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Tutorial- patterning a basic standing animal plushby =Animus-Panthera

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Some people have expressed interest in how I pattern my plushies, so here you go- how to pattern a simple standing plush animal. This wouldn't make a very nuanced pattern, but once you get good at patterning you can start tweaking your patterns into something more complex. Now you might be saying, "but Arras, this isn't really all that simple..." Well, them's the brakes. Patterning is hard! If you want some really simple, pre-made patterns you can just print out and use I suggest you check out this list of free patterns.

A really good explanation of patterning ears- [link]
I also highly suggest checking out the rest of ~Beetlecat's tutorials, which can be found right here. She's a fur suit maker, but lots of her tutorials are useful for plushie making too.

Also, no, I will not give you in-depth sewing directions to go with this. If you're making your own patterns you should be good enough at using patterns to be able to figure out how it goes together. I will tell you that I advise you sew in the following order- sew ears, attach ears to face, attach face to body, attach inside legs to body, sew tail, attach tail to body and stomach gussets, attach body and stomach gussets to body, attach pawpads, attach nose, turn out.

[EDIT: Oh also, I should probably add some modifications if you want to embroider a teddy bear nose- the only change will be the stomach gusset. Do not subtract anything from measurement f, and use the same measurement we used for the nose end of the head/body gusset as the nose end of the stomach gusset. Then once you've turned out and stuffed the plush you can embroider your nose.]

~DreamInSymmetry May 17, 2013

Interesting. I've never drafted my own pattern, but this looks like a good set of pointers. Thanks for the tute.

=Animus-Panthera May 17, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

You're welcome! And thank you! If you use it, I'd love to see what you make. ^_^

~RiverShaman Mar 31, 2013 Hobbyist

also I don't understand the part about the nose, where should my measurements be for nose height and width go? I need to know cause I am sizing my plushie differently

=Animus-Panthera Mar 31, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

If you're doing a separate, sewn nose, then the measurement for nose height is subtracted from f, and the two measurements for nose width (top width and bottom width) are the measurements for the width of the nose ends of the back gusset (top width) and stomach gusset (bottom width).

If you're doing an embroidered nose, you don't need nose height, and nose width will be the width of both the back and stomach gussets (and it will be the same for both).

I hope that cleared things up! Please let me know if there's anything else I can clarify!

~RiverShaman Apr 10, 2013 Hobbyist

Thanks^^ and no I can't embroider plus I think sewn things are prettier. And yeah this clears everything up thanks so much

=Animus-Panthera Apr 10, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

You're welcome! Just let me know if you have any other questions. ^_^

~RiverShaman Apr 11, 2013 Hobbyist

ok i will^^

~RiverShaman Mar 31, 2013 Hobbyist

ignor that lil diagram on my last comment it got messed up

~RiverShaman Mar 31, 2013 Hobbyist

can you clear up one thing, is the thin side of the stomach gusset the width of the nose? you didn't write a clear explanation

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=Animus-Panthera Mar 31, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Well, it depends on what kind of nose you'll be doing.

If you're going to do a teddy bear nose (i.e. an embroidered one, as seen here), then the thin part of both gussets should be the width of the nose, and the bottom gusset will need to be a bit longer.

If you're going to do a separate, sewn nose (like the one seen here, which is also how the tutorial expects you will be doing the nose), then it should be the width of the bottom of the nose, which is not the same as the width of the top of the nose.

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