seahorse instruction
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A Seahorse Plush Tutorial by liaspace.com
A Seahorse plush tutorial by Lia ofwww.liaspace.com
What you will need:
Body: 2 x (11.5x16.5) of material
Fin: 2 x (5x6) of material and
1 x (5x6) of batting/wadding/stabilizer
Eyes: White and Black felt/jersey fabric
Filling: Polyester doll filling
1. Cut out all of your pattern pieces on the solid line,which already include 0.375 seam allowance(except for felt eyes), then trace the patterns ontofolded fabrics, with right sides together. After youtrace the outline which include the seamallowance, trace the dashed lines on the patternpieces into one side of the wrong side of thefabric, including all the marks for openings usingtracing carbon/paper 2. Notice how I didnt cut out the tail to detail, since
we will just be cutting the tail later on. After youcut and trace everything, sew the fin together,with the 1st two layers of right sides fabricstogether and the 3rd layer is the batting
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3. Clip the curved edges and trim the sharp edges to
make it neater when you turn the fin inside out.
4. Quilt the little fin however pattern you want :).
I started from the outer line on the left side and
go all around and started making spikes.
5. Then, cut the 2 eyes and stitch them on the right
sides of the body. I glued them first using fabric
glue then started the blanket stitch all around the
white rounds.
6. The black rounds are sewn after the white ones
are sewn, using the eye stitch diagram on the
pattern
7. Now, sandwich the fin between the 2 right sides
of the body fabrics together and start sewing
from the top of the fin, at the bottom of the
filling opening.
8. Once youve sewn all around, cut the tail to its
shape and reduce the bulk and clip the edges and
rounds.
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9. This is the most difficult part...the part where
you are turning the whole thing inside out. Its
difficult because the tail part is so small and
long! I was able to do it because I used a loop
turner I bought from Japan by Cotton Boll,
which by the way is a marvelous thing! Thats
why, Ive made a second version of the pattern,with a shorter and fatter tail :). Even after using
the loop turner, I ripped a bit of the edge of the
tail which was easily sewn back in.
10.The last part of this is to fill all the polyester
fills you could into the seahorse and stitch close
the opening while adding little by little of the
filling until you fully stitched the back of the
seahorse. For the tail, since I couldnt go that
far, I used this thick plastic thread which I
installed with the help of none other than my
beautiful loop turner :). But I think you can
easily do this by inserting it first to the tail
before you inserted the filling.
11.Have fun stitching! Please please please share
me your seahorse creation :). I would so looove
to see it :). You may use this pattern for your
personal use. Should you want to sell yourfinished product of the seahorse, Id appreciate it
if you mention my blog on your thank you tag to
your customer.