Archive for March, 2010
Posted Sunday 28 March 2010 and filed under: 4-Legged Creatures, Animal Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,bunny, crochet, easter, free, knit, pattern, rabbit, sew
In preparation for Easter, Craftblog has put together a wonderful round-up of free bunny patterns from across the world wide web. Some we have already been featured on this website and some are new ones that you really must check out!
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Of course, if you don’t celebrate Easter, bunny softies of all kinds make a great gift for all occasions 
Find them all here:
1. Free Bunny Softie Patterns (Sewn) by Craftblog
2. Free Bunny Knitting Patterns by Craftblog
3. Free Bunny Crochet Patterns by Craftblog
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Posted Saturday 27 March 2010 and filed under: Other Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,Beginner project, easter, felt, free, hand-sewn, kids, paint, pattern, rabbit, robot
Author and Crafter extraordinaire, Vicki Howell, generously offers this free pattern on how to make a Robbit (that’s right, Robbit - not Rabbit) Plushies!
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You’ll need felt and fabric paint to make these cuties. I’m thinking that if you aren’t too keen on the fabric paint, you could use coloured felt pieces on the body and ears and embroider a robot-ish design on the front square as well as embroider the facial features.
These would make a great learn-to-make project for kids too. A wonderful little twist on the rabbit theme so common at Easter
Find it here: Robbits Plushies by Vicki Howell
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Posted Friday 26 March 2010 and filed under: 4-Legged Creatures, Animal Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,Beginner project, bunny, easter, free, hand-sewn, pattern, rabbit, sock
One of my personal softie-making heroes - Heidi Kenney - has posted up this super cute and easy modification to the classic sock monkey pattern: Sock Bunny!
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Sock animals are quick to whip up so you could make quite a number of these in different sock patterns and colours Just in time for Easter!
Find it here: Sock Bunny by My Paper Crane
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Posted Tuesday 23 March 2010 and filed under: Embellishing, Tips-n-Tricks
Tags: ,doll face, draw, felt, paint, technique, template, tip
Ellen Lumpkin Brown is an extremely talented doll-maker. Not only does she create an amazing range of dolls of different ethnicities, she also makes their outfits, and hand draws/paints on their faces.
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In this guest article on the Burdastyle blog, she provides an insight into how she goes about creating her doll faces.
Find it here: Super Simple Way to Create a Cute Face for Your Doll by Ellen Lumpkin Brown (on Burdastyle)
Ellen has also published a book - “Doll Fashionistas” - that provides step-by-step instructions on how to make her dolls including excellent tips on stuffing, materials, and construction. The book also provides further detail on creating the doll face and how-to’s on an excellent range of doll outfits.
You can find her book in the Softie-Making bookshop: “Doll Fashionistas” by Ellen Lumpkin Brown
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Posted Friday 19 March 2010 and filed under: Dolls, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,baby, Beginner project, children, cute, free, pattern, pouch
Here is a quick, easy, and super cute project:
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I imagine that you could make a whole bunch of these with different fabrics, yarns, coloured felts for a birthday party, a classroom, etc. Children will also be thrilled creating one these cuties with your guidance and supervision.
Find it here: Baby in a Pouch by Coloured Buttons
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Posted Thursday 18 March 2010 and filed under: Food Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,cookie, crochete, cute, Food Softies, fortune, free, pattern, quick, yarn
Okay, these fortune cookies are not ntechnically “softies” but we can get around it by suggesting that you could actually add a tuft of stuffing into each cookie to puff them up a bit and thereby create crocheted fortune cookie softies
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Too cute not to make, don’t you think?
Find the instructions at the bottom of this post: Crocheted Fortune Cookies by Alicia Kachmar
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Posted Wednesday 17 March 2010 and filed under: Animal Softies, Birds, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,bird, feathers, free, pattern, rooster, wire
Check out this sweet little guy:
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I adore the detail on the face and raw edges on the feathers. The pattern is in PDF format and the steps are clear and easy to follow. Apart from the usual materials required to make a softie, you will also need wire for the feet. This project is suitable for softie-makers with experience beyond the Beginner level.
Find it here: A Rooster to Crow About by Sewing.Org
Thanks to Sarah for the link!
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Posted Tuesday 16 March 2010 and filed under: 4-Legged Creatures, Animal Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,cute, hand sew, hedgehog, woodland
We continue with the hedgehog love today and I direct you to this adorable little softie:
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Pattern is provided in a PDF and instructions are well written and illustrated. A Sizzix die cut machine was used to cut out all the little spikes on the back (roughly 65 pieces in total) and each spike is then handsewn on to the body.
Find it here: Handsome Hamie the Hedgehog by Lollychops
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Posted Monday 15 March 2010 and filed under: 4-Legged Creatures, Animal Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,cute, hand sew, hedgehog, woodland
Loving the texture on this hedgie, created by the ruffles on the body:
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Pattern is in JPEG format and each step of the process is clearly written with excellent photos/diagrams. The ruffles are hand-stitched onto the body after the body has been stuffed and sewn up.
Find it here: Ruffled Hedgehog Softie by Matsutake
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Posted Sunday 14 March 2010 and filed under: Animal Softies, Birds, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,Beginner project, bird, felt, free, owl, pattern, softie
Here’s a softie pattern freebie that I posted up on my own blog a few months ago. Oh-Oh the Owl cushion/softie is very easy to put together and if you are making this for a baby, you could substitute the button eyes with felt, and the felt feathers on the front with looped ribbons or crinkly cellophane encased in fabric.
Find downloadable pattern and instructions here: Oh-Oh the Owl by One Red Robin
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