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SPRING TO LIFE

YOU WILL NEED

• White lambskin fleece: 50x50cm
• Ivory plush: 38x32cm
• Black stranded cotton thread
• Pink stranded cotton thread
• Pink satin wide ribbon: 75cm
• Long doll-making needle
• Polyester toy filling: 200g
• Matching thread
• Basic sewing kit

FINISHED SIZE

■ Approximately 35cm tall.

NOTES

■ Find the templates on page 90, or download and print them from gathered.how/ss-templates.

■ Fabric measurements are WxH.

■ Use 6mm seam allowances unless otherwise indicated.

■ Arrows on the templates show direction of the fabric pile.

■ Remove tacking after sewing.

FABRICS USED

■ Lambskin fleece in white and cuddle plush in ivory, both from shannonfabrics.com.

CUTTING OUT

Step one Download and print the templates. Attach the two parts of

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