Sunday, December 4, 2011

Make a Cute Banana Plushie - from CutOutAndKeep.net

Check this site out! It has lots of fun sewing directions and tutorials! The link to the over all site is: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/

Here are the instructions by CutOutAndKeep.net/


Instructions 
  1. 1
    Step 1
    Cut out all the peices (3 pointy yellow, 3 ovals cream) Also (optional) cute a pink mouth, brown trianges for the stem, and black eyes.
  2. 2
    Step 2
    On one peice of cream, Sew pink mouth peice on (or embroider it) And sew or embroider the eyes. Some face ideas are :D >.< :o XP To sew round eyes, make an X on the area that you are making the eye, then sew in between it to make a sort of circle and fill it in.
  3. 3
    Step 3
    Take 2 peices of the cream felt ovals and turn the good side in towards eachother. Pin them together and start sewing from the top with white embroidery floss. Sew down the side until you are about 1 1/2 to 2 inches from the bottom. Stop and tie it off.
  4. 4
    Step 4
    This part is hard to explain, so look at the picture. Pin the 3rd ovals edge to another ovals edge. Sew from the top to about 1 1/2 to 2 inches from the bottom, same as the last step. Tie it off.
  5. 5
    Step 5
    Now take the last two open edges and sew along them until your 1 1/2 to 2 inches from bottom, tie off.
  6. 6
    Step 6
    Turn the banana inside out. Cute, huh?
  7. 7
    Step 7
    Stuff it, then sew closed the bottom. Befor you totally sew it closed, put more stuffing in the bottom. Set it the finished banana aside.
  8. 8
    Step 8
    OPTIONAL: Sew the brown triangles to the tips of the yellow (stem) with brown thread.
  9. 9
    Step 9
    Make a mark with a marker at the half way mark of each yellow peice. Then sew similarily to the banana, but just up to the mark. Sew it with the good sides facing eachother
  10. 10
    Step 10
    Turn the peel inside out.
  11. 11
    Step 11
    Turn the peel the right way. Put some cotton in the bottom of it, then squish the banana in. Ta da! =)