Australian Homespun - June 2018

PREPARATION AND CUTTING

1

Trace the shapes from the Pattern

Sheet onto paper, transferring all

the markings, glue them to thin

cardboard and cut them out carefully

on the lines.

2

Fold the white towelling in half,

trace and cut:

• One standing alpaca body


• One standing alpaca body gusset


• One sitting alpaca body


• One sitting alpaca body gusset


• One head gusset


• Two tails


• One tail gusset


• Two ears.

3

Fold the light tan fl annelette

in half, trace and cut:

• Two faces


• One face gusset


• Eight feet


• Four foot pads


• Two ears.

4

Fold each of the geometric print

fabrics in half, and trace and cut

from each of them:

• One blanket.

5

From the black felt, cut:

• Four eyes.

6

Using the erasable marker, transfer

the markings for the ear positions

to the right side of the body shapes

and the opening positions onto the

wrong side of the body gussets.

Transfer the dots to the wrong side

of all the pieces where marked.

7

Fold the pattern for the standing

alpaca body gusset along the centre

line of each dart in turn and cut on the

curved lines to remove the dart

sections from the pattern. Open out

the pattern and place it on the wrong

side of the two standing alpaca body

gusset shapes you’ve cut from fabric.

Trace the dart ovals onto the fabric

with the erasable marker using the

pattern as a stencil.

8

Transfer the eye and mouth

positions onto the right side of

the faces with the erasable marker,

and the nose position onto the right

side of the face gussets.

STANDING ALPACA

9

Sew the darts in the body

gussets. To do this, fold the legs

up, right sides together, through

the centre of the dart, then sew

along the curved dart lines.

10

Sew the feet to the bottom

of the body and body gusset

shapes, right sides together and raw

edges aligned. Press the seams

towards the feet.

11

Sew the body gussets, right sides

together, along the top edge

between the A and B circles, leaving an

opening where indicated on the pattern.

12

Pin one side of the body gusset

to one body, right sides

together and matching the feet and

A and B circles. Sew from B around

the legs and back up to A, leaving the

bottom edges of the feet open. Repeat

this step for the other side of the body

and body gusset.

13

Match a towelling and fl annelette

ear shape, right sides together,

and sew the curved edges together,

leaving the bottom edge open. Repeat

this step with another pair of ear

shapes. Trim the seam allowances

and turn the ears right side out.

14

Fold each ear in half, fl annelette

sides together and raw edges

Step 7

Step 9 (Broken lines indicate stitching)

Step 11

Step 12

Step 14