Misty's Whimsies Stuffed Animal Patterns

Bow Tie

Note: This is the pattern for the bow tie. If you are interested in making the fox that goes along with it, visit us at mistyswhimsies. Finished size: approx 4” x 2” com to recieve that free pattern.

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This bow tie is going to make any softie look like SKILLS USED: they are ready to go to a party! This bow tie is • Sewing straight lines made to fit the Cherry the fox pattern that is avail- • Ironing able for free at the Mistys Whimsies Website. But • Basic hand sittching it could fit any softie just by adjusting the length of the neckstrap to the neck of the softie.

SUGGESTED FABRICS: This pattern is recommened to be made with a lightweight fabric. Using a different weigth fabric will make it much fuller. If using heavier fabric such as fleece or minky the bow center piece will need to be adjusted to go around the bulk of the bow tie.

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Printing the pattern:

1. Select “actual size” to print out the pattern pages on letter sized paper. 2. Cut out each pattern shape along outer dashed lines. 3. Use an awl or something pointy to poke a small hole in the pattern pieces where there is a dot. This allows you to accurately transfer the dot onto the fabric. 4. There are more detailed instructions for printing and resizing at the end of the pattern. 5. The mane is a larger pattern piece that is printed on two or more pages and you will need to tape them together before you will be able to use them. So cut out each piece on the cutting line but leave the edge of the paper uncut so you can tape them together on the provided lines.

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© 2017 Misty Richardson // Do not reproduce, share, freely distrubute, or sell this pattern in digital or printed form. Items made using this pattern may be sold. Credit to “Misty Richardson” or “Misty’s Whimsies” is appreicated. Bow Tie 4 Sewing Tutorial Cutting the fabric: 1. Follow the layout below to fold the main fabric lengthwise with right sides together and pin your pattern shapes on it to cut out. First, work on double layers, transfering marks and cutting out the fabric pieces through the two layers. Next, lay remaining fabric flat, with wrong side up, and place the remaining pattern shapes on it, cutting out the pieces. 2. If cutting from fur or minky, make sure the pattern pieces are placed so the furs direction is going down the body, which may be a different layout than the one listed. 3. Mark where indicated onto the pattern to help know where to stitch the bowtie.

cutting layout:

Head Band

4 1/2 “ Head Band fold Bow Center Bow Tie

12” 10” Neck Band Note: Use head band or neck band depending on which band you will be making. Notice the head band is on the fold, the neck band would not be. Before you begin: • Briefly read through the instructions so you know what to expect. • The seam allowance is 1/4” throughout this project. • “Right sides together” will be shorted to RST

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1 2 3 Bow tie 1. Place the two bow tie pieces together, right side together. 2. Stitch around the edge with a 1/4” seam allowance. Clip the corners. Leave a gap for turning. 3. Iron flat.

4 5 6 4. Fold the bow in half, length wise. 5. Stitch together where marked on the pattern. 6. Open up the bow, you should have a loop.

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7. Lay the bow flat on top of itself. 8. Stitch down the center of the bow between the stitching on the backside.

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9. Pinch the bow the direction you prefer. The above two pictures show 2 options. 10. Hand stitch the bow in the center so it stays pinched. Set aside.

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1 2 3 Neck strap or Headband Strap 1. Place the two neckstrap pieces together (or headband straps) together. 2. Stitch around the edge with a 1/4” seam allowance. Clip Corners. Leave a gap for turning. 3. Iron flat. Set aside.

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4. Cut a piece of velcro 1/4” X 1 1/4” in size. 5. Stitch to the end of neckstrap or headband. 6. Make sure that they are on opposite sides of the strap as shown in the picture.

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1 2 3 Bow Center 1. Fold the bow center wrong side together. 2. Stitch the long side with a 1/4” seam allowance. 3. Trim the seam to shorten it.

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4. Iron the Bow Center Flat with the seam in the center. 5. Wrap it around the bow tie with the seam on the inside. 6. Fold over rough edge and whip stitch Bow Center around bow.

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1 1 2 Putting it all together 1. Pull the neckstrap (or headband strap) though the bow center. 2. Add it to the fox!

Your done!! Congratulations. If your interested in showing off your creation consider joining us in the Misty’s Whimsies facebook group where we all love to see what each other has created. Here is a shortened URL that if you put it in your internet browser will take you right to our page. https://goo.gl/ Fg4O2N

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Understanding Pattern 1/4”

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gr Cutting Line: The outer dashed line of each pattern piece provides a guide for cutting the fabric.

Sewing Line: letter The inner solid line indicates the finished size of the pattern piece and where to sew the fabric pieces.

Seam Allowance: This is the distance between the cutting line and the sewing line and is 1/4” wide in this pattern.

Place on Fold: This is the solid line with two arrows at right angles that point to the pattern piece edge. It indicates that the pattern piece should be placed along a folded edge of fabric.

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Poke a hole in the pattern using an awl or something sharp where the pattern is marked with a small dot or letter to be able to use a marking pen to accurately mark the fabric below.

Where there is a notch mark on the pattern piece make a small notch in the paper to indicate where it should also be marked on Note: If you want to make your pat- the fabric so you don’t miss it and have to tern pieces more durable, you come back later and mark it. can print them on cardstock or glue the printed pieces to other heavyweight materials and then cut out. Printing 1

The PDF file consists of the instructions and pattern pages. It is only necessary to print the 2 pattern pages. Click “Print” on the File Menu when you are ready. Next, follow these steps in the popup dialogue page. 3 1. Select the printer you want to use. 2. Select “Pages” options on the “Pages to Print” tab and enter the start page and end page. 3. Select “Actual size” option on the “Page Sizing and 4 Handling” tab to ensure 5 correct size of the pattern. 4. Click “Page Setup” Button to Select “Letter” paper size. If you need too, this may already be selected depending on your regualr settings. 5. Click “Print” button.

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Enlarging

Resizing

If you want to make a larger or smaller 1 version of the softie you can scale it using your printer. To enlarge the 2 pattern click on “poster” and the 3 percentage you want to enlarge it in the “Tile Scale” box. Select the options “Cut Marks” and “Labels”. “Cut Marks” add little lines in the corner to show where you should cut to more easily line up the pieces back together 4 since they won’t be on the individual patter pieces. “Labels” will add a little label in the corner of each page to number each poster piece to better Reducing know which go together. Both those options are very handy. Click “Print”.

To reduce the size of the softie in the “Page Sizing and Handling” select “Custome Scale” and indicate the percentage you would like to shrink the pattern pieces by. Click “Print”. 1

2 Tip: Press Tab after adding your changed percentage to show it on the preview. 3

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Before you can use the scaled patterns you will need to adjust the seam allowance back to 1/4 of an inch. Re-add a 1/4” seam allowance by drawing 1/4” away from the sewing line all around each pattern piece. Then cut it out on that drawn line.

Alternately, you can cut each pattern piece along the sewing line as a template without redrawing the cutting line but don’t forget to add the 1/4” seam allowance when cutting out each piece.

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© 2017 Misty Richardson // Do not reproduce, share, freely distrubute, or sell this pattern in digital or printed form. Items made using this pattern may be sold. Credit to “Misty Richardson” or “Misty’s Whimsies” is appreicated. cut on fold Test Square: 2 inches measure this Bow Tie cut 2 square to make sure you printed “actual size” Cut 2 Headband Strap Cut 2 Neck Strap

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