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Free Advanced-Sewing Patterns for Making Stuffed Animals

Cheri Majors, M.S.
Advanced Sewing Skills Required

The sizes, shapes, and intricacy of these particular stuffed animal patterns will require advanced sewing skills, and adult supervision. The uniqueness of a finished stuffed animal far outweighs the complexity of construction.

Bunny for Easter

Gemini Bears online offers printable patterns to make an 8 ½" tall Easter "BunBun" bunny, a welcomed addition to any Easter basket. A fancy side bow-tie adorns the neck of this finished creature.

Calico Bunny, Cat, or Dog

KarensVariety.com provides an interchangeable pattern for calico bunnies, cats, or dogs "Soft Toys". An assortment of ears, mixed and matched with small-print fabrics, allows for individual animal themes.

Christmas Rustic Mouse

Kunin Felt online provides the pattern and instructions for a "Rainbow Plush Christmas Mouse" to be machine, and hand stitched. This two-tone Christmas lodge mouse sports a rustic plaid bow, with attached jingle bells.

Classic Sock Monkey

ClubHouseB.com has free sock-pattern instructions (overlaid onto actual sock photo) for the classic "Sock Monkey". Scroll to the bottom and find sock monkey variations to create.

Furry Siamese Kitten

Doll Making by Runo online, supplies a free Siamese "Ragdoll Kitten" pattern. This realistic furry-kitten pattern comes with detailed instructions to hand sew and stuff.

Long-Neck Giraffe

Doll Makers Journey online offers a choice of downloadable patterns for "Germaine the Giraffe". A yarn mane travels down the entire length of this stuffed creature's neck.

Panda Bear

All Free Crafts online has an authentic "Panda Teddy Bear Pattern" with free instructions. One pattern easily converts to panda or teddy, based upon fur color and fabric pile choices.

Patriotic Teddy Bear

Blue Bonnet Village.com provides free, enlargeable patterns for a patriotic "Yankee Doodle Bear". This stuffed teddy bear waves an enormous red, white, and blue, stars and stripes, frayed-edge bow.

Toy Wolf Cub

All Free Crafts online provides patterns for a real-looking "Toy Wolf" cub free sewing pattern. Wolf coloring and markings can be added, or not, for authenticity.

Wide-Eyed Patchwork Owl

Robert Kaufman Fabrics online offers free downloadable patterns for a large, and a small wide-eyed patchwork "Owl Pillow". Large over-exaggerated shapes are sewn into crazy-quilt style, patchwork owl pillows.

With so many different furry animals to choose from, you will probably need to sew several, if not all of them! You will only need to pick up the materials, as all the patterns and instructions are free!

Published by Cheri Majors, M.S.

A former model/actress who changed careers and college degrees to care for more than 70 special-needs foster children, while earning a Master's degree in Human Sciences & Early Childhood Education. Authored...  View profile

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  • 2 afterburners2/29/2012

    i'll have to buy a singer sewing machine, i think the singer sewing center across from the cinema city complex, may have one!:)

  • Lori Gunn3/31/2011

    Good work! :)

  • Lee Hansen3/30/2011

    I wish I knew how to sew

  • Cherri Megasko3/30/2011

    Wow - that kitten almost looks real!

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