How to make a fabric bear with your own hands. DIY soft bear toy. Step-by-step sewing instructions, patterns for beginners

This popular soft toy in the shape of a cute little gray bear is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. Anyone who has once seen a Teddy Bear will certainly want such a cute plush pet to live in his home. Many people know the fairly high cost of such a toy, but this is not a reason to give up on the dream. We offer an alternative option - to sew a teddy Teddy Bear with your own hands.

How to sew a teddy bear with your own hands?

In the master class we will show you how to sew a Teddy Bear with movable legs and head from plush fabric at home, without special fastenings and accessories. So, we need this:

plush fabric gray:
light brown or beige fleece;
black large beads and a piece of faux light brown suede for the eyes;
floss threads;
synthetic filler;
wooden thread spools;
needle and thread.

Now we can start working.

DIY Teddy bears - master class

First of all, we will build a Teddy Bear pattern, shown in detail in the picture.

Now we cut out the Teddy Bear blank parts from the fabric, marking the seam allowances.

Before sewing, trim the lint from the seam allowances. This will make our work much easier. Let's start sewing our bear from the palms.

Next, we sew together the parts of the handle, sew the palm to the handle, leaving a small hole for filling with padding polyester. Turn it right side out.

Now let's take care of the legs of our bear. Sew together the leg pieces, leaving the feet open and a small hole in the toes for turning and filling.

Now we sew in the feet and turn the legs right side out.

Next, we sew the two halves of the tummy together, leaving a neck hole. We do the same for the tail of the bear. Turn the parts of the toy right side out.

Then let's take care of the bear's head. Fold the two parts and sew the chin line.

Now let's sew the ears to the head. Before this, we sew their parts together without filling them with padding polyester.

We continue to sew the head along the intended allowance.

Ready head turn it right side out.

Now we fill all the details of our bear with padding polyester. Special attention We pay attention to the nose and legs so that the toy is stable.

Then, using floss threads, we embroider the toes and palms of the Teddy Bear.

We hide all the holes with a hidden seam.

Now let’s take care of the little bear’s face. First of all, we will embroider a nose and mouth using floss threads. Then we will sew two black beads as eyes. From faux suede cut out two small pieces.

Now carefully lubricate the narrowed side of the eyelid with glue and very carefully, using a toothpick, tuck the flap behind the eye. Now the eyes have become more realistic, even as if alive.

Next, let's work on the articulation of the bear's head. To do this, take a wooden spool and a small piece of plush fabric.

We coat the coil with glue, paste it around with a piece of fabric, and also hem it for security. The result is a neck for a bear.

Now, using the neck, we connect the head to the body: we cover the holes with a strong thread in a circle, insert the spool hinge and tighten it tightly. For reliability, we fix the structure with threads.

We ended up with a rotating head.

Now let's move on to the legs. We fasten them using the so-called rope connection: we take a thick and strong rope, thread it through one leg and wrong side, that is, the side adjacent to the body, then we lead the rope through the body and hook the second leg. Then we return to the first leg in the same way and tightly tie the rope into a knot.

Let's check the bear's stability - he should be able to stand on his own.

We attach the handles to the body in the same way.

And lastly, sew on the tail.

Now we beautifully comb our finished Teddy Bear.

And for beauty, we’ll tie a bow around our neck. If you wish, you can also dress the teddy bear by sewing him a shirt, trousers, etc.

You can sew such a beautiful Teddy Bear with your own hands. You and your kids will definitely like it.

DIY soft toys: ideas + patterns

Let's delve a little deeper into this fascinating process and learn the technology of sewing soft toys. They are the easiest to make and the most sought after. To make a toy with your own hands, you should pay attention to the color of the fabrics. They should be bright and cheerful and pleasing to the eye; you can combine several shades. If there is no home the right colors, you can dye the fabric yourself; for this you need to purchase special dyes.

Their choice should be taken seriously, because they will be in the hands of children and the dyes must be natural and not fade. You need to cut the fabric very carefully and carefully ensure that the paired parts are the same size and that the sides completely match.

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Before processing the pattern on sewing machine first it needs to be processed with a buttonhole stitch. If the fabric is loose, it is necessary to leave seam allowances. When the pattern is ready, you can fill it with various materials.

The most affordable and popular is padding polyester. These toys can be machine washed, they dry very quickly and do not lose their shape. Toys can also be stuffed with synthetic fluff (these are soft small balls). It does not pill and also holds up well in washing.

