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Chris Ford's Stuffed Monster Use your own imagination to design a friendly stuffed monster. From "Uncommon Threads" episode DUCT-106

Who says monters have to be scary? Chris Frost introduces a funky little stuffed monster that will make a great companion for any child (or grownup)!

Editor's note: Because this project involves using your imagination to create your own one-of-a-kind monster doll, we have been provided with no specific pattern. We apologize for any inconvenience to our viewers.

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Chris Ford's Stuffed Monster

Materials:

sewing machine
thimble
fabric shears
wax chalk
1/4 yd. self fabric
1/4 yd. contrast fabric
scrap of third fabric
embroidery thread
polyfill

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

1. Cut pattern from fabric (pattern can be made by disassembling another stuffed animal and tracing around it) (figure A).

2. Make face on front of body (refer to photo to make patterns for face) (figure B):

• Machine-stitch together pieces for tooth and eyeball; turn right side out.

• Embroider pupil onto eye.

• Mark placement for eyeball and tooth on body with chalk.

• Baste eye and tooth into place.

• Backstitch edge of eyeball to body with small stitch, using matching thread.

• From reverse side, fold body over top of eye and edgestitch just enough to catch eye (1/8"-1/4"). Then fold material over tooth and edgestitch again to create mouth (figure C).

• Return to front of material and embroider eyebrow over eye.

3. Assemble monster and stitch on the sewing machine in the following order:

• Sew sides of arms together.

• Sew center back.

• Sew top and sides.

• Sew ends onto arms.

• Sew horns together, then onto body (sew by hand if curve is too small to sew on the machine).

• Sew ends onto legs, then legs to body.

• Sew bottom onto doll, leaving 2" opening.

4. Trim down seams along curves, clipping at corners.

5. Turn monster inside out through hole left at bottom.

6. Stuff with polyfill.

7. Hand-sew opening at bottom.

Now it's time to name your monster!