the stitching)
- Pin ears together
- Sew around the edge of the ears and leave an opening
- Clip ears (not too close to the stitching)
- Pin pupils onto eyes
- Sew pupils onto eyes
- Flip arms and legs inside out
- Roll the edges
- Stuff arms and legs with polyester stuffing
- Pin arms and legs onto face
- Flip ears inside out
- Roll the edges
- Stuff ears with polyester stuffing
- Pin ears onto face
- Sew ears, arms and legs onto face
- Hand sew a running stitch around the edge of the tail
- Gently tug the running stitch to gather the edge
- Stuff the tail with polyester stuffing
- Hand stitch the tail onto the right side of back face
- Pin faces right sides together
- Sew around the edge and leave an opening (Leave 1cm seam allowance)
- Clip face (not too close to the stitching)
- Flip face inside out
- Roll the edge
- Stuff panda with polyester stuffing
- Hand stitching the
openingCongratulations! You’ve created your own panda cushion!
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Panda Cushion Tutorial
This is my fourth cushion out of my animal collection and if you like to see more please subscribe to my channel.
Here are the templates for this chicken cushion:
Click on the image and a new window will open up with the image for you to download.
To download the image click on file and choose 'download'.
To download the image click on file and choose 'download'.
All four templates are required for this tutorial.
(Templates are for non-commercial purposes only.)
The fabrics that I used for this tutorial are not expensive and you can buy it from any fabric shops or outlets.
What you need are:
- 35cm of White Polar Fleece
(Templates are for non-commercial purposes only.)
The fabrics that I used for this tutorial are not expensive and you can buy it from any fabric shops or outlets.
What you need are:
- 35cm of White Polar Fleece
- Black Polar Fleece or Felt
- Polyester Stuffing
- Pins
- Black and White Threads
- A needle
- A pair of fabric scissors and/or a sharp pair of
scissors
- Glue or Sticky Tape
- Sewing machine (alternative: you can hand stitch)
Thanks for those who subscribe; it encourages me to do more videos!
Feel free to ask any questions.
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Steps to creating a Piggy Cushion
What you need
- Template/Pattern Piece
- 35cm Pink Polar Fleece
- A sheet of Black Felt
- A pipe cleaner
- A piece of White Polar Fleece or White Felt
- Polyester Stuffing/Filling
- Pins
- Black, White and Pink Threads
- A needle
- A pair of fabric scissors and/or a sharp pair of scissors
- Glue or Sticky Tape
- Sewing machine (alternative: you can hand stitch)
Steps
- Glue or sticky tape template pages together
- Cut out template
- Pin template to the fabric
- Cut out fabric
- Pin and stitch the nose and eyes onto face
- Pin and stitch nostrils onto nose
- Stitch ears right sides together and leave an opening (pin to make sewing easier)
- Clip the edges (not too close to the stitching)
- Turn ears inside out and roll the edges
- Stuff the ears a little with polyester stuffing
- Pin ears onto face
- Stitch hands and feet right sides together and leave an opening (pin to make sewing easier)
- Clip the edges (not too close to the stitching)
- Turn hands and feet inside out and roll the edges
- Stuff the hands and feet a little with polyester stuffing
- Pin hands and feet onto face
- Stitch the ears, hands and feet onto face
- Sew the tail right sides together and leave an opening (pin to make sewing easier)
- Trim the edges
- Turn the tail inside out
- Cut the pipe cleaner to size and insert into the tail
- Cut a hole in the other face piece (not the face with eyes, nose and etc. sewn on)
- Insert 1cm of the tail through the hole (inset from outer side –front side of fabric)
- Stitch the tail to the face
- Pin right sides of face together (the tail, nose, eyes, hands and etc. should be on the inside)
- Stitch face and leave a small opening at the bottom (1cm seam allowance)
- Clip the edge (not too close to the stitching)
- Turn face inside out and roll the edge
- Fill face with polyester stuffing
- Hand stitch the small opening at the bottom and you're done
Congratulations! You’ve created your own piggy cushion!
Piggy Cushion Tutorial
This is my third cushion out of my animal collection and if you like to see more please subscribe to my channel.
Here are the templates for this chicken cushion:
Click on the image and a new window will open up with the image for you to download.
To download the image click on file and choose 'download'.
To download the image click on file and choose 'download'.
All four templates are required for this tutorial.
(Templates are for non-commercial purposes only.)
The fabrics that I used for this tutorial are not expensive and you can buy it from any fabric shops or outlets.
What you need are:
- 35cm of Pink Polar Fleece
(Templates are for non-commercial purposes only.)
The fabrics that I used for this tutorial are not expensive and you can buy it from any fabric shops or outlets.
What you need are:
- 35cm of Pink Polar Fleece
- A piece of Black Felt
- A piece of White Polar Fleece or White Felt
- 1 pipe cleaner
- Polyester Stuffing
- Pins
- Black, White and Pink Threads
- A needle
- A pair of fabric scissors and/or a sharp pair of
scissors
- Glue or Sticky Tape
- Sewing machine (alternative: you can hand stitch)
Thanks for those who subscribe; it encourages me to do more videos!
Feel free to ask any questions.
Bestfriend's piggy
My bestfriend's piggy cushion.
Her's is all hand stitched and is a larger version!
The tutorial will be up soon.
Steps to creating a Cloud Cushion
Creating a Cloud Cushion
in JUST A FEW SIMPLE STEPS!
What you need
- Template/Pattern Piece
- 35cm Pink Polar Fleece
- 35cm of White Polar Fleece
- A piece of Black Felt
- Polyester Stuffing/Filling
- Pins
- Black, White and Pink Threads
- A needle
- A pair of fabric scissors and/or a sharp pair of scissors
- Glue or Sticky Tape
- Sewing machine (alternative: you can hand stitch)
Steps
- Glue or sticky tape template pages together
- Cut out template
- Pin template to fabric
- Cut out fabric
- Sew the eyes, mouth and cheeks to the right side of white fleece
- Pin the pink and white fleece right sides together
- Sew around the edge and leave a small opening (1cm seam allowance)
- Trim and clip the edges of the face (not too close to the stitching)
- Turn inside out
- Fill the cloud with polyester stuffing
- Hand stitch the small opening and you’re done!
Congratulations!
You’ve created your own cloud cushion!
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Cloud Cushion Tutorial
I thought I'll have a break from my animal kingdom collection.
So here's a cloud cushion =]
This cushion is really simple.
Took me less than 30minutes to make
AND It's fun, cute, soft and cuddly!
Here are the templates for this cloud cushion:
Click on the image and a new window will open up with the image for you to download.
To download the image click on file and choose 'download'.
To download the image click on file and choose 'download'.
All four templates are required for this tutorial.
(Templates are for non commercial purposes only.)
The fabrics that I used for this tutorial are not expensive
and you can buy it from any fabric shops or outlets (I bought mine from Spotlight).
The amount of fabric I bought for this cushion are:
- 35cm of Pink Polar Fleece @ $4.99/m
-35cm of White Polar Fleece @ $4.99/m
- 1 sheet of Black Felt @ 50c/sheet
- 1 bag of Polyester Stuffing @ $13/kg (can make around 6+ cushions)
(This amount is enough for you to make 2 cushions)
Thanks to those who subscribe, it encourages me to do more posts and videos!
Feel free to ask any questions.
P.s. My sister requested a smiley face cushion. If you want to make one, subscribe to my blog and channel so you can receive my latest updates =]
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