Australian Homespun

Pebbles THE CAT

MATERIALS

• 30 x 60cm (12 x 24in) light grey wool felt (body)
• 6 x 8cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/2in) white wool felt (chest)
• 7 x 13cm (2 1/2 x 5in) dusty rose pink wool felt (inner ears)
• 3 x 4cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/2in) scrap of pale pink wool felt (nose)
• 12 x 25cm (5 x 10in) tan wool felt (satchel)
• 6cm (2 1/2in) square each of aqua, lime green, orange and hot pink wool felt (fish)
• Scrap of pale yellow wool felt (eye spot on aqua fish)
• Two 6mm ( 1/4in) black glass teddy-bear eyes with wire loops
• One 8mm ( 5/16in) mother of pearl sequin and a metal seed bead or one 8mm (5/16in) button (satchel)
• Eight small black seed beads (fish eyes)
• 30cm (12in) fine chain lace or cotton twine (fishing line)
• Stranded embroidery thread in shades to match the felts and one slightly darker than the tan felt
• Machine sewing thread in white and tan
• Extra strong sewing thread such as Gütermann upholstery thread in light grey – see Note
• Fibre fill and stuffing tool
• Long doll needle
• Air-erasable marking pen
• Cardboard or template plastic (patterns)
• Sewing machine
• General sewing supplies

Stitches used:

Backstitch, ladder stitch, running stitch

Finished size:

27cm (10 1/2in)

Note: Read all the instructions before starting the project. Set your sewing machine to a shorter than usual stitch length to give smoother 

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