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TIP: Use lots of pins so the pieces won’t slip as you sew this seam. Pin the FOREHEAD PIECE to the FACE PIECES, matching point A. TIP: Clip all the seams very well if you use interfacing because it creates a lot of extra bulk in the seams. * I have used a dark pink thread in my photo tutorial so you can see my stitching but I recommend using a matching thread or plain white if you have lots of different fabrics. Tick the boxes as you do each step so you get the PIECES sewn together in the right order AND you don’t miss out any steps.Look at each pattern piece – the dashed line on the pattern piece is a useful guide to show you the FIRST seam you will sew on each piece.Do not add on a seam allowance UNLESS the instructions say so! A 5mm(¼inch) seam is included so you will sew 5mm(¼inch) INSIDE the lines you traced.Always sew the fabric pieces with the right side of the fabric together, UNLESS the instructions tell you to do something different.
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Transfer ALL THE MARKINGS & LETTERS from the pattern pieces onto the fabric, then you can’t go wrong because it’s like snap – all you have to do is match up the letters! I know it seems so simple BUT don’t let this fool YOU! It’s my BEST tip EVER ~> because it seems to help 99% of people who get stuck! You’ll find great tips like this in the course ~> This FREE toy-making Course includes everything you need to know about sewing toys from how to read a pattern to how to stuff a toy AND includes my easiest pattern – Plattie Platypus. I know you’re keen to get sewing your first bear BUT take a look at my FREE toy-making Course first, especially if you’re NEW to sewing toy patterns – I share ALL the tips & tricks I’ve learned about sewing soft toys over the last 20+ years in a daily email series packed with photos, diagrams and videos. Jonell heart used a mother’s precious garments to make this beautiful memory bear. Melody Memory Bear is often made from adult clothing as a memory bear when someone precious who has passed. Jenell Wilbanks out of a baby’s receiving blanket and embroidered the baby’s name and birth date embroidered on the FOOT PAD PIECES. She has a lots of flat areas that are great for embroidery. Melody Memory Bear makes a beautiful baby keepsake bear. STEP4: Cut the pieces out on the traced lines. STEP 3: Iron the interfacing pieces onto the fabric of the clothing items, with the STICKY (GLUE) side facing the BACK of the fabric. STEP 2: Cut out the pieces adding about 5mm (¼ inch) around them. STEP 1: Trace all the pieces, including all the ‘reversed pieces’, onto the smooth (NON-STICKY) side of the iron-on interfacing. or when I am using a MIX of woven (non-stretchy) and knit (stretchy) fabrics.If I am making Melody from clothing items, very thin or stretchy fabrics or fabrics that fray easily.I also don’t use interfacing if the fabrics are ALL knit fabrics (like fleece, minky or Cuddle) because they will all stretch the same amount BUT I take care not to over-stuff my bear – if these fabrics stretch too much he’ll be very chubby!.I don’t use interfacing if the fabrics I’m using are ALL woven fabrics (like quilting cottons and corduroy) because they do not stretch out of shape.MOST of the time it is NOT necessary! □įrom experience I’ve found that I don’t need to use interfacing when ALL of the fabrics I’m using are the SAME TYPE. I don’t like to make EXTRA work for myself – so I DON’T normally interface toys. Must fabric pieces be lined with interfacing? For an adult memory bear it totally depends on the size of the item… I would say a minimum of 2 items of adult clothing should be enough.
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You will need between 6 and 8 items of baby clothes for a baby keepsake bear. Lots of different items of pre-loved baby clothes! You can use one main fabric from a single item of clothing for most of the pieces and use another contrast fabric for the EAR and FOOT PAD PIECES… but I prefer to create a ‘patchwork’ effect by using… I have made this photo tutorial so people who have purchased my Melody Memory Bear Sewing Pattern can SEE how to sew this memory bear! (I wanted to explain this so you are not disappointed if you have found this page via a search engine and not from the link in my memory bear sewing pattern ) *** PLEASE NOTE – this in ONLY a PHOTO TUTORIAL *** I have taken step-by-step photos to create a photo tutorial to show you just how much fun it is to sew your own Memory Bear!
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You can use this memory bear pattern to transform your child’s clothes into an everlasting keepsake – How cool I made this photo tutorial so you can see how to sew my Melody Memory Bear Sewing Pattern ~> scroll down for step-by-step photos!