The Making of Soft Toys - Including a Set of Full-Sized Patterns for Animals and Birds
The Making of Soft Toys - Including a Set of Full-Sized Patterns for Animals and Birds

Author: Elliot C. Edlmann

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-04-16

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1447492102

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This is a vintage guide to making a variety of lovely soft toys by hand, ranging from cute ducklings to teddy bears. A timeless handbook full of simple instructions and helpful diagrams, “The Making of Soft Toys” is recommended for all with a love of handicrafts and fun, money-saving ideas! Contents Include: “Introductory”, “Materials and Types of Toys", "Joints and Finishings", "Instructions for Making Up the Patterns:- Aberdeen Jock", "Flying Duckling", "Derry Duckling", "Peggy Penguin", "Mary's Lamb", "Tabby Kitten", "Bunny Rabbit", "Sammy Sealyham", "Bill Spaniel", "Teddy Bear", and “Peter Puppy”. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Stuffed Animals
Stuffed Animals

Author: Abigail Patner Glassenberg

Publisher: Union Square & Company

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454703648

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This technique-filled workshop for creating soft toys, with 16 projects and 52 lessons, covers everything from the basics to advanced construction elements.

The Artful Bird
The Artful Bird

Author: Abigail Patner Glassenberg

Publisher: Interweave

Published: 2011-01-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781596682382

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Join the flock! Create your own aviary of charming, beautifully detailed, one-of-a-kind fabric bird sculptures with basic machineand handsewing, embroidery, and mixed-media craft techniques. The Artful Bird presents 16 incredibly charming, quirky, personality-filled birds for you to make! Through a detailed chapter of step-by-step basic birdmaking techniques and tips, you will not only learn to make these cute creatures, but also discover how to craft your own patterns for almost any bird--real or imagined. Inside you'll also find Glassenberg's creative ideas to give each bird individual character and personality, from using paint and glitter to adding collage elements. Plus, check out an international gallery of birds from other noted fabric bird makers for more inspiration!

Melly & Me: Supercute Sewing
Melly & Me: Supercute Sewing

Author: Melly & Me

Publisher: David and Charles

Published: 2021-03-09

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 144638098X

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Discover a colourful world of adorable animals and fantastical creatures in this fun collection of sewn toys and gifts, brought together into one volume for the first time. Children and adults will adore this collection of cute and quirky stuffed toys and home accessories by leading soft toy designer, Melly McNeice. There are a total of twenty projects to choose from so there is something for everyone. Pick your favourite from a pretty butterfly mobile for a new arrival, a cuddly spaceship for a curious kid or a handy ladybug bag for a little fashionista - there's something to delight kids of all ages! The stuffed toy sewing patterns that are featured in this collection include friendly monsters, affable aliens magical mermaids, circus lions, pretty unicorns and much, much more. This selection of 'huggable' creatures from Melly McNeice will capture your imagination as much as your child’s. Each of the animals and creatures featured in this selection has their own personality, and they are perfectly proportioned for little hands to hold. They also make the perfect prompts for story telling or a bedtime tale. Maybe your little one dreams of transforming into a high-spirited princess or a flying superhero? As well as the toys there are projects to brighten up the nursery: choose from a butterfly mobile, a wonderfully colourful, applique floral quilt, and a ladybird bird backpack for fun days out. These simple patterns will have you sewing toys and gifts in no time. Each of the twenty brightly coloured projects is suitable for sewers of all abilities and comes with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and full-size templates so you can start sewing straight away. Melly recommends reading through all the patterns before starting a project to decide whether it’s a quick and easy make which is perfect for last minute gifting or a longer project which will help you to build your toy making skills. Enjoy making your super cute toys and gifts and we hope that the resulting toys will bring the special little people in your life many hours of imagination-filled play, memorable moments and comforting cuddles.

Edward's Menagerie: Birds
Edward's Menagerie: Birds

Author: Kerry Lord

Publisher: David and Charles

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1446372642

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Forty fine-feathered friends to crochet using easy-to-master techniques with projects for all skill levels, from the bestselling author of Edward’s Menagerie. You’ll be as happy as a lark as you crochet your way through this colorful collection of birds, including a bashful Flamingo, a romance-writing Owl, and a politically incorrect Pheasant. Read all about these kooky characters, their adorations and aversions, daydreams and delusions, then crochet them for friends and family. Each bird can be crocheted in four different sizes, making over 160 different pattern possibilities—so pick your first project and get started! The patterns use basic stitches, are grouped by difficulty and include step-by-step technical guides for beginners, so there’s no excuse to chicken out. These loveable birds are quick to make using a super-soft yarn in a sophisticated color palette, and will become your best friends as their larger-than-life personalities and easy-to-master techniques get their claws into you. Praise for Edward’s Menagerie: Birds “This book is a hoot! (Pun intended . . . ) . . . I’m not naturally a fan of amigurumi, but this book by Kerry Lord may change all that.” —Bonnie Bay Crochet “Edward's Menagerie: Birds has some of the most adorable toy birds that I have ever seen! . . . The author put a tremendous amount of detail into each bird pattern, which makes them all adorable in their own way.” —The Stitchin’ Mommy

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: Peabody Institute (Danvers, Mass.). Library

Publisher:

Published: 1930

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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Handmade Animal Dolls
Handmade Animal Dolls

Author: Melissa Lowry

Publisher: Page Street Publishing

Published: 2019-07-23

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13: 1624148069

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Craft Your Own Charming Characters with Impeccable Style Designed with her own kids in mind, these beautiful plush toys are infused with Melissa Lowry’s artful craftsmanship and fresh sense of style. Now you can create your own unique characters and quick-sew fabric accessories. Use easy-to-learn needle-felting techniques for cuddly animals without any sharp plastic components. Follow simple, fully illustrated steps to craft huggable, long-limbed friends like Oliver the Raccoon and Madeline the Fox or adorable little plushes like Harry the Hedgehog and Penny the Panda. With moveable arms and legs and chic outfits, every doll has personality. Experienced sewers will love the clever, detailed patterns and beginners will find the simple, clean lines approachable. As well suited to playtime as they are to home décor, these dolls make the perfect handmade gift and add a whimsical touch to any room.