Cat and Bear

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With s a n d
tion By Paloma Rocha
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 Cat and bear

Please, read all of

the instructions before
starting your
project.

. Finished size: 11”

. Difficulty level: Easy.
Runtime: 2 hours

Tools
. Embroidery needle
. Pencil or felt marker.
. Scissors.
. Chopstick or pointy tool.
. Embroidery scissors.
. Sewing machine.

Materials
. Gray fabric for arms and face (10”x 8”). . Stuffing.
. Body fabric (8”x 4”). . Embroidery floss.
. Fabric for the legs (7”x 4”) . Sewing floss.
. Scraps of fabric for the ears. . Pom pom trim.
. Pom pom trim.

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 Fabric
Cotton or linnen fabric is recommended for these dolls. These quality materials help dolls
look their very best.

Cutting out shapes

Print a pages from 9 and 10 of this pdf, and cut out templates using paper scissors along
the solid lines. Trace templates onto the fabric using a water soluble pen. When you cut
the fabric, add 1/4-inch (6mm) seam allowance around each shape.

Sewing and embroidery

These dolls are embroidered and stitched together with embroidery floss.
In case you´re not familiar with one of the stitches, you can practice the stitches a few
times on a felt scraps before working on a doll. None of the stitches are difficult, but can
take some practice to get perfect. Always keep your stitches and the space between them
the same length. Be consistent with your sewing tension.
Or, if you want to keep embroidery to a minimum, you can sometimes glue on certain
elements, instead of embroidering them.
You can experiment and use your imagination to customize the project.

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 Embroidery stitches
1. Appliqué Stitch: Stitching a felt piece onto a felt surface. Place the appliqué on the background felt.
Make tiny stitches perpendicular to the edge of the appliqué.
2. Overcast Stitch: Simple stitch over the edge of the felt. Also called whip-stitch, is used to attach two
pieces of felt. This isn´t a decorative stitch, so always use floss that matches the color of the felt and make
the stitches small and neat.
3. Straight Stitch: Use a simple straight stitch to create a motif.
4. Satin Stitch: The satin stitch is composed of parallel rows of straight stitch and is often used to fill in
an area with floss. The make very nice eyes and noses on softies.
5. Blanket stitch: The blanket stitch is both decorative and functional. Use this stitch to accentuate an
edge or to attach an appliqué.
6. Back Stitch: This simple stitch creates a solid line so it´s great for outlining shapes or creating text.
A backstitch gets its name because you create it moving the needle a stitch backward before moving it
forward to create the next stitch.
7. French Knots: The French knot produces a rounded knot that can be used to create a series of decorative
dots. To make it, bring the needle up at the point at which you want to make your French knot, hold the
thread and wrap it around the needle twice, as shown. Bring the needle back to the starting point and put
the point back through the fabric very near where it emerged (be careful not use the same exact hole) . Pull
the needle to the back of the felt and pull taut.
8. Ladder stitch: The ladder stitch is used to attach separate parts such as a doll’s head. It’s called the
ladder stitch because the stitches look like a ladder until you pull the stitches tight to close the seam. Pull
every four or five stitches as you stitch. When the thread is tightened, the stitches should be virtually
invisible.
9. Running Stitch: The running stitch is simple to make. Make this stitch by weaving the needle through
the felt at evenly spaced intervals. Just be careful to keep the length of your stitches and the space between
them same length.
These illustrations will help you with any unfamiliar stitches.

1. Applique stitch 2. Overcast stitch 3. Straight stitch 4. Satin stitch

2 in

1out
Keep thread
at right angle

5. Blanket stitch 6. Back stitch

1out Working
2 in direction
3 out 2 in
1in 3 out

Carry needle 1 stitch

Working beyond previous stitch
direction

7. French knot 8. Ladder stitch 9. Running stitch

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circ
Entwice

Working
direction

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 How to make:

1 2
t
Straigh
stitch

Satin
g stitch
Runnin
stit c h Back
stitch

3
S
m
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ng

ng
Sew
ili
m
S

ng
ili
m

4
S
ng
ili
m
S

g
ilin
Sm

Cut out leaving 1/4- inch

seam allowance
Pin and stitch the legs Turn right Stuff
and arms right sides together side out

