Love Sewing — Issue 45 2017

MATERIALS & TOOLS:

• 7.5x17.75cm Rust Brown felt


• 7.5x17.75cm white felt


• 3.25cm-square Chocolate
  Brown felt


• 2.5x5cm red felt


• 2cm square black felt


• 1.25cm square pale pink felt


• 2 0.3cm black round beads


• 10 silver seed beads


• brown, white, chocolate
  brown, red, black & pale pink
  embroidery fl oss


• Polyfi ll stu ng


• 2 2.5cm brooch pins


• 20cm twine (optional)


• templates downloaded from
  http://www.lovesewingmag.co.uk

CUTTING:

From the rust brown felt, cut:

• 4 dachshund bodies
  From the white felt, cut:


• 4 bull terrier bodies


• 1 bull terrier eye spot


• 2 bull terrier ears
  From the Chocolate Brown felt, cut:


• 1 dachshund ear


• 1 bull terrier eye patch


• 3 bull terrier spots
  From the red felt, cut:


• 1 dachshund collar

KIDS

We love

These sweet

doggies like nothing

more than to go

out for walks and

to be admired.

Why not tie a twine

loop to transform

them into paw-fect

decorations?

Project SALLY DIXON

PATROL

Puppy

Top tip

Use one strand of matching

fl oss for appliqué and running

stitches, and two strands of

matching fl oss for

blanket stitches

• 1 bull terrier collar


• 2 hearts
  From the black felt, cut:


• 2 noses
  From the pale pink felt, cut:


• 1 bull terrier inner ear (free-form
  or pattern)

NOTES:

Finished sizes:

• Dachshund brooch: 6x3x1cm


• Bull terrier brooch: 6x4x1cm

HOW TO MAKE:

DACHSHUND

 Using one strand of black

fl oss, sew a small black eye

bead onto a dachshund body

and appliqué the nose in place.

With one strand of matching

fl oss, whip-stitch the top of

the dachshund ear in place.

 Using two strands of red

fl oss, sew the brooch pin

fi rmly into place on the back

of another dachshund body

piece. Use a running stitch to

attach a heart over the brooch

pin base.

 Place the four dachshund

body pieces together,

with the front piece on top

and the brooch piece on

the back. Using two strands

of matching fl oss, blanket-

stitch around all four pieces.

Before fi nishing, stu the

tummy with a small amount

of Polyfi ll. Finish stitching and

knot o.

 Using one strand of red

fl oss, whip-stitch the red collar

in place and sew silver beads

onto the collar. Knot o at the

base of the collar.

BULL TERRIER

 Using one strand of black

fl oss, sew a small black eye

bead, white eye spot, and

brown bull terrier eye patch

onto a bull terrier body.

Appliqué the black nose,

brown spots and pink inner

ear onto the body.

 Using the bull terrier

pieces, follow the dachshund

construction steps 2 and 3

to complete the brooch.

Ensure you insert the

two bull terrier ear

pieces, layered and

blanket-stitched together.

Whip-stitch the ear in place

through all the layers.

ABOUT

THE BOOK

Adapted from Pipsqueaks

by Sally Dixon, £11.99

from http://www.ctpub.com

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