Nuno life

Lop

2011-03-26T17:07:00.000+09:00

I have posted pages of rabbit making.

-->> How to make stuffed rabbit.

I hope you like to make one.

And this is a lop-eared version.

The pattern is the same (used big ear).

I think it is like a puppy.

Earthquake

2011-03-18T14:05:00.001+09:00

The Japanese earthquake and the tsunami did big damage to Japan.
Over 10,000 persons died. Towns and villages were destroyed.
I hope you pray for victims.

Some people were worried about me. Thanks a lot.
I am alright. So I contributed some money.

If you would like to donate ---
American Red Cross
Pay-Pal
Google

Thank you.

Giraffe

2010-10-21T17:22:00.000+09:00

Stuffed giraffe. 13 centimetre tall.
It may be difficult for novices.

Cut felt without seam allowance.
Don't forget the slit of the throat (B to C).

Sew the darts of legs with backstitch from inside.

Sew the crown to the head.

Sew the lower part of the head.

Make the mane with threads (refer to zebra).

Sew the back of the neck together mane.

Sew the legs.

Put thick wires into the legs.
Glue some cotton batting to the ends of a wire.

Stuff polyester fiberfill in it.

Glue the hoof to the sole.

Trim the mane.
I painted its body with felt-tip pen roughly.

Make ears.
Paint inside ear and put some glue the edge (to make it strong).

Make the tail.

Attach the ears and the tail.
Sew beads for eyes.

Pattern.

Witch girl

2010-10-03T17:28:00.000+09:00

Halloween version of fashion doll.

Robe is made of 2 pieces of felt. Make a slit at the front.

Sew a ribbon to the neckline. Attach star spangles.

Hat.

Broom.
Tie a bunch of yarn to a twig.

Black cat with bead eyes.

Short dress and long cloak.

Pattern.

Dolphin

2010-09-15T11:09:00.009+09:00

Stuffed dolphin of felt. 13 centimetres.
It's simple and easy.

Cutting.

Sew up the back with blanket stitch.

Sew the upper jaw to the face.

Sew the belly to the body. Stuff polyester fiberfill in it.

Glue the eyes. Eyes are small circles of leather. You may use beads.

Open-mouthed dolphin.
Its lower jaw is shorter (use green line of the pattern).

Sew the dart of inside mouth.

Then sew the inside mouth to the outsides.

Jumping dolphins.

Baby dolphin. I printed the pattern in 50% size.

Pattern.

Mini kimono

2010-08-21T15:47:00.003+09:00

I received questions about kimono for small felt doll.

So I show how to make.
Pattern is on this page (I improved it a little).

Cutting.

Sew up the middle of the back from inside.

Sew sleeve (A to B) from outside. I used blanket stitch.
Sew the side (D to E).
Unsew B to C to D.

If you make boy's kimono, sew B to C and C to D. It is a rule. You may ignore.

Sew the collar to the bodice. Overlap 1 or 2 millimetres.

Obi is 1.5 × 32 centimetres. You may use a ribbon.

Origami rose

2010-08-20T12:54:00.004+09:00

This is famous Kawasaki Rose designed by Dr. Toshikazu Kawasaki.

A flower is made with a square sheet of paper without cutting.

The process is too complicated to explain.

White rose and rosebud.

These are Fukuyama Rose.
It is easier than Kawasaki Rose but still difficult.

Fukuyama rose folded with cloth.

This is a Rosebud Cube designed by Mr. Kunihiko Kasahara.

It's only a cube but difficult.

Origami is easy and abstruse paper craft.
If you have interest, you may find how to make by search.

Zebra

2010-04-24T18:11:00.006+09:00

Hand-painted zebra. 7 centimetres.

Refer to elephant about sewing.

Ears, tail, hoofs and mane.

Glue 2 sheets of felt and cut out a circle. This is a hoof.
Ears are almost the same as hamster's.
Wind a white thread (double) on the upper of a bunch of black threads. It's a tail.
The mane is black and white threads (see pattern image).

Sew the neck and the mane.

Sew beads as eyes.
Glue hoofs to the legs after stuffing.

