Felt Cat Toy Critters / TUTORIAL WITH PATTERN

[bumfuzzlerumdum]

Oh, oh, Look what the cat dragged in!

Your Kitty's gonna love these Cat Toy Critters. Fill em with catnip or hang them from a string. Stinky will think your the cats meow.

Materials needed

Assorted colors of craft felt
Embroidery floss or thread for stitching
Small glass beads for eyes - Felt may be used as a substitution 
Fiber fill or cat nip for stuffing

Pattern
http://www.handcraftedfantastictoys.com/craftsterpics/cat_toy_pattern.jpg

Begin by printing out two copies of the pattern by clicking on link.
(Two copies are needed because patterns overlap)

Then print pattern from browser window. Adjustments to scale may have to be made depending on the browser you are using.

Choose a critter and cut out pattern from the paper.
Pin pattern pieces to the felt and cut out accordingly.

Sewing- A ladder stitch is recommended for best results.

1. Start out by sewing bird belly to one side of bird half and continue up and around over head until you reach the tail.
2. Continue on with the tail in position until the end, knot, then finish the other side of tail.
3. Now go back and finish sewing the other side of the bird belly. Wow you can see the bird taking shape!

4. Sew about 3/4 of the bird base on leaving enough room open to stuff bird.
Fill with fiber fill or a premium catnip, finish sewing base on.
5.Now your ready for the eyes and wings. (Please Note: Felt eyes may be stitched on as a safer alternative to beads.) Knot thread to position of eye, slide on glass bead and go through to other side and slide on other the bead, pull tightly to create small indentation in felt. Go through a couple of times to securely fasten eyes. Clip wings to give the illusion of feathers then fasten to bird body as indicated on pattern.
6. Stitch on bird feet. Voila your finished!!


Now go make the other two critters, the same technique may be applied to those as well.
Cheers!!

*NOTICE* These patterns I provide to you are for personal use only, please do not sell these in your etsy shop or anywhere else. I do not appreciate people profiting from my hard work in preparing this tute.

[anna-begins]

Too cute!  Thanks for the tutorial.  I'm for sure going to make the mouse one for my cat Stanley!

[roxybadoxy]

those are too cute!! i don't have a cat but i am still going to make them!!

[nickerly_kitten]

you could always make them for me! lol

those are beyone cute, i like the fish especially!

[JKaz]

oh! Those are really cute!
I have two cats that love to rip their toys apart and I end up spending a lot of money on them..

I'll have to try these.. I especially like the fish. 
Thanks for the pattern and tut!

[ultraviolet]

Those are adorable!

Is there a trick to printing the pattern? If I print from my browser window, it gets cut off because it all won't fit on the page, but when I save it as a jpg and try to print it comes out tiny. Help!

[ttchica78]

I love the bright colors!
Adorable stuff!

[andreach45]

Those are too cute!  Maybe I'll make them for my roomates' kitties for the holidays.

[bumfuzzlerumdum]

Sorry about the printing problem. It really depends on what type of browser you are using.
I design printables to be printed from Internet Explorer. If there is a way to adjust the scale when you are printing that may help. Otherwise you can open the jpeg in some kind of drawing, paint or word processing program and possibly adjust it there. To give you an idea of the scale, I made it so the full pattern would fit perfectly on an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper.
Hope this helps
 

[stoliedina]

Adorable! Thanks for sharing, maybe I can whip some up for my kitties for Christmas