Snake Sewing Pattern

June 13, 2023 by ·

Looking for a fun toy for the kids? Snakes are a blast to play with and they look great in a wide variety of fabric! This step-by-step sewing tutorial has printable templates to make a 21″ long snake. What makes this particular pattern unique is the eye hood. Some snakes have what appears to be a brow above their eyes…so we’ve added that feature to this pattern. It definitely gives this serpent an aura of invincibility.

The safety eyes used can make a big difference in how “sinister” your snake will look. We used various colors and sizes of safety eyes to demonstrate how that one little detail will impact the look of your stuffed animal.

What’s in the Snake Sewing Pattern?

This is a step-by-step tutorial with printable template. The template is at 100% scale so you’ll tape together pieces from 3 pages to create the 21″ long snake top and another 3 pages to create the bottom. Here’s what’s in the PDF pattern.

  • Step-by-step written instructions
  • 15 color photos
  • Template printable on 8 1/2″ x 11 paper
  • Materials List
  • Helpful tips
  • Links to sewing videos

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What Will You Need to Sew This Snake?

The materials you’ll need to are pretty minimal. Here’s what you’ll need to sew your own snake.

  • Template: at the end of the pattern
  • Fabric: 2 different colors – 22” x 7”
  • Felt or Ribbon for Tongue:    Red – 4” x ¼” or ½”
  • Needle and Thread: To match snake fabric
  • Straight Pins
  • Stuffing and Chopstick
  • Safety Eyes: (2) 5mm, 8mm, or 12mm
  • Scissors
  • Pencil or Washable Marker

We’ve kept this snake design pretty simple, yet added a few special details to make it interesting.

Happy sewing!

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Hammerhead Shark Sewing Pattern

June 7, 2023 by ·
Hammerhead Shark sewing pattern

Sew your own plushie Hammerhead Shark with this step-by-step pattern tutorial. This is a great project for beginners and sewing enthusiasts alike. The supplies you need to make this on a sewing machine are very minimal. A few pieces of fabric, a couple safety eyes and thread and you’re ready to sew!

Follow this pdf sewing pattern and you’ll have a finished hammerhead shark stuffed animal in a few hours. It’s that easy.

The step-by-step tutorial includes:

  • 18″ Hammerhead Shark
  • Step-by-Step written instructions
  • 15+ color photos
  • Printable Template for 8 1/2″ x 11 paper
  • Tips and tricks for sewing the shark
  • Links to helpful videos

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This is also a great project to make with scraps of fabric. Choose colorful printed fabric to make a playful and unique shark. The hammerhead shark pictured here was made with fleece sheets that landed in the recycle pile. This could be made from old clothes. This is the perfect project to make as a memory pillow, too.

What you need to make your own Hammerhead Shark Stuffed Animal:

  • Template: Found at the end of the pattern
  • Fabric: Grey – 16” x 20” White – 8” x 20”
  • Stabilizer or Felt: White – 1 sheet
  • Needle and Thread: Grey
  • Safety Eyes: (2) 18mm
  • Straight Pins
  • Fabric Glue
  • Embroidery Thread: 1 yard, black
  • Stuffing and Chopstick
  • Scissors
  • Pencil or Washable Marker

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More about the Hammerhead Shark Pattern

This pattern stands out from the rest because it includes all the little details that make this so realistic. It has all 8 fins common to Hammerhead Sharks and even includes the notch on the caudal (tail) fin.

The pattern includes 4 pages of templates. The body of the shark spans 2 page so the template pieces will need to be cut out and taped together. The template includes a 1″ scale so you know if it’s printing at full size. Reduce or enlarge the pages to make a smaller or larger stuffed animal.

We’ll include helpful tips throughout like where to start and stop sewing. What tools might make a step easier. The templates are clearly labeled and easy to follow.

The fins are made with a layer of felt or stabilizer which helps them stay rigid yet soft and huggable.

Hammerhead Sharks usually have a litter of pups…so you may need to make more than one!

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Clownfish Sewing Pattern

June 2, 2023 by ·
Clownfish Hand Sewing Pattern with Felt

Hand sew a vibrant clownfish! Real clownfish can be found in many different colors including orange, yellow, red and black with white stripes or patches. This sewing pattern provides templates for the most traditionally recognized color, shape and size.

Clownfish Sewing Pattern Info

The clownfish sewing pattern has all the information you need to hand sew your own school of fish including:

  • 10 Pages
  • 15+ Color Photos
  • Printable Templates on 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper
  • Step-by-Step Written Instructions
  • Helpful Tips and Tricks for Hand Sewing with Felt
A school of hand sewn clownfish

When you print the template at 100%, your finished clownfish stuffed animal will measure approximately 6 3/4″ long x 3 1/4″ tall x 1 3/4″ thick. Real clownfish measure between 7 to 17 cm long (or 2.7 to 6.69 inches). For a smaller template, print or copy at a reduced size.

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Fun Facts About Clownfish

Clownfish are also called anemonefish because of their symbiotic relationship with anemone. They are located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Clownfish live in groups and only the dominant male and female are able to reproduce. Clownfish are born male and can become female when the dominant female dies.

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We’ve given this pattern an “easy” rating. It’s a great project for a beginner. However, there are quite a few pieces to sew so you’ll need to set aside a few hours to complete it. We purposefully designed this clownfish sewing pattern to be easy, approachable and fun for sewing enthusiasts of all ages.

There are different kinds of felt: synthetic, wool, wool blends. We talk about that briefly in the pattern.

We include various tips and tricks for things we’ve learned as we’ve stitched our own school of clownfish stuffed animals.