If you don't want to spend additional funds There are several options for purchasing fillers:

1. Remove such fillings from old blankets or pillows that you will no longer use.

2. Stuff the toy with small pieces of soft fabrics available at home. Before you start sewing a toy, you need to know what will be needed to create it: - fabric of different strengths and colors;

Sintepon, cotton wool, foam rubber, and other substitutes;

Buttons and beads for eyes and nose;

Sewing tools;

Ruler, pencil and paper for patterns.

For the right choice the fabric from which the toy will be sewn, you need to know their properties. For example, knitwear has excellent stretch, and you can sew any toy from it. Cotton fabrics are also suitable for different types, but they make harder toys. Terry is perfect for toys that require imitation wool. A bear cub, bunny or fox can be made from velor velvet or wool; such fabric will do its job perfectly. From felted fabric turn out to be creative and original toys. But still it is more suitable for making additional details, such as paws, ears, nose and so on.

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Good mood to you, dear readers, friends and guests of the Domovenok-Art blog! Today we will continue to create for children (and maybe not only for children). And let's talk about how to sew a Teddy bear. This is the one you see in the photo now 👇

Honestly, for a long time I thought whether it was worth posting this master class at all, because when you see on the Internet what kind of bears they make experienced craftswomen, you immediately think, well, what can I teach. However, I decided to publish this article no longer to show how to sew a bear correctly, but to talk about my experience and, perhaps, inspire someone and remove the veil of fear of something new. After all, it often happens that we look at some ideas on the Internet, we would like to, but we don’t dare, because the activity is unknown, we have no experience, and we don’t even know what will happen in the end.

Background

A long time ago on the Internet I began to come across pictures of these bears: such gray, shaggy cuties, a little clumsy, but at the same time somehow special. You look at them, and you just want to touch them, feel them😍. However, I don’t remember such bear cubs being available for free sale anywhere in our country. And, actually, what am I doing? I wouldn’t have bought it anyway, knowing that it’s quite possible to sew a Teddy bear with your own hands.

But, as it happens, I looked at the picture on the Internet, closed the browser and forgot. And after some time, a child asked me to sew a bear 🐻 (well, you know, when a mother is a needlewoman, the children are sure that she can do anything. I once even wrote an article on this topic). I promised that someday... In general, for some reason I couldn’t create it right away, and there weren’t any suitable materials.

And so, on my next visit to a handicraft store, I accidentally stumble upon a piece of gray shaggy fabric, although I came for completely different goods. What can I say, I promised! 😀 Therefore, having bought this and also some white fur just in case, it was decided to take up sewing a bear, naturally, Teddy. Although the end result was not very Teddy, it was no less cute.

Today I will not teach the tricks of sewing toys, but will simply show how it was

How to sew a Teddy bear with your own hands

The first thing you need to sew a Teddy bear is, of course, materials:

fur – 50x50 cm;
matching fleece - a small piece;
threads to match the fur;
filler for toys;
scissors;
pencil, or better yet, a disappearing marker;
eyes, nose;
universal glue.

Pattern

In order to sew a Teddy bear, we need a pattern. Since I don’t have much experience in sewing soft toys, and even less so with bears, I took the pattern from the Internet (click to enlarge):

Using this pattern I drew all the details on back side fur (actually it's some kind of very hairy knitwear). And also on a piece of fleece (I didn’t have fleece, I had to use soft felt) we draw out parts of the muzzle, marks on the legs, ears.

➡ In order to avoid further distortions when sewing, I additionally put control marks on the pattern and applied them to each detail. Then, when sewing at these points, you can adjust the tension of the fabric, its displacement, etc.

We cut out the parts with a margin of 5-7 mm.

Teddy bear ears

Now let's start stitching. Well, because... I hadn’t sewed Teddy bears before, so I decided to start with the simplest thing – the ears. For one ear we have 2 semicircular pieces and plus a gray felt insert. We sew this insert onto one of the parts using an overcast stitch.

Now we place the parts right sides to each other and sew them with a “Back needle” seam, leaving the bottom unsewn. We do the same with the other ear.

All that's left is to unscrew the parts. I did this using a wooden skewer and also a pencil. Teddy bear ears are ready.

Teddy bear paws

What else can be done so simple? Paws! For the front legs, we sew the corresponding parts in pairs, placing them first facing each other. Then we turn it inside out.

