Supplies:
*1/2 yard of fleece
*Felt for contrast
*Buttons
*Embroidery floss
*Poly fill stuffing
*Pattern from below
Step 1: Cut out pieces from pattern and cut fabric.
Step 2: Sew on eye, nose, and belly to front body piece
Step 3: Sew on little ears to big ear fronts
Step 4: Embroider the mouth with black embroidery thread. I freehand sewed it on, but you could use a marking pen to draw the mouth on as a guide if you like. Also sew on buttons for eyes and belly button.
Step 5: Sew arm front and backs and ear front and backs, right sides together using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.
Step 6: Clip curves and turn right side out.
Step 7: Add a little stuffing to the arms
Step 8: Sew the arms and ears with a stay stitch to the body front.
Step 9: Pin the body front and back together, right sides together. Sew 1/4 inch seam allowance leaving a couple inches open for turning.
Step 10: Clip curves and turn right side out .
Step 11: Stuff bear with polyfill
Step 12: Hand sew opening in side of bear with a slipstitch
Step 13(optional) You can sew a little heart for the bear to hold. I drew hearts on felt cut them out and sewed them stacked, and then stuffed a little polyfill inside. You can then handstitch the heart to the bears paws. And you’re done.
Click on pattern pieces to open, then right click and “save as”
This funny lovey dovey bear would make a great valentine’s treat for your favorite little sweetie, or, he could be your cuddle bug or new couch buddy. Enjoy! And be sure to check out the blog tomorrow, for my final Valentine’s day special, I’ll be posting a sweet giveaway from my etsy shop!
dramaqueenseams
Too cute!
Jeanna
magaleigh
So cute!
mysocalledcraftylife
Thanks 🙂
Nina Stokes
Ashlee – I love your bear! Will you tell me about how tall and wide he is? I don’t think my printer is printing the pattern correctly. Thanks so much.
My So Called Crafty Life
Thank you so much Nina! I gave the bear to my sister a while back, so I don’t know his exact dimensions as of right now. I know that for the pattern each image here should be printed out to a full 8.5×11 piece of paper, so I would guess he would be about 20″ tall by around 7 or 8″ wide. I’ll try to get my sister to measure him. Hope that helps 🙂
Nina Stokes
Thanks – that helps a lot!
My So Called Crafty Life
Oh good 🙂 I’d love to see if you make one, send me a pic!