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For personal use only. You may not sell or distribute this pattern. You may not sell items made from this pattern. futuregirl .com page 1 Make your own handful of soft, wiggly tentacles. Included in this 4-page booklet are a list of supplies, pattern pieces, illustrated instructions, and detailed tips & hints. o r O c t o p h r o s t , S a n t a o f t h e S e a p a t t e r n & i n s t r u c t i o n s 2008 Alice Merlino. All rights reserved. Available only at www.futuregirl.com. For personal use only. You may not sell or distribute this pattern. You may not sell items made from this pattern. futuregirl .com Sigmund the Octopus page 2 Felt, one 9" x 12" sheet Embroidery Floss ( 6-strand split into 3-strand lengths) Polyfill or other stuffing 48 Sequins for suckers 48 Seed Beads for suckers Optional Iris: Felt, Sequins, and/or Beads Sewing Needle Scissors Tracing Pencil or Pen Pins To save printer ink, only print this page. Print on card stock so you can reuse the pattern pieces over and over. bottom circle cut 1, MC leg cut 16, MC body cut 4, MC sucker guide cut 1, paper iris cut 2, CC eye cut 4, MC MC = main color CC = contrasting color getting started supplies tools upload a photo of your octopus http://www.flickr.com/groups/futuregirloctopusstuffies see everyone else's octopi When you're done, take a photo! . . . 2008 Alice Merlino. All rights reserved. Available only at www.futuregirl.com. For personal use only. You may not sell or distribute this pattern. You may not sell items made from this pattern. futuregirl .com Sigmund the Octopus page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 c ut o u t o c t o p us p i e c e s s e w b o dy to g e t h e r m o s t ly stu f f t h e body s e w o n b o t t o m circ l e a nd finish s t u f f i n g stuff the legs as you sew t h e m leave empty m atch up seam s s e w l e g e n d close d u s e s u c k e r guide to m ark sequin lo c a t i o n s sew on sequins sequin seed bead sew o n l e g s m a t c h l e g a nd b o d y s e a m s t o s e w the e y e s . . . a ttac h i r i s s e w and stuf f s e w on ey e s center c u d dle y o u r oct o p u s y o u ' r e d o ne! 2008 Alice Merlino. All rights reserved. Available only at www.futuregirl.com. For personal use only. You may not sell or distribute this pattern. You may not sell items made from this pattern. futuregirl .com Sigmund the Octopus page 4 2 4 8 1 cut out pattern pieces For the legs, cut 2 inch squares of felt, trace the leg pattern on one square, machine baste two squares together inside the traced shape, and cut through both pieces at the same time. Leave them basted together as you sew the edge until you need to start stuffing it. These tips and hints are numbered just like the illustrations, and give you extra info about each step. For a step-by-step tutorial detailing how I hand sew felt, go to www.futuregirl.com and click on the tutorial link. Center the bottom circle over the opening of the body. Secure the bottom circle with 4 pins by poking them in like it's a pin cushion: right, left, top, and bottom. Stitch around the edge of the bottom circle where it overlaps the body, instead of trying to match the bottom circle's edges to the bottom edges of the body. Stuff the body as much as you can. The more you stuff it, the less lumpy it will be. Just be careful to not stuff it so much that you burst the seams. Use a 26 inch long piece of floss to sew the body together. Start at the bottom between two body pieces, sew up to the top, and then sew back down between the next body pieces. This way, your knots are always at the bottom of the body. If the top peaks of the body are a little uneven, you can trim them to match. sew body together sew on bottom circle and finish stuffing To start, stick your needle between the seam stitches on the inside of the curve with the point of the needle coming out where the first dot is. Pull the knot between the seam stitches so it's buried inside the leg. Thread a sequin and a seed bead on your needle,then go back through the sequin hole. Put your needle through the leg so it exits where the next sequin goes. Be sure that you pull the floss completely through the sequins and beads so they are tightly secured. Many times, I haven't been careful about this and after I'm done, the bead will stick out on a big loop of floss and the sequin will dangle from the loop. You can use embroidery, seqins, or beads to create unique eyes for your octopus. Be creative! I lightly stuff my eyes so they look bulgy. Attach the legs to the base of the body so that every other leg's seam matches up with a body seam. 5 Always start sewing on the top edge of the leg. stuff the legs as you sew them sew on sequins 9 10 11 sew on eyes sew eyes together sew on legs 7 Use a fabric pen/pencil to make a dot at the base of each V on the leg. The sequin will cover your dots. use sucker guide to mark sequin locations Look at each of your octopus' four sides. Attach the eyes to the side that seems to lean back the most and has the best top seams. To sew the eyes on, hide your knot where a leg meets the body, come out where the eye should be, catch the back of the eye, go back into the body, and knot your floss in the leg stitches. Questions? Comments? Wanna send me photos? Email me anytime alice@futuregirl.com!