The hind legs are a little more complicated. The pattern shows a foot that I cut out of felt rather than fur. Accordingly, I no longer made an additional insert (dotted line in the diagram).

So, to sew the hind legs of the Teddy bear, we first sew the necessary parts (Legs) on both sides. We leave them unsewn at the bottom and top.

Now we take the foot and place it with the front side inward towards the fur. We connect these parts using a “Back needle” seam. We perform a similar operation with the second leg. And then we turn it inside out.

➡ If you still want to stuff the teddy bear with sawdust, then fur like the one in the photo will not work. It has a knitted base, so when stuffed tightly, the fabric will stretch greatly, and fine wood dust will pass through it. It's better to use something denser, like plush.

Now you can sew up the holes with a blind stitch. We sewed Teddy bear's paws.

DIY Teddy bear head

We take the two front parts of the head, fold them facing each other and sew only on the side where there is this indentation. Moreover, we do not stitch the recess itself. That is, in essence, we make two lines: top and bottom. We don’t touch the flat part yet.

And into this recess we will sew the face of a Teddy bear. It had to be made from felt, which was not very convenient for this part.

But here I misunderstood the pattern and instead of making a seam from the center (where the bend is) to the point A, I gathered it along the contour and then tried to carefully sew it into the muzzle. Therefore, we ended up with folds that were not really needed here. Don't do that 😆

So, when the hairless part of the muzzle is prepared, we sew it into the front of the head.

Now we need to sew the head of our Teddy bear. We place the prepared parts with their front sides facing each other. We start from the bottom, from the point G, we reach dotted line and insert the eyelet into this place so that the insert, when turned out, faces forward.

Turn the head right side out and stuff it with filling.

The Teddy bear head is ready with your own hands. There is one more rather large detail left that we will deal with.

Sew the body of a Teddy bear

The body of the Teddy bear will also be sewn together from 4 parts. First, we take two parts of the belly, again put them facing each other, and connect them with a “Back needle” seam only along the convex half. You can leave a little unstitched at the bottom so that there is somewhere to put the filler later.

Now the back of the bear. We also sew only the convex side. Just keep in mind that this pattern also includes a tail, which needs to be prepared in advance (connect two parts and turn them out). This tail needs to be inserted into the place indicated by the dotted line on the pattern and stitched together with it.

Now that the back and belly are ready, we begin to connect them. We only sew the sides, that is, only 2 seams. At this stage of creating the Teddy bear, I did not stuff the body with my own hands.

Sew a Teddy bear

Sew the head to the bear's body. To do this, our pattern provides smooth edges on the bottom of the head and on the top of the body. This is probably the most inconvenient part of creating a toy. Maybe, of course, I didn’t create the toy very professionally somewhere. But in the end it worked!

So, at first it was easy to sew, because the edges of the body parts are clearly visible. But after. When the hole became very small, I had to get a little creative 🚲. The hidden seam helped.

Then it’s easier. The toy now needs to be stuffed. And close the hole with a hidden seam. That's how it happened somehow. In my opinion, this Teddy bear's belly is very big. And the tail also added length to the lower part. And so in general it’s already something))))

Sew on the hind legs in the same way. Our little bear turned out to be sitting.

Since I messed up with the muzzle, I decided to correct the situation with a seam like this in the center (also with the needle back). Let's hide the bundle now.

Glue on the plastic spout. I used Moment Gel glue.

Let's try on the eyes. Then we cut off the long hair in the designated places. These are the gaps that remain. We place the eyes in them. Again, I used Moment Gel to glue them.

This is the Teddy bear we got. You know what: it's not quite Teddy anymore. Classic bears - they are the ones with blue noses, black eyes, and patches. Other Teddies have movable arms and legs, and sawdust inside. This same teddy bear, despite the pattern widespread on the Internet, turned out to be somehow special. Maybe because the first experience, maybe because this handmade, and she is always unique. Or maybe because even toys have their own character, and sometimes our imagination paints us one picture, but it materializes a little differently, but more often it’s even better :)

As you can see, sew Teddy bear with your own hands, in principle, it’s not that difficult. The main thing is to want it! Put aside fear and, without thinking for a long time, get down to business. And if you like it, you can develop your abilities in this area. Well, if you don’t like it, that’s okay. But in any case, the child will get a unique, made with loving hands. And children really appreciate it.