I use oily felt-tip pen and dye pen for painting.

Attach the tail and the ears.

Pattern.

Elephant

2010-04-18T17:50:00.006+09:00

Small stuffed elephant of felt. 6 centimetres.

This is all hand-sewn.
Cut the parts without seam allowance.

Darts are sewn from inside.

Other seams are sewed outside.

Sew the soles.

You may put a wire wrapped with cotton batting in the nose.

Tail and tusk.

Stitch beads as eyes. Attach the tusks.
Sew the wrinkles of nose.

Then attach ears.

Pattern.

If you are not a novice, add seam allowances and sew from inside.
It may look better and be strong.

Wrist pincushion

2010-03-24T17:42:00.004+09:00

Small pincushion with an elastic tape.
It is handy when sewing.

There is thick paper in it.

Eclair?

Whose hand is it? >> Life-size doll.

Reference: Strawberry cake.

Penguin

2010-03-22T23:41:00.006+09:00

Stuffed penguin which is made of felt. Its eyes are wood beads.
8 centimetre tall.

Cut cloth without seam allowance.

Sew the darts of the head.
Only darts are sewed from inside.

About sewing, refer to mini Santa.
You may use blanket stitch too.
If you mind the seam, use a transparent thread.

Feet and bill.

Sew the bill to the head.

Stuff polyester fiberfill.

Pattern.

Mini Shiba

2010-02-27T10:46:00.006+09:00

A miniature Shiba dog which sits. 5 centimetres in height.

It is all handsewed.
Its tail is curled to the back. So I put a wire in the tail.

The ear is too small to sew. Glue 2 sheets of cloth, and cut out the ears.
The eye are black beads.

Pattern.

Hamster

2010-02-25T11:37:00.006+09:00

Stuffed hamster standing on hind legs. 8.5 centimetre tall.
Whiskers are transparent threads.

The following is a process of making. I used white cloth and red thread to show its seams.
Even if you use the same pattern, different materials make different ones.

Sew a-b of left and right. Unseam i-h. It's opening.

Stuff polyester fiberfill in it.
If you put a wire in the forelegs, it can grab a sunflower seed.

Stitch nails. It fixes the inside wire.

Glue inside ear on outside, and cut it.

Sew the ears to the head.
You may omit the nose and mouth.
If you rouge the nose, it may be cute.

Its eyes are circles of felt.

Pattern.

Cat bag

2010-01-26T14:42:00.002+09:00

Small bag of lying cat.

Cut cloth. Add seam allowance.

Sew up each parts. Unsew the openings.

Attach strap and fastener (20cm) to the outer pouch.
Turn inside out.

Stuff polyester fiberfill a little in the head.
Close the opening. Embroider the eyes, the nose and whiskers.

Sew the head and the hind leg to the body. This leg is a patch pocket.

Sew the end of the tail to the body.
Sew the lining to the fastener.

Pattern.

Cat pouch

2010-01-25T23:16:00.002+09:00

Cloth pouch in cat shape.

Materials are cloth for surface and lining, 15 centimeter fastener, felt for eyes, and strap.

Cut cloth added seam allowance.

Make features by applique and embroidery.

Sew the outer pouch. Put the ends of a strap between ears. You may omit strap.
If you want thickness, sew the corner of the bottom.
Attach a fastener to the back.

Sew the lining pouch.
Sew up both allowance roughly and partially. You may omit.

Whip the lining to the fastener.

Turn inside out.
If you like, attach a pompom to the hip.

Pattern, if you need.

Doll clothes

2009-12-14T22:56:00.007+09:00

Other clothes for small felt dolls.

I printed flower patterns on kimono with handmade seal and Ceramcoat (acrylic).

Purple dress.

When patching 2 sheets of felt, it needs seam allowance at one side (e.g. yoke, border, or stand collar). The seam allowance is 1/10 inch.

Patterns.

How to sew kimono.

Pattern seller

2009-12-12T22:22:00.004+09:00

I received a message about someone selling my pattern.

Wendy wrote :

I just saw someone on etsy.com selling the pattern for your mini Santa and Reindeer. Here is the link to the shop:

www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34910352

The seller's name is fairyfox.

