Felt & Fabric Toys — May 12, 2022

DIY Teddy Bears

Felt & Fabric Toys — May 12, 2022

DIY Teddy Bears

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Beary Adorable

These fuzzy DIY teddy bears are so cute and lovable! Featuring plush Minky Fabric from Fabric.com, this is the perfect handcrafted gift for all the little ones in your life. We used Minky in Graphite, but these bears look just as adorable in any of the colors available. Once complete, we tied various pretty ribbons around their necks for the sweetest of finishing touches.

Tools

Materials

Printed Pattern
Minky Fabric – 1/2 yard
Benzie Design Black Felt – 1×1 square for nose
Poly-Fill – 1 bag
Thread (to match your Minky)
Black Embroidery Thread

Steps

Gather the tools and materials listed above. Print the pattern on 11×17 paper.
Trim the pattern pieces and use a pen to outline onto the fabric as noted on each piece.
Cut out all of your pieces from the Minky fabric.
Sew darts on the side of the head pieces.
With right sides facing one another, sew around the sides and the top of the ears and along the front of the body.
With right sides facing one another, sew around the arms and the legs leaving the top open.
Turn the arms and legs right side out and stuff with polyfill.
Pin and sew the top head piece onto one side of the head as marked.
Pin and sew the second side of the head into place.
Sew the head top first, then the back and front of the head together with the right sides of pieces facing in.
Leave a two inch opening on the back of the bear head’s neck
With the right sides facing each other, sew the side seams to attach the back pieces of the body.
With the right sides together, pin the base of the head to the top of the body and sew it together.
Stitch back of head then 1/3 of back of body. stitch lower 1/3 of body, leaving opening in mid back.
Press arms through back hole and position legs inside body. sew base to secure legs in place.
Turn right side out and fill head then body with polyfill.
Hand stitch opening in back closed.
Tuck 1/4 inch of raw edge of ears inside itself then stitch ears onto sides of head.
Cut tiny felt triangle, position at point of nose seam and stitch into place with matching thread.
Make french knot eyes with embroidery thread.

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Minky Teddy Bear Pattern (8.5×11)

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11 Comments

Rachel December 18, 2021 at 7:49pm

Also, what is the seam allowance? Is it already accounted for in the pattern? Is the seam allowance also included in the head darts? Lastly, the instructions say to sew the top of the head to one side “as marked”, but I don’t see where in the pattern that is marked. Thank you!

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1. Lia December 20, 2021 at 7:02pm
  
  @Rachel
  
  The seam allowance is 1/2 inch for the whole project including the darts, (I added that to the tutorial), and it is included on the pattern. This is an older project so I added some marks to the pattern to help you out. Let me know how it goes!
  
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Rachel December 18, 2021 at 7:05pm

Are the arms sewn on in step 11? The instructions aren’t very clear about that.

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1. Lia December 20, 2021 at 6:19pm
  
  @Rachel
  
  My apologies. I think there was a mistake and 11 was part of 10, but I have updated the tutorial.
  
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Carol January 5, 2018 at 7:50am

Could you tell me, please, how big this adorable bear is? I have printed the pattern on 11″ x 17″ and it looks smaller than I thought it is in the pictures.

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1. Lia January 5, 2018 at 8:31am
  
  @Carol
  
  Hi Carol, it’s about 13-14″ from head to toe 🙂
  
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Catherine December 18, 2017 at 11:24am

HI,
Could you tell me what size paper you printed the pattern on? Something funny is happening when I try printing. I’m wondering if it’s because I have the wrong paper size.
Thank you.

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1. Lia December 18, 2017 at 1:05pm
  
  @Catherine
  
  Hi! Yes this is printed on 11×17 paper.
  
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Michelle December 17, 2017 at 5:49pm

Have you tried cutting Minky with the Cricut Maker? Seems like a perfect project for it. 🙂

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1. Lia December 19, 2017 at 2:24pm
  
  @Michelle
  
  No, I decided to hand cut this one! I was afraid the minky would get caught up in the blade so I opted not to try it.
  
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  1. Michelle December 28, 2017 at 2:03pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Yeah, I was thinking that too… plus, these are simple pieces to cut by hand!
    
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