I hope you found it interesting today. Before see you soon on the Domovenok-Art blog. Love each other! All the best and brightest to you! Your Brownie Elena.

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It is considered fashionable to have “antique” toys today. Following modern fashion trends, needlewomen learned how to make cute toys with patches. They make wonderful bears, patterns for which we will present below in the article.

DIY Teddy bear: master class

For the toy you will need:

gray plush fabric;
light brown fleece;
black beads 2 pieces;
beige suede;
brown floss;
padding polyester for stuffing;
wooden thread spools;
thread and needle.

Transfer the pattern onto paper. The number of parts is indicated in the picture.

Trace the details onto the fabric and mark seam allowances. Cut out.

Trim the pile at the seam allowances and begin sewing the pads of the upper paws.

Sew the parts of the upper paws, attach the “palms” and be sure to leave a window for stuffing. Turn out.

Connect the parts of the legs, leaving the sole surface open, as well as the places on the toes, a small hole to turn out and stuff. Sew the foot pieces to the bottom of the feet.

We make the belly and tail according to the same pattern, not forgetting to leave small holes. By the way, when sewing the body, leave a hole where the neck should be.

Let's move on to the head. Sew the details at the bend of the chin, then sew in the ears. Next, we continue to connect the parts of the head. Teddy bears' ears are not stuffed.

Turn your head right side out.

Now fill all parts of the bear’s body with padding polyester. There are some important points, which must be taken into account. Do not stuff the head too much, otherwise it will overweight and the toy will turn out to be unstable. The nose should be denser than the rest of the head. At the same time, fill the legs more so that the bear can stand.

Mark the fingers and toes with floss threads.

Let's move on to the muzzle. Embroider the mouth and nose with thread, and sew beads in the place intended for the eyes.

To give the eyes reality, we will make eyelids for them. Cut out two semicircles from suede and coat the round edge with glue. Now carefully fill the eyelids with a toothpick. The result is a vintage bear with the effect of living eyes.

Let's make the neck. To do this, take a spool and glue a piece of plush onto it, securing it with a few stitches for strength.

Then you need to insert wide end coils into the hole left in the head and secure it with threads in a circle. Place the other end into the hole in the body and secure.

The result is a movable head.

A rope fastening is used to connect the legs to the body. It is performed as follows. Thread a strong thread (or thin rope) into a needle with a large eye. If you use thread, it is better to stretch it in several folds. Make a puncture and puncture on the surface of the leg, which should be adjacent to the body. Then pull the rope through the body, grab the other leg in the same way and return back. Secure the rope with a knot.

The growth of such a bear cub is life size may vary depending on the preferences of the needlewoman. The average size is 25-30 cm. The pattern can be made on virtually any scale.

Using the same connection we attach the upper legs.

Lastly, sew on the tail. Decorate the bear with a bow.

You don’t have to stop there: the clothes for Teddy will be just right.

The sewing instructions above can be used for other patterns.

Video on the topic of the article

Several ideas for DIY Teddy bears

Today, Teddy bear patterns are available for free at large quantities. Here are some of them:

1. Shaggy brown baby.

2. Mini Teddy. The size of the toy, if you follow the drawing, is 10 cm.

3. White with an expressive look.

4. Another pattern in antique style. The latter implies: the obligatory presence of a central wedge for the head, special proportions of the body - all these features are taken into account when constructing the drawing.

Soft toy made with your own hands can become a good gift for a child, since during production you can take into account the preferences of the baby. Making it yourself is not as difficult as it might seem. The main thing is to follow the step-by-step manufacturing instructions, rules, and prepare the materials that will be needed for this.

Necessary materials

To create a children's toy, you must use only safe materials. For children under 5 years old, it is better to choose whole natural fabrics, without lint or added synthetics. It is also recommended to do without accessories in the form of buttons, glitter, etc. If a toy is being made for an older child, then the imagination is limitless, as is the choice of material.

Fabrics for soft toys

Knitwear is ideal for sewing toys for little ones. This is an elastic and practical material, from which it is very easy to make a toy, and it is safe. It is easy to wash and does not lose its shape, does not require additional processing, and thanks to color variety The toy will turn out to be very impressive.

Another fabric that is often used for tailoring is silk.. This is a capricious material; working with it will require patience and accuracy. But products made from silk are very beautiful and durable. It is also used for decoration, but can also be used as a whole fabric. Requires delicate wash and gentle drying.