I just thought you should know, because it is not fair that someone should ask money for something that you have been generous enough to give away for free.

I saw that page and I too think it is unfair.
But this case may be one of many.
Anyone can sell things picked up on the web. It is easy.
But it will bring him into disrepute.

I expect social conscience correct and punish sly people.

My mini Santa is here.

Mini Santa of felt.

Fashion doll

2009-11-27T19:50:00.007+09:00

Small dolls which have exchangeable hair and clothes.
Each 6 inch tall.

You don't need a sewing machine.
Maybe kids can do.

Making is almost the same as mini cat.
Materials are felt, polyester fiberfill, beads and threads.

Sew beads for eyes. The mouth is embroidery thread.
Its body is flat.

The back is open.

If you have interest, patterns are here and here.
I hope you make clothes by your own design.

Addition:
Other clothes.

Boys wig:

White cat

2009-11-04T13:49:00.002+09:00

Simple stuffed cat which is trial work. 19 centimetres height.
Its head is almost the same as Ragdoll kitten, and the body is similar as terry cat.

I put polyethylene wires in it. And it can stand and sit or lie.

An aluminium wire is easy to be bent, but it often break. Broken wires are dangerous.
Polyethylene rarely snaps. But it is difficult to keep bending.

So I've put both in Norwegian Forest Cat.

Bear box

2009-10-28T23:55:00.003+09:00

This bear reliefed box was designed by Kazukiyo Kurosu, a paper craft artist.
I saw it in his book.

The box has openings (lack), but it is something interesting.

Cut such paper, then fold and assemble.

Draw eyes and nose with felt-tip pen.
The bear doesn't need glue. But when making the box, use glue.

Origami box 2

2009-10-28T23:19:00.002+09:00

Hard version of origami box.
This is difficult to fold. The bottom is treble, so it's rather strong.

This method can be applied to polygonal boxes.
If you see books about origami box, you will find various boxes and details of making.

Origami box

2009-10-07T13:00:00.012+09:00

Small boxes of used wrapping paper.

Easy square box making.
Use a sheet of rectangle paper.

Divide a long side in five.
"A" (1/5) is width of a box. "B" is height.

Crease.

Fold.

Insert a side into another. It becomes a fence.

Twist the inside part and make the bottom.

Complete.

When I spread this box, it becomes a rectangle.

Toadstool

2009-09-29T23:34:00.002+09:00

Mushroom of felt. 2 - 7 centimetres.

An example of making.

Cut cloth (felt). Only the back of the cap is thin cotton cloth.
Make the rectangle to a circle by gathering.
The back is smaller than the upper.
Sew and turn inside out.
Stuff polyester fiberfill in cap and stipe.
Sew the stipe to the cap.
Glue the small dots on the cap.

If you omit the gills, it is easier. Use a circle of felt at the back.

Skunk cabbage

2009-09-18T23:01:00.003+09:00

I think that flower of skunk cabbage is cute.
I heard it has stench. But I don't know how it smells.
I have seen only its pictures.

Skunk cabbage of felt.

Calla (arum lily) is the same kind as skunk cabbage.

Calla becomes wedding bouquet and skunk cabbage is hated.
Pitiable skunk cabbage.

I don't know why it is called "cabbage".

In Japanese, skunk cabbage is "Zazenso".
"Zazen" means Zen meditation. "So" is plant or weed. Also, "so" means priest.
People thought that its flower was like a sitting meditator.

Paper flower

2009-08-27T16:40:00.003+09:00

Before I made tissue roses.
And someone wrote "Teach me how to make."

Tissue rose is easy to make.

Cut 16 rectangles of tissue paper.
Roll 2 corners of each sheet.

Roll a sheet and twist the bottom. The rolled corner is outside.

Wrap it softly with another.

Repeat.

Another paper flower, peony.
The paper must be thicker than tissue.

Fold 7-8 sheets of paper like an accordion.
(I used 4 sheets. More is gorgeous.)
Tie its middle with a rubber band.
Spread each sheet.

You may cut the edge zigzag.

If you spray water color, it will be more beautiful.