5 e
Clip th
cur ve s

e
Clip th
cu r v e s

6 Turn right
Pin and stitch the
side out
right sides together Stuff
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Position the arms and ears Place the back of the doll Stitch all the way around,
on top of the front with except for the botton edge
right sides together. and the side openning.
8 9

ng
ili
m
S

g
ning ning
g
iliil iliil
mm mm
SS SS

10 11 12

Slip the legs in

between the body C
the lip
layers from the cur
ve s
ngg bottom edge. Stitch the
iliin
mil
Align the raw bottom edge

Turn righ
Sm
S

edges of the

side out
carefully. ng
iliin
mil
g
ili
ng

legs with the

m
Sm
S S

bottom edge
of the front body

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piece.

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Runnin
stit c h

ng
ng ili
ili ng m
m ili S
S m

Stuff
S

Ladder
13 stitch
14 15

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1. In order to transfer an embroidery design or pattern to your fabric, you can use one of
the methods explained here:
a. Light method:
Tape the pattern to a bright window or a light-box. Center the fabric over the tape, and
trace with a washable transfer pencil, a erasable marker, a pencil or water erasable fabric
pen. If you use a pencil be careful. You will have to be precise and be sure to cover every
mark when stitching. The pencil is difficult to remove.
B. Using tracing paper
2. Although you can embroider some think fabrics and felts without a hoop, most fabrics
will need one. Place the fabric for the face over the inside frame of an embroidery hoop
and slip the outer frame on the top, fitting them together. After that, tighten the screw.
Embroider the bear face using the picture as a guide. Carefully, arrange the felt cheeks on
the fabric front, as shown. Sew the felt cheeks in position with matching sewing thread,
sewing around the edges of each shape using running stitch.
3. Cut out all the templates along the solid lines. When you cut the fabric, add 1/4-inch
seam allowance around each shape. Transfer all markings to the wrong side of the fabric.
4. Pin and stitch the top edge of the front body piece to the bottom edge of the head, with
right sides together. Repeat for the back side.
5. Arms and legs: With the right sides together, pin and stitch the arms and legs pieces
together (using the picture as a guide), making sure to leave the top edge open. Clip the
curves and turn right sides out. Stuff the arms and legs with polyester fiberfill through the
opening.
6. Ears: With the right sides together, pin and stitch the ears pieces together (using the
picture as a guide), making sure to leave the bottom edge open. Clip the curves and turn
right sides out. Stuff the arms and legs with polyester fiberfill through the opening.
7. Position the arms and the ears, using the picture as a guide. Pin the two arms to the sides
of the body and the two ears to the top of the head, as shown.
8. Lay the body front on the body back with right sides together (with the arms an ears
sandwiched between the two layers). Pin them together along the edges. Use a lot of pins
to keep them in place while you sew.
9. Stitch all the way around, except for the bottom edge and the side open.
10. Slip the legs in between the body layers from the bottom edge. Align the raw edges,
with the feet pointing toward the head, and pin in place.
11.Carefully, stitch the bottom edge, removing the pins as you go.
12. Clip the curves. Turn the elf right side out through the side opening.
13. Stuff the body with toy stuffing.
14.Use a ladder stitch to close the gap.
15. Using running stitch and two strands of white floss, attach pompom trim to the dress
(using the picture as a guide). When you have sewn all the way around, trim excess pompom
and sew a few stitches over the end.

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 Leg (cut 4)*
(2 and 2 reversed)

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 Bear

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Head (c

(cut 2)
Cheeks
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(Pink fe

t 4)*
Ears (cu sed)
rever
(2 and 2
ed)
Legs (cut 4)*

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(2 and 2 revers

Body (c
(2 and 2 t 4)*
Arm (c
reversed
u
)

*Add a 1/4- inch seam

allowance

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 Cat

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(cut 2)
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Legs (cut 4)*

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)

*Add a 1/4- inch seam

allowance

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 Designed by:

Noia Land
©2015 Paloma Rocha.
www.noialand.com

©2015 Paloma Rocha.

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