And the most popular material for sewing soft toys for little ones is cotton fabric.

It is very diverse, inexpensive and used everywhere. It is very easy to work with, has increased durability and strength, moreover, it is safe, and stains and dirt are removed quickly.

For older children, you can use other fabrics, such as faux fur, wool, for sewing bears perfect option, will give the toy realism, and with careful handling it will last a long time. Other fabrics are also suitable, for example, velvet, velor, felt.

Other materials

To make a soft toy with your own hands, you will need not only fabric, you must have other materials, such as:

Pattern and template from which the toy parts will be created;
Soft filler, you can use cotton wool, but it is recommended to take pieces of foam rubber, it will help maintain its shape longer;
Threads and needle, scissors;
Thick paper;
If decor is planned (when making toys for children over 5 years old), then you can use buttons, sparkles, and ribbons.

Important nuances

To sew a soft toy, you need to accurately make a fabric pattern using a template. This is an exact copy of the details of the future product, depicted on paper, which is then transferred to the material. Each toy has its own set of templates, but you can also draw it yourself. Then you should cut them out and attach them to the fabric using tailor's needles.

Before making a toy, you should wet the selected fabric and dry it. This will help check whether it will shrink during the first wash and whether the toy will lose its shape. If this happens, it is recommended to wash the material before sewing, dry it and only then start working.

Bear toy pattern

Make a soft toy teddy bear quite simple and independent. For it is enough to use any popular pattern.

Some tips on how to choose it:

All patterns can be divided into simple (with a minimum number of details) and complex (where additional design is required in the form of accessories and decor, such as dresses, ribbons, seam processing).
Beginners should start with easier ones, these include: a Barney bear (or a simple bear made of fabric), a sock bear, a Tilda-style bear.
Other popular but difficult patterns for sewing are: Teddy bear, ballerina bear, polar bear, mother bear with babies.

Master classes on making soft toys

Teddy bear made of fabric

One of the most simple patterns is Barney Bear, transferred directly onto fabric, without the use of templates.

How to make a soft toy with your own hands without a template:

Take a small piece of fabric and fold it in half exactly in the middle with the right side facing inward;
Using a pencil, draw several rounded lines;
You should start with the head - describe a small semicircle, then the ear, a rounded cheek, a slightly elongated paw, a slightly rounded belly and one elongated leg;
Cut strictly along the contour;
Expand the material - the bear pattern without using a template is ready;
Repeat all the manipulations exactly, thus preparing its back part;
Sew the two halves together from the wrong side;
Leave a small gap, turn the product inside out and fill it with filler.

There are others interesting patterns soft toy bear.

Felt bear

To make a felt toy you will need:

Performance:

Select and transfer onto tracing paper a template for the parts of a felt bear; the scale must be respected and be 1:1. Also, everyone can show their imagination and draw parts of the bear’s body themselves.
After the drawing has been transferred to tracing paper, it is transferred to thick paper, strictly observing the scale and every detail. Thus, the template is ready.
Then all the component parts are cut out from a thick sheet and fixed to the fabric using tailor’s pins. Carefully circle with a simple pencil or chalk, remove the template and cut it out - the pattern is ready. Advice! Perform all manipulations on the wrong side.
Next, 2 identical parts are placed on top of each other and sewn together, leaving a small gap for the filler. They are turned right side out, the toy is evenly filled with foam rubber, cotton wool, synthetic padding (optional) and sewn up to the end with neat stitches.
After all parts of the bear’s body are made, they are sewn together, and depending on the imagination, eyes, nose, and mouth are made.

One option for creating a face is to use buttons or sew on store-bought glitter. Many craftswomen embroider them from multi-colored floss threads using satin stitches. You can also cut out a nose, eyes and mouth from felt of a different color and sew them on with threads; for this, a chain stitch is most often used.

The finishing touch The main part of making a bear from felt is decorating the product. You can sew several multi-colored ribbons, bows, sparkles and very bright and beautiful toy ready.

Teddy bear made from a sock

Making a soft bear from a sock is very simple.

