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    MONKEY BUSINESS

    Apr 03, 2019 8 minutes

    Fiona Tully, Two Brown Birds – Blog: www.twobrownbirds.typepad.com

    MATERIALS

    To make two monkeys and two bananas

    • 40 x 90cm (16 x 36in) each of wool felt in two different shades of mid/dark brown (bodies)

    • 10cm (4in) square of light pink wool felt (inner ears and cheeks)

    • 10 x 25cm (4 x 10in) tan wool felt (faces)

    • 5cm (2in) square of black wool felt (noses)

    • 15 x 30cm (6 x 12in) cream wool felt (bananas)

    • 20 x 80cm (8 x 32in) yellow print fabric (banana skins)

    • Two pairs of buttons, diameter 15mm ( 5/8in) in colours to coordinate with the overall fabrics

    • 40 x 60cm (16 x 24in) each of four print fabrics (overalls outer and lining)

    • Four 10mm ( 3/8in) black shank buttons (eyes)

    • Crochet cotton to coordinate with the brown wool felts

    • Black stranded embroidery floss

    • Machine-sewing thread to match the fabrics

    • Stiff paper for patterns

    • Tracing paper

    • Fibre fill

    • Long doll needle

    • Chopstick or turning tool

    • Sharp 4B pencil

    • Water- or air-erasable fabric-marking pen

    • Rotary cutter, ruler and mat

    • Sewing machine

    • General sewing supplies

    Hand stitches used: Backstitch, ladder stitch

    Finished sizes:

    Monkeys: 38cm (15in); bananas: 11cm (4 1/4in)

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