I've decided to start sewing a kitten. I've made cats before, but never a kitten and I found this really nice piece of silver gray fur I didn't know I still had. He's coming out alright so far, but i'm worried about his legs.Also, I wasn't sure how big to make him, so I didn't trace out the body like I usually do. He's actually very close to being done; I just need to make his head, the bottums of his paws then stuff him and close him up. I almost feel like a doctor giving stiches. He's going to be a little gray and white kitten and I'm hoping to give him blue eyes, but I don't have blue right now so I may not be able to.My room predictibly looks like a snow storm hit because the white fur has such a thick pile.
The head and paws have to be myleast favorite parts to work on, but, but you can't have a stuffed animal with out a head. the paws them selves aren't what is bad exactly. When I first make an animal, I trace a side profile of the body; no head, no tail. It's When I cut out the fabric, I make it double so that the animal will b three dimentional. Then I cut out four more legs, two hind, two fore, and sew them to the insides of the legs already attached to the body. That way the animal will have four legs.When you finish sewing up the legs there's a hole at the end like a sleave. This is where making the paws really gets started and shaping plays a vig part in how they will look afterward.
The head is a bit trickier to explain, mostly because what I usually do is cut out random shapes and fit them together. You never really know what you'll get with this kind of method, but that's half the fun.
Be back later to report my progress on the kitten. And maybe a picture?
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