You don’t need a pattern for this, just have the materials:

Work algorithm:

turn the sock inside out, place the heel up;
the head is the nose part, draw them with a marker;
cut along the contour and sew;
leave a small hole, fill the product with filler;
shape the nose of the sock into a ball;
distribute evenly and sew up to the end, tightening the edges with threads;
a rounded head is obtained;
then the heel and part of the toe to the elastic band are the torso and paws;
the heel is the future hind legs, it must be cut strictly in half and formed into two limbs, sewn together, stuffed with filler;
The front legs are made from elastic, simply cut out, stitched together and sewn to the body.
then the ears are created, they can be made from the rest of the sock or take a new one.
They can be made from elastic - just draw two semicircles and cut them out, stuff them with filler and simply sew them to the head.
For decoration, you can use ribbons, buttons, sparkles, thus creating eyes, a mouth, and a nose.
From another sock you can make a color for a bear; for this you need to cut out small round fragments and sew them on the paws, muzzle and even the stomach - thus getting an unusual color.

Teddy bear pillow

To create such a bear you will need cotton fabric, soft filler, sewing machine, scissors. To get a more realistic product, it is recommended to take weave various colors.

The first step is to create a pattern, it should be large enough, o round shape. The head and ears are depicted, then they are cut out, the seam is sewn by machine, the product is turned inside out and stuffed with soft filling, and sewn up to the end. The material acts as decor; it will be comfortable to sleep on and so This will create the effect of a bear's face.

Two round appliqués are cut out of a dark color - these are the eyes. They are sewn to the pillow with hidden seams or sewn on by machine.

It is better to make the muzzle bright, it is any color of your choice, in the form of a large oval shape piece of fabric. A small round mouth is sewn onto it.

For realism, you can sew on small front legs. They are made from the same color of fabric as the pillow itself and are attached to its lower part, having previously been stuffed with filler.

Bear in Tilda style

This bear cub is distinguished by its elongated body proportions and legs, Lately he gained a lot of fans. To make a bear in the Tilda style, you need to take fabric from bright cotton sprint, a template from which a pattern, scissors, threads, a needle will be created; ribbons and bows often act as decoration.

Transfer the template to the double folded fabric, leaving a small seam allowance. Sew together and turn right side out, then sew with a blind stitch.

The peculiarity of this soft toy is that the legs are attached to the body with buttons, this allows them to move, creating different positions of the bear’s body. The ears are sewn to the head, and the nose, eyes and mouth are created from threads, without using any decor. A mandatory decoration for a Tilda-style bear is ribbons or bows; you can also do original embroidery by hand.

Teddy bear

Making a soft Teddy bear toy with your own hands is a difficult task, so before starting work you should carefully study the algorithm.

How and where to start:

Work algorithm:

Transfer the patterns of parts onto pile fabric; they should be a mirror image;
Cut them out, leave punctures for the paws to create fastenings;
Ears and paws are created from two different materials, outer side made of pile, inner made of cotton;
Sew them together;
Turn inside out and then stuff with filling;
The next step is fastening;
They are inserted into the space left in advance, these are cardboard disks with a hole with a mounted bolt (the body of the bear cub);
A nut is also sewn into the limb and then stuffed with foam rubber;
The fastenings in the limbs and torso are carefully sutured, making them invisible;
Next, you should screw the limb to the body, this fastening gives the soft toy mobility;
By analogy, perform this manipulation on all paws;
After the body of the bear cub is ready, you should embroider the eyes, mouth, and nose with threads;
Tie a bow or ribbon around your neck;
Teddy bear is ready.

Teddy bear ballerina

To sew a bear - a ballerina you need to take dense material, best from short pile. For heels, palms and inside ears need to be chosen soft cloth, for example, silk, cotton.

Patterns need to be made according to templates; there will be a lot of details here, because... legs, palms, knees and shoulders are movable, they are sewn separately. In order for the pile to lie in one direction, all fragments of the bear are made in a mirror image and then sewn together. They are turned right side out, stuffed with foam rubber and sewn up with a hidden seam.

The ankles, legs, shoulders and palms of the toy are movable, this is achieved with the help of a button fastening. There are 2 design options: hidden (when stitches and buttons are sewn into the details from the wrong side) and external (they are sewn on the front side and look quite nice, only the color of the fabric and the color of the buttons must match).

The loop is made on the body, and the button is sewn on the paws. Next, the loop is made on the arm or leg, and the fastening is sewn on the palm or ankle. To decorate the face of a bear, ballerinas most often use beads or multi-colored sparkles. A ribbon is tied around the neck, and the same is attached to one ear.

A mandatory accessory for this toy is a ball tutu; it is created by hand and made of transparent bright fabric, for example, chiffon, veil, cambric.

