#Dinosaur plush full#

You could tack them together and remove the tacking stitches when you are done too.

If you have a fabric spray fixative (like they use in quilting) you can attach each non-stretchy to its sister stretchy piece and then carry on as if they were one unit. So, basically cut all the pieces twice- one in the stretchy and one in a plain cotton without stretch. I suppose you could create a non-stretchy layer underneath the stretchy one to sort of contain it. With a 4-way stretch the way you stuff the dino will greatly influence its shape, since it'll distend in all directions. It would stretch from nose to tail or from underside of feet to top of back. So, if you choose a 2-way stretch then the dino may end up very loooong or very taaaaall, depending on the direction of the stretch in relation to the direction of the dino pattern. You get fabric for clothes (t-shirts and baby grows etc) -mostly called jersey knit- which can stretch in just one direction (confusingly called 2-way stretch) and some that stretch in both directions (4-way stretch). The reason I don't advise it is that the stretch is going to distort the original shape. (The dino on the left was my prototype is a slightly different shape)Īs far as the material goes I would advise caution and perhaps try it on an old t-shirt of similar stretchiness to the clothes you want to use, so you don't use up your keep sakes in your trial. That's it! Make an army of colourful dinosaurs and have a congratulatory cup of tea! Once the stuffing is completed sew the last foot pad circle into the last open leg to close it. If he is too soft his neck will flop from side to side. You can skip this step if painting or sewing on the eyes laterīeginning at the head and tip of the tail stuff the dinosaur firmly. Then I remove the stuffing and insert the safety eyes according to their instructions. Use the remaining open foot to turn the dinosaur the right way around.Īt this point I loosely stuff just the head to get a feel for it and mark where I want the eyes to be. For help on this see 'Making the Feet' in the Baby Elephant Tutorial. Sew three of the four feet circles into three of the four leg tubes to complete them. The only opening should be the undersides of the feet. Sew the body closed by starting at the chest where the underside of the body piece ends, around the head and to the tail. I didn't get any photo's of the next few steps. You'll need four of the circles for the pads of the feet. Remember to cut two of the sides of the bodies and only 1 of the underside of the body. For the scales I used three of the larger scales, two of the medium and one of the smallest.

Note the blue scales at the bottom are two pieces of fabric each. Stuffing- I used fibre fill but old pillow stuffing, sewing scraps etc could be substituted.1 pair safety eyes- these are easy to find in craft store, fabric stores and on the net but you could replace them with felt eyes, fabric paint eyes, buttons etc.Use a fun contrasting fabric for the scales along the back or even a multitude of colours. Fabric- I used good old quilting cotton here but any non-stretchy material will do, although heavier upholstery type fabrics will be harder to turn right side out.A seam allowance of 0.5cm (1/4 inch) is given, add more if you like. Join the sheets along the dotted line and cut the pattern pieces. Each of these pattern pieces is an A4 or standard letter size sheet.

#Dinosaur plush full#

To print properly to a full A4 you need to Download the images then print them. Paper pattern pieces cut from the Stuffed Dinosaur sewing pattern of 2 and Stuffed Dinosaur sewing pattern of 2.Edit: Click here to see Dino's people have made with this tutorial.