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Intermediate
5mm seam allowances used throughout, unless otherwise stated.
Intermediate
5mm seam allowances used throughout, unless otherwise stated.
Decorate your mantlepiece with our sunshine-basking Sleeping Kitty Cat. Cats just love laying in warm spots around the home and this furry feline friend by Carolyn Letten is no different. He’ll be perfectly happy on a windowsill or a shelf looking super chilled with a leg or arm hanging over. The pellet filling will give him a super floppy body that can be easily posed as you wish. Don’t forget to turn to page 64 for more top tips on the art of toymaking before you get started!
Download and print the templates from sewmag.co.uk. Cut out two sides from gold velvet, remembering to turn the template over for the second side. Pin the pieces right sides together and sew from the top of the neck A across to B. Snip out two ear backs from gold velvet, then turn the template over to cut two ear fronts from champagne velvet.
Cut two inner ears from pale pink felt. Use pink thread to sew the inner ears onto the right side of each champagne velvet front, lining up the bottom edge of the felt with the bottom edge of the velvet. Pin each pair of ears right sides together, and stitch a 5mm seam up both sides of the triangles. Turn right sides out. Make a slight fold at the bottom centre of each and sew a 5mm seam across the bottom to hold the crease.
Trim two pieces of gold velvet for the tail, then turn the template over for the second side. Pin right sides together and stitch a 5mm seam down both sides, leaving the straight end open. Turn right side out and stuff, leaving the last 3cm unstuffed. Cut out the head from gold velvet, and turn the template over for the second side. On each wrong side, mark the three dots that make the dart and the slits for the ears. Fold the darts right sides together, so that the outer do
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