The cut should be short, it should be tied onto a thread and distributed evenly to create beautiful voluminous waves. Pull the skirt at the bear's waist, sew it up with a hidden seam, you can also insert a narrow elastic band, this will make it possible to change the clothes of the ballerina bear.

Polar bear

In order to understand how to make a soft toy with your own hands, you will definitely need a bear pattern with a quantity necessary details.

This soft toy differs from all previous ones not only in color, but also in the fact that the bear stands on four legs. Therefore, tailoring a polar bear is different from the rest. The fabric should be chosen dense with a long, hard pile, the pattern should be made strictly according to the template, executing in a mirror image. Sew the fragments together and fill them with filler through a small hole.

In order for the toy to be stable, the paws must be filled very tightly.

In one version, the polar bear is performed in a stationary state, the limbs are sewn to the body, and in another, a hidden button fastening can be made.

Bear with babies

To make a soft toy of this type, there are many options for patterns; it could be a bear in a lying position, and several of her cubs around her. And also sitting with the offspring on your lap, or even standing. The difficulty of this composition is that you have to work with small details. The fabric can be varied, ranging from faux fur or regular cotton.

For sewing the family, movable fastenings are not used; all limbs are sewn tightly to the body. To create faces, buttons are selected from the mother; for babies, most often the mouth, nose and eyes are decorated with floss threads or glued with small sequins.

What stitches should I use when sewing a soft toy?

Threads for sewing toys must be strong and must match the color of the product. The only exception is when he makes a loop decorative seam, it is used as a finishing stitch and not only sews parts together, but also processes the edges of the fabric.

To create a soft toy with my own hands, I usually use the following types of seams:

How to connect the parts of a soft toy

If the parts of a toy are sewn together without fastenings, then a joining seam is usually used. To do this, you need to form each of them, then simply attach the workpiece to the joint and carefully thread the needle and thread in small stitches along front side sew them together.

If there are movable fasteners, then sew them with a hidden seam into the part and, after connecting them, also use a hidden seam.

What is the best material to make the eyes and nose of a bear from?

Most often, buttons are used or sequins are glued, but sometimes floss threads can be used to decorate the face. To do this, you should master the embroidery method. The most common of them is satin stitch, the stitches are made even, tightly adjacent to each other. Cross stitch is also used, this is the easiest way.

For some toys, the appliqué method is used.

Here you need to cut out a small piece from a fabric of a different color and use a buttonhole stitch to sew on the pattern.

What to fill a sewn toy with

Foam rubber is most often used as a filler; this material is dense, it does not fall off and holds any shape perfectly. It's also easy to remove if the toy needs to be washed. You can take ordinary cotton wool, but it quickly gets lost and the product may lose its original appearance.

Synthetic padding is also used - it is easy to purchase and a pleasure to work with. With it, the toy will keep its shape for a long time, it is easy to dry and does not get lost. Alternative option Holofiber is also a material - this material is durable and easy to use.

Natural fillers are used as a filler, this is wool. It is environmentally friendly, will allow the product to keep its shape and even generate heat; it will be very pleasant for the child to sleep with such a toy.

How to insert a wire frame

The wire frame is used quite often in soft toys; it allows it to hold its shape and gives it flexibility. To create it you will need a little wire; for safety, its ends should be bent using round teeth. The wire should be copper or floral, along the entire length of the toy.

Then, when the desired blank is made, it is lightly coated with glue and wrapped with the selected filler. This will prevent it from getting out while using the toy. Next, the filler is evenly distributed around it and a frame is obtained, which is then placed in a fabric pattern. The fragment is sewn together.

Thus, the wire frame is inserted both into the body and into the limbs or even into the ears and tail of the toy.

How to decorate a soft toy

Exists huge selection accessories for decorating toys. The most commonly used are beads, buttons, sequins, ribbons and bows. They are sewn to the product using blind seam or special glue. You can also take small pieces of fabric, for example, velvet, cambric, silk, chiffon, they are overlapped and then sewn on using a buttonhole stitch.

Sometimes original embroidery appears as decoration, as this helps make the soft toy unusual. This option has increasingly become used when the product is created by hand.

Another option for creating unique image may be specially tailored clothing, such as a dress, skirt or jumpsuit. It is made from beautiful lightweight fabric.

Video: how to make a soft toy with your own hands. Bear pattern

How to make a bear with your own hands, watch the video:

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