The pattern uses two sewing stitches: whip stitch and applique stitch. We’ve included links to some videos that demonstrate those stitches in case you’re not already familiar with them.

We’ve photographed our hand sewn clownfish in a coral reef that was hand made with yarn on pin looms. There is no pattern for this scene, but there is a pin loom pattern for a gnome with hammerhead shark hat in our Etsy Shop.

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Making Animals for VBS

May 26, 2023 by ·

Sewing Bug

Got the sewing bug this year as preparations were made for vacation Bible school. The theme is Australia and team names are various animals found down under. Down the rabbit hole we went sewing animals to give away to the kids.

Sewn Koalas, jellyfish, clown fish, dingos and platypus. These creatures are so different and fascinating.

Got the pin looms out to create some turtles. It’s amazing how different they look with yarns of different colors both solid and variegated.

The turtles were made with a few different looms including:

  • hexagon pin loom
  • 2″x4″ rectangle pin loom
  • 2″ square pin loom

Found the sewing patterns online. Some were on Etsy others were free on various blogs. The turtles were inspired by a weave along on the Facebook Pin Loom Support Group. If you love to craft, we encourage you to look into pin loom weaving and join this private group for inspiration.

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A Motivation to Make Beginner Friendly Sewing Patterns

May 5, 2023 by ·

Though we’ve been life long crafters, we have sewed out of utility rather than pleasure (i.e. lining for crochet bags). Our mother was much the same. She dutifully, if a little grudgingly, sewed costumes for our high school drama performances.

But when the spark ignites, sometimes a scarcely used skill can grow into a new passion. It began as a simple desire for Deborah; to make a few stuffed animals to hand out at Vacation Bible School. She poked around the internet a bit, searched Pinterest and Etsy. Then down the rabbit hole she plunged.

Sewing for Vacation Bible School

With a mix of free online patterns and some purchased on Etsy, Deborah began to sew. She made six koalas and found it kind of fun. She found another pattern, then another. Soon she was creating a large collection of creatures. She sewed and sewed.

And sewed some more. She made koalas, fish, dingos, kangaroos and many more animals.

clown fish sewing pattern

This adorable little orange fish was our first sewing pattern inspired from the VBS experience. The Clown Fish Sewing Pattern is stitched entirely by hand with felt fabric. It’s super cute. As we’ll mention in a moment, this pattern also includes traceable templates.

Creating Sewing Patterns

Deborah soon found that although there are a lot of great patterns online, sometimes there’s a void; the variety may be limited or the style not quite right. So Deborah began creating her own patterns.

A well written pattern makes the sewing experience more enjoyable, as recent experience would show. So we decided that we wanted our beginner friendly sewing patterns to have 3 key components:

  • Step-by-Step Written Instructions
  • Lots of Color Progress Photos
  • Printable and Traceable Templates at 100% Scale

Snake Sewing Pattern

One of the first sewing patterns we put together was for a snake. This one has an exaggerated brow above the eye. It gives the snake attitude. Learn more about the Snake Sewing Pattern on our blog.

snake sewing pattern

Hammerhead Shark Sewing Pattern

Another of our beginner friendly sewing patterns is the Hammerhead Shark. This time the emphasis was on the fins. Our shark stuffed animal has all the same fins that a real one has. Learn more about the Hammerhead Shark Sewing Pattern on our blog.

hammerhead shark sewing pattern

Bear Pillow Sewing Pattern

One last beginner friendly sewing pattern I’d like to highlight is the bear pillow. This character is 100% huggable. And with a few modifications, the bear can be a panda or a brown bear. Learn more about the Bear Pillow Sewing Pattern on our blog.

bear pillow sewing pattern

Whatever you sew, we wish you many happy stitchable moments.

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Giraffe Pin Loom Pillow in Little Looms

September 26, 2022 by ·

The worlds tallest mammal is now the worlds tallest pin loom pillow. Ok, we just made that up. But it might be true. This giraffe pin loom body pillow measures approximately 16″ wide x 49″ tall. If it’s not the tallest pin loom pillow, we don’t know what is!

Kick back and relax with your very own cozy long-necked friend. This large pin loom body pillow has a quilt-like front and a fabric back, sewn together with a binding edge. There is shaping and layering on the nose portion of the giraffe, otherwise, each woven shape is sewn to the shapes next to it like a puzzle.

Giraffe Pin Loom Pillow available at Little Looms

We designed the Giraffe Pin Loom Pillow for Little Looms magazine and it made it’s debut in the Little Looms Magazine Winter 2022. To get the pattern, you can purchase a digital copy of the magazine or join their all access program. Learn more on the Little Looms website.

About the Giraffe Pin Loom Body Pillow Pattern

As we’ve said, this giraffe pillow is tall, so there are a lot of shapes to weave. It’s kind of like weaving a lapghan only more cuddly. To cut down on the weaving, we’ve attached a fabric back. But you could certainly weave squares for the back as well.

Everything is woven in plain weave.

Here’s what you’ll need to make your own Giraffe Pin Loom Pillow:

  • Pin Loom Squares: 1”, 2”, and 4”
  • Pin Loom Triangles: 2” and 4” right triangles
  • Pin Loom Rectangles: 2” x 4” and 2” x 6”
  • Needle: 7″ weaving needle; tapestry needle; sewing needle
  • Sewing Machine (though you could hand stitch the project)
  • Yarns Lion Brand Heartland (100% acrylic; 251 yd/5 oz), #173 Everglades, 370 yd; #158 Yellowstone, 160 yd; #124 Big Bend, 70 yd; #153 Black Canyon, 1 yd.
  • Fiber-fil
  • 17” x 50” fabric
  • 4 yds brown double fold ¼” bias tape,
  • brown thread

Enjoy!

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