July 14, 2012

Penguin finale...

Time for the final Penguin to add to the collection...

 
You will need :

10 x 12 cm of felted wool for the body (although if you have no felted wool, just use fabric)
10 x 10 cm of felted wool for the base, eyes and wings
4 x 4 cm of craft felt for the beak
6 x 6 cm of craft felt for the fish
6 x 5 cm of fabric for the tummy patch
5 x 8 cm of fabric for the wings
2 small buttons for the eyes
2 small buttons to attach the wings
Toy stuffing
Selection of embroidery thread (I used pearl cotton 8, but any will do)
Small pebble to weight the bottom
Small piece of card for the internal base
Tracing paper and a pencil to trace the templates

Plus the usual suspects, pins, needle, scissors etc…

Before you begin, print out the templates so the complete image is a finished size of  9 x 14 cm, that should make them the correct size to work with, any problems with that though, just send me an email (there's a link in the sidebar -->)
  
Step 1 : For the body cut two shapes ,using the template provided, from the felted wool.  Pin, right sides together and stitch, roughly 0.5cm away from the edge leaving the turning gap open.  Turn the body right side round, and fill with the stuffing.  Keep going until you are happy with the shape.  Make a well within the base of the stuffing for the pebble.  Pack the pebble in place by adding a bit more stuffing and finish off by cutting a small oval shape from the card (cut this by eye as it’s hard to give an exact size due to the felted wool stretching when stuffed) and place it just inside the open end.  Cut the base piece from the felted wool, place it over the open end to cover the hole and secure in place with random straight stitches.  

Step 2 : Place the felted wool for the wings wrong side together with the fabric.  Cut out one wing through both layers.  Flip the template and cut the second wing.  Sew around the edge of each wing using blanket stitch.  Attach one wing to each side of the penguin with a small button, positioning them fabric side facing out, with the more curved edge towards the front of the penguin. 


Step 3 : Cut two circles for the eyes from the felted wool and stitch onto the face with one of the small buttons in the center of each eye.  Cut out the beak, fold in half and attach along the folded edge with random straight stitches.  From the fabric, cut out a tummy piece and sew into place again with random straight stitches.

Step 4 : To make the fish, cut 2 fish shapes from the craft felt, join the 2 together by sewing blanket stitch round the edge.  Add a small french knot to each side for an eye.




Your little penguin is now complete.  You can make as many babies as you like! (sewing wise I mean, not literally!) 

(templates, just drag & drop the image onto your desktop to print)


As always with my free patterns, YES  ...you can sell what you make (as long as you don't go into mass production),  just add a copyright mark to say ⓒ Lucykate Crafts... within any written description and also make sure you join the Lucykate Crafts... Pattern Pieces Flickr group to show off what you make. Happy stitching!



11 comments:

Simone de Klerk said...

Yeah for littly pinguin..on my list for today. Great project with this wet weather.

MrBaron said...

Hi all,

Nice post that you shared here which includes the great design of art could be called great finger art.

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Quietly Otaku said...

Very sweet, I love penguins and I agree would make a great finger puppet

Haldis said...

This little guy is so cute. Have just added him onto my list of things I want to have a go at. Thx

Anonymous said...

What a cute penguin I never thought that such a beauty could be made from that simple parts :D, my niece will love it. I will certainly try to make one of these for her.

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Anonymous said...

How pretty cute are the penguins.I love them they're very adorable. The finger puppet thing is cute.We should try making like this.Very cute.

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HB said...

Aw Lucy these are so cute!

I love little penguins, so good for Christmas and so good for kids.

Love the blog!

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