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How to de-fluff your machine

Sewist — Mon, 16 May 2022 15:04:39 +0000

When was the last time you cleaned your sewing machine? If it was after you were sewing with fluffy fabrics, then well done! But if you’ve been sewing with a lot of furry or fluffy fabrics and haven’t cleaned your machine out in a while (I admit I’m guilty of this!!), then maybe it’s about […]

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More bears?!

Sewist — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000

I’m sure you’ve realised that I really enjoy sewing bears – especially ones from the Polar Bear pattern that was in Simply Sewing several years ago. I was offered the opportunity to make something using this faux fur, and it just had to be two brown bears! These bears were made at 200% sizing, which […]

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Sympathy Bears

Sewist — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:41:37 +0000

Sympathy bears weren’t something I had originally set out to make. But after I made Caramel, I heard that a friend’s cat had died. That’s the kind of time when you would give that friend a sympathetic hug. However, said friend lives in a different country, which made it impossible to give a hug in […]

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Unseasonal, but finally finished!

Sewist — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000

When you think of polar bears, you probably think of snow, ice, and generally cold weather. But this particular polar bear wanted to enjoy a hot summer – or at least as hot as the weather gets here in England! So here is Martin the Polar Bear, who has taken a liking to watching cookery […]

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A (not-quite-so) Seasonal Bear UFO

Sewist — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000

I will admit I started making the Polar Bear last year, with the aim of him featuring on my blog before Christmas. Unfortunately ‘real life’ got in the way, as it has a tendency to do, and although I finished the bear, I never got as far as the blog post! So here we have […]

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Frank the Not Quite a Polar Bear

Sewist — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:00:41 +0000

Ok, so I will admit that this pattern was for a Polar Bear…. and wasn’t actually quite so large either – but when has that ever stopped me?? I printed the pattern off at 200%, pieced the pages together and made myself a brown bear who is the perfect size to cuddle while watching tv. […]

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Bella Bear

Sewist — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Remember Bella Bear from earlier in the year? Well she’s been patiently waiting for me to show her finished look, so here she is! I stitched her arms and legs into place rather than using toy joints, as I prefer the softer feel. I was aiming for more of a Gund style feel to Bella […]

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Spotty Atilla

Sewist — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:00:03 +0000

My original plan was to make a cuddly dog from this spotty faux fur fabric, but I didn’t have a suitable pattern, so I decided to make this a furry Atilla the Bun instead! I tried to fussy cut the paw pads, as the spots looked more like hearts in places, and I thought it […]

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Bella Bear

Sewist — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:00:57 +0000

There’s always something odd about the look of a plush bear when it’s still in the UFO stage…. ….especially when you’re modifying the pattern to make it an unjointed bear! I cut circles where the joints would normally go, then stitched the inner limb to the body right sides together. The limb then gets turned […]

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Vernon Vulture

Sewist — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:00:22 +0000

I’ve made lots of teddy bears, but I’ve never made any kind of plush bird before. When I spotted the Pudgy Plumes pattern, I decided it was worth trying out for my first plush bird. The pattern includes instructions for a Flamingo, Vulture and Ostrich; I decided on the vulture simply because the shape looked […]

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