How To Sew A Cat Stuffed Animal

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Are you looking for a unproblematic sewing project? Or want to learn how to make stuffed animals? This cat plush sewing design is a groovy place to start. It uses minimal materials and tin can be sewn entirely by mitt or by a combination of both. Parts of the face are sewn on using embroidery thread and uncomplicated embroidery stitches.

It's been on my to-practise listing to create a cat plush sewing design for quite a while. I had a different design in mind only subsequently seeing how much my son loves his Pug dog, I decided to create a cat plush with the same style.

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Pug Dog Sewing Pattern

Downwards the complimentary PDF sewing pattern for Puggy, the pug dog plush stuffed animal. He makes a great companion to the cat plush!

Materials & Tools

cat costly sewing design (download below)
black fleece
orangish fleece or felt
greenish fleece or felt
black felt
white embroidery floss or heavy thread
tailor's chalk or fabric pen
poly-fil
coordinating thread
basic sewing tools and supplies

Cat Plush Sewing Pattern

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How to Brand the Free Cat Costly Sewing Blueprint

While the cat I'm showing here is made with a Halloween color scheme, be creative with your color choices. This true cat stuffed animate being is an easy sew that tin can exist complete in nether at hour. Stitch by paw or machine, or a combination of both.

Download and print the sewing design. Cutting out paper pattern pieces and assemble the body piece by overlapping the two stars.

To cut the fabric pieces, you can either trace the blueprint pieces onto the material and cut out, or pin the paper pattern pieces to the cloth and cutting effectually the edges. Cutting the blueprint pieces from the fabric. **For the tail, exercise non cut the hole inside the tail curve until afterwards sewing.

Make the Cat Ears

When making the cat ears, proceed in mind that you that you will need two ears that are mirrors of each other.

Working with both ears at the same time, identify the two inner ears onto the right side of the outer ears and sew in place.

Place the forepart of the ear to the back of the ear with the correct sides together. Run up effectually the perimeter with a i/four″ seam allowance, making certain to backstitch at the beginning and end. Go out the flat bottom edge of the ear open for turning. Trim the seam allowance at the point to reduce bulk. Plough the ears right side out. Set bated.

Brand the Cat Tail

Onto the wrong side of one tail piece, describe in the tail bend to utilise every bit a line to follow when sewing. Place the 2 tail pieces right sides together and sew around the perimeter with a 1/4″ seam allowance, leaving the apartment border open up and making sure to backstitch at the outset and end.

You tin now cut the hole in the tail open. Prune the seam assart on the outer curves. Flip the tail correct sides out and lightly stuff with filling. Set aside.

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Run up on the True cat Confront

Using the confront placement guide included on the torso pattern slice, pin and stitch the outer eyes in place.

Side by side pin and stitch the inner optics onto the outer eyes.

Add the nose side by side.

Using tailor's chalk or fabric pen, describe a guideline for the whiskers and mouth. Mitt sew the whiskers and mouth using an outline stitch and embroidery thread.

You tin can too stitch on a white highlight to the optics inside the inner eye slice.

Finish the Cat Plush

Onto the finished front body slice, pin the tail and ears inward using the ear and tail placement guide included on the body pattern slice. Optionally, you tin baste stitch the ears and tail in identify.

Place the back body piece on top with the correct sides together, and pin around the perimeter. Ensure that the tail is out of the seam allowance. Go out an opening at the bottom for stuffing. Sew around the edge with a one/four″ seam allowance making sure to backstitch at the get-go and end.

How to Make a Stuffed Animal with Free Sewing Pattern

Turn the body right sides out and push the seams out. Check that the ears and tail are sewn in place correctly.

Stuff the trunk with filling. Practice non overstuff, this cat costly is intended to be lightly stuffed so it is more like a flat pillow.

Closing stuffed animals with a ladder stitch

Shut the hole with a ladder sew.

Gratis Stuffed Animal Patterns

Acquire to make over 30 dissimilar stuffed animals. Each of these includes free sewing patterns and easy tutorials to follow.

Optionally, y'all tin can stitch the tail to the side of the body. I had initially done this, but my son wanted the tail to exist able to motility around. He was right so I picked out the stitches.

I hope you lot know someone who volition honey this cat plush every bit much as my son does. He has named him Meow Meow, and they have an ambrosial friendship.