FELT COLOURS – We’ve made an orange and cream tiger with black stripes but you can make your tiger any colour you like! It could be blue with green stripes or even a rainbow tiger!
THREAD – We use Anchor embroidery thread.
NEEDLE – Choose a large eyed sharp metal needle.
STUFFING – We buy hollow fibre cushion pads to stuff our softies – a cheaper alternative to toy stuffing.
PINS – You don’t have to use pins if you’re confident sewing the pieces directly on to your softie.
STITCHES – There are lots of great tutorials online to learn new stitches. Trixi from Sew a Softie has posted several great videos.
There’s A Tiger In The Garden by Lizzy Stewart is one of our all time favourite story books.
You’ll need our template sheets, felt, thread, stuffing, scissors and a needle. Cut out the pattern pieces from the template sheet using paper scissors. Pin on to the felt pieces or draw around with a water soluble pen or chalk. Cut out using fabric scissors.
Cut thin strips from the black felt approximately 0.5cm wide.
Separate the two tiger head pieces and lay all of your features on one piece the way you like it using the photo of our finished tiger as a guide – this is a good time to rearrange and have a play until you’re happy with the design.
Stages of sewing your tiger face.
To start sewing, first lay and pin the cream pieces, thread your needle and knot the end.
Use whatever stitch you’re happy sewing with – this is your softie and it’s all about experimenting and getting confident with sewing.
We used running stitch and a vertical straight stitch for these pieces.
Next lay and pin the white pieces on the eyes. Sew with black thread – we used a back stitch.
Lay and pin the black circles on the eyes and sew with a star stitch.
Lay and pin the nose piece and sew with a vertical straight stitch.
Lay and pin the mouth using the strips of black felt. Sew. We used running stitch.
Lay and pin the black strips on the cheeks and forehead. Sew.
Place the back piece down and place the front piece on top with its front facing up – the stitched details should be on the outsides. Pin.
Sew all around the edge leaving a 7cm gap on one side – we used back stitch. Fill the softie with stuffing through the gap.
Sew across the bottom edge to close up.
Cut out the pattern pieces from the template sheet using paper scissors. Draw around the shapes with a water soluble pen or chalk on different coloured felt pieces. This is a great way to use up felt scraps.
Cut out using fabric scissors. Glue the large piece of felt on to the cardboard using a glue stick. Leave to dry. Create a garden with all the colourful pieces.
There’s a tiger in the garden…
Happy sewing, making and reading! We’d love to see photos of your tigers and colourful gardens. Send them to us at laura@colourfulminds.co.uk
There’s A Tiger In The Garden by Lizzy Stewart is one of our all time favourite story books.
You’ll need our template sheets, felt, thread, stuffing, scissors and a needle. Cut out the pattern pieces from the template sheet using paper scissors. Pin on to the felt pieces or draw around with a water soluble pen or chalk. Cut out using fabric scissors.
Cut thin strips from the black felt approximately 0.5cm wide.
Separate the two tiger head pieces and lay all of your features on one piece the way you like it using the photo of our finished tiger as a guide – this is a good time to rearrange and have a play until you’re happy with the design.
Stages of sewing your tiger face.
To start sewing, first lay and pin the cream pieces, thread your needle and knot the end.
Use whatever stitch you’re happy sewing with – this is your softie and it’s all about experimenting and getting confident with sewing.
We used running stitch and a vertical straight stitch for these pieces.
Next lay and pin the white pieces on the eyes. Sew with black thread – we used a back stitch.
Lay and pin the black circles on the eyes and sew with a star stitch.
Lay and pin the nose piece and sew with a vertical straight stitch.
Lay and pin the mouth using the strips of black felt. Sew. We used running stitch.
Lay and pin the black strips on the cheeks and forehead. Sew.
Place the back piece down and place the front piece on top with its front facing up – the stitched details should be on the outsides. Pin.
Sew all around the edge leaving a 7cm gap on one side – we used back stitch. Fill the softie with stuffing through the gap.
Sew across the bottom edge to close up.
Cut out the pattern pieces from the template sheet using paper scissors. Draw around the shapes with a water soluble pen or chalk on different coloured felt pieces. This is a great way to use up felt scraps.
Cut out using fabric scissors. Glue the large piece of felt on to the cardboard using a glue stick. Leave to dry. Create a garden with all the colourful pieces.
There’s a tiger in the garden…
Happy sewing, making and reading! We’d love to see photos of your tigers and colourful gardens. Send them to us at laura@colourfulminds.co.uk
