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BookThief17 — Jointed Wolf/Fox/Dog Pattern

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Description For a more simple pattern, go here bookthief17.deviantart.com/art...

MUST READ BEFORE USE:

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This is an advanced pattern, not recomended for beginer sewers. The legs move on thread joints. This pattern can be for and canine animal. It is for hand sewing, not recomended for sewing on a machine. I recomended that you use fiber fill stuffing and not plastic beans. This pattern is intended for fleace fabric (other kindas of fabric may be used, however, for best results, use fleace).

Materials needed:

Fleace (not too much fabric is needed as it is a small toy)
matching thread
strong thread, dental floss, OR embroidery
scrissors
needle
straight pins
for the eyes and/or nose, they can be small plastic eyes and/or nose, your can embroider them on, you can use beads and/or buttons, OR you can (if the material is light enough) draw them on

INSTRUCTIONS:

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Cut out all pattern pices as indicated on pattern.
Remember, ONLY cut out the pattern pices needed for the animal you wish to make (ex. for the fox, cut out the ears, tail, and markings that are for the fox).
The dotted lines on the leg that indicate "cut on fold" mean that you fold the material you are using in half and place the dotted line on the edge of fold and cut, this will create both sides of the leg.
Place body pattern pices together with right sides facing each other.
Sew together starting at bottem of chest, where one line is for the opening to stuff the body and end where the second line is, leaving the belly open for stuffing.
CAREFULLY turn right side out.
If you are making a fox, or are just using the "fox marking" pattern pice, carefully line it up on the body and sew on.
Repeat for the other side of body.
Depending on the kind of eyes you are using, you may have to add them either before for after the head it stuffed, the same goes for the nose.
If you are using eyes and/or a nose that needs to be added BEFORE the head is stuffed, add them now (Be care with the eye placement, be sure that they are even)
Stuff head.
If you are using eyes and/or a nose that need to be added AFTER the head is stuffed, add them now.
Stuff the rest of body, you may or may not sew the body closed at this point.
Sew ears to head (be careful with the placement, make sure that they are even).
Fold front legs in half with right sides facing( remember to mark where the joint placement is and that the stitched will go on the back side of the legs)
Leave the top of the legs open but sew the rest of the legs.
Turn right sides out, stuff firmly (firmly stuffing the legs to help it to stand up better), and sew closed.
Repeat for back legs (be careful as to not get mixed up with what are the front and back legs, trust me, it is easy to get them mixed up).
Using straight pins, pin the legs in place on the body.
Double check at different angles (ex, bird's eye view) to make sure all the legs are even (if the legs are not even, the animal may not be able to stand up on its own, or even have legs of different lenghts)
Once you are positive that they are even, mark the body with straight pins to and remove the legs from body, but do NOT take the straight pins out of the legs.
Using strong thread (you may also use dental floss or embroidery thread) make a tiny stitch in one of the legs right were the straight pin is and pull out the straight pin.
On the side of the body where the leg goes, right were the straight pin in the body is, push the needle through to the other side of the body where the straight pin is on that side.
Pull out both straight pins.
Take the opposite leg and make a small stitch where the straight pin is and take ou the straight pin.
Push the needel back through the body and make another stitch through the first leg.
Repeat a few more time and pull tight.
Carefully tie a knot and cut the extra thread.
The legs should be able to move freely on the thread joints.
Repeat for the other set of legs.
If you have not closed the body yet, sew it closed now.
Place tail pattern pices together with right sides facing.
Sew, but leave open the base of the tail.
Trun right sides out and stuff the tail (you may or may not sew closed if you wish).
If you are using the tail tip pattern pice, sew on the tip now.
Sew tail to body (be careful with placement, be sure it is not too high or too low).
Congradulations! You are now finished.

If you want, you may send me a link you any photos of your little creation and I will go take a look. I have not tried out the pattern my self, however it is very similar to the pattern I used for my Poodle fav.me/d4pxdjn , so it should come out fine. If any thing does need to be changed, just let me know and I'll fix it right up.

If you have any questions at all, let me know and I will get back to you as soon as possable
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