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From old sweater to soft toy

March 10, 2020

From old sweater to soft toy

For Claras 4th birthday I made her a horse from an old sweater. It was a really nice sweater and I liked the fabric but it was just haunting me in my closet because I never wore it. It just did not fit and it was annoying me what a bad buy it was. ..So I used the jersey fabric to make, both a horse for Clara and a snail for Ella, and every time I see them I feel really proud, how I turned things around… making it into something better and a much more loved item.

Here is a A3 PDF if you want to make a horse too

HorseDownload

You need:

  • Fabric (I used an old jersey sweater)
  • Soft toy stuffing (I used an old cushion)
  • Needle and tread
  • Scissors
  • Yarn
  • Eyes (buttons, yarn or wool)
  • Optional: Wool and needle felting tools for the dots

How to:

  • Cut out the horse template and needle it to a double layered fabric inside out
  • Add 1 cm and cut around
  • Sew it together and turn it right (leaving a hole to put the stuffing in)
  • Put in the stuffing and close the hole with some stitchings
  • Stitch on the ears to the head
  • Add the yarn as the hair
  • For the eyes and the dots I used a needle felting needle and black wool. But you can also use buttons for the eyes.

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