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What a dapper darling Chloe Hailwood has created from four fabrics and a little felt – it adds up to around 50cm square in total. The trick is to use the reverse of some of the plains for coordinating colours! Remember that if you are gifting to a small child, embroider flat stitches or French knots for adorable eyes.
Sew Darcy the Deer
Download and print the templates from sewmag. co.uk, then cut out. Transfer the shapes for the front of the head, forehead, back of head and two body pieces from your chosen fabrics and trim out. Snip 5mm into the forehead and head as marked.
Place the forehead and front of head pieces, right sides facing. Stitch the first straight edge of the forehead to the corresponding straight edge of the head. Pivot at the snips and sew the next straight edges together.
Press the head piece gently, then insert the safety eyes, or create with French knots or other stitches. Embroider the eyelashes and mouth with separate strands of thread, and use satin stitch for the nose.
Create hooved limbs by stitching together contrasting fabrics: place two fabrics together with right sides facing and stitch down an edge. Press the seam open and use the arm and leg templates on the reverse of these two toned fabrics, taking care to position and match up the seam where the hoof is marked on the template.
Stitch over the marks
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