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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.