You Will Need
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- Craft Glue & firm card for templates
- Strong Thread for sewing on eyes
- Plastic Pellets (about 35g/1 ounce)
- General Sewing Supllies (thread, pins, needles, scissors, etc)
- Bead for eyes
- Purple patterned Corduroy material (38x21cm / 15x8inch)
- Toy Stuffing
- Pink Fleece material (38x32cm / 15x13inch)
- Fine tipped permanent Marker Pen
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- Project Budget
- Cheap
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1
Glue the pattern pages onto card or thick paper and cut out the pattern pieces to make your templates.
Lay the fabric right side down and place your templates onto the wrong side of the fabric following the layout guide. Trace the templates with a permanent marker and cut out your pieces. (Press lightly or the ink will smudge and may even show through your material on the right side.) Cut the BILL and FEET pieces from purple patterned corduroy, and cut the UPPER BODY and UNDERBELLY pieces from pink fleece.
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* Always sew pieces with right sides together and use a 5mm/1/4 inch seam allowance. Sew the FEET pieces together on the sewing line. Cut around the sewing line with a 5mm/1/4 inch seam and turn right sides out. I like to use an old wooden chopstick as my turning tool!
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3
Sew the UPPER BODY pieces together from A to B. I use lots of pins and pin from one side then put pins in between from the other side. This stops the fleece from slipping as you sew.
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4
Sew the dart in the UPPER BILL piece, and then sew this to the UPPER BODY pieces from E to F. Sew the BILL BASE piece to the UNDERBELLY PIECE from C to D.
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5
Place and pin all 4 feet in position (Toes facing towards the middle!). Pin and sew the UPPER BODY pieces to the UNDERBELLY piece. Sew ALL the way around, leaving no gap.
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Now, for the clever bit! Cut a slit in the UNDER BELLY piece as indicated by the pattern markings and turn Plattie right sides out through the slit you've cut.
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Sew a seam around the edge of the bill using a 5mm seam allowance to create the duck-bill-look
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Fill the bill and head area quite firmly with toy stuffing. Fill the rest of the body with toy stuffing. Place some plastic craft pellets in the body cavity, or use some rice or beans if you like! Don't overfill it as it needs to flop like a beanbag. Looking at the photo as a guide, mark the eye positions with a permanent marker pen and sew two 4mm beads in place.
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Use a ladder stitch to close the opening on the underbelly. If the toy is for a young child, use a thick embroidery thread and sew a French knot for each eye. Your Platypus is ready to love
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Dragoness Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:15:36 +0000
theres no template link or pictures :s
Triceratops Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:07:31 +0000
I made this while watching "The Davinci Code" XD
kianna f. Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:53:23 +0000
can't access the template link... :( help.. thanks..=)
Jill J. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:42:19 +0000
ummm, can you send me the link, it's not working on your page. Thanks :3
miss cookie Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:59:11 +0000
i made one of these from the original site
it was super cute
xxx.CuTiiE_PiiE.xxx Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:44:23 +0000
so cute
Mayra G. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:22:38 +0000
This is just lovee!! :D
Rachel K. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:14:51 +0000
That is so cute! Thanks so much for this. I'll be linking.
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