It’s another edition of SCK Tries, where we try out a DIY to see how it works in real life and whether we’d recommend you give it a go. This time I’m trying an adorable felt stegosaurus dinosaur plush sewing pattern from Typing With Tea.
The Original DIY
There are quite a few kawaii plush patterns in the Typing With Tea Etsy shop. I chose the stegosaurus and received a PDF pattern and instructions immediately after purchase. Although I am not experienced with sewing, I felt this was a perfect opportunity to combine my love of crafts with cute plushies.
Materials & Process
The materials needed are actually very few. You will need 4 colors of felt sheets, 2 safety eyes, 3 colors of embroidery thread, an embroidery needle, a chunk of polyester fiber fill, and the pattern (of course).
If you have curious kitties like I do, I recommend keeping your pieces on a tray so that you can put it out of their reach when you’re not working on it.
This project taught me many new stitch types. You can see that I had difficulty keeping the blanket stitch tight, which became noticeable once I started stuffing him.
The End Result
The finished stegosaurus turned out cho kawaii! My biggest problem was when I discovered that our kitten Adora made off with a spike that I have yet to discover. I had to make another one, so I recommend you keep the pattern pieces until you are completely finished.
I used my newly learned backstitch to embroider my daughter’s name onto her new friend, which added a special touch. This stegosaurus is fun size for playing with or adding to a kawaii display and I recommend you give it a go.
Have a look at the Typing With Tea Etsy shop to see all the kawaii sewing patterns.
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