I am participating in a round-up of Christmas in July posts. I am sharing a post for an animal gift, specifically for our new kittens. This fish is sewn, stuffed, and filled with catnip. The fabric is also painted using Marabu fabric sprays. Of course, I had to give it to them now in order to share this post, they took a minute to warm up to it but they love it.
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Materials:
- cotton fabric
- scissors
- Marabu fabric sprays
- stencil
- heat gun
- pins
- sewing machine
- needle and thread
- fiber fill
- catnip
- pattern
Directions:
If you want the pattern, it is a free download here. [fish]
print out and pin to fabric
cut two
Video Tutorial:
painting the fabric
pin wrong sides of fabrics together
sew most of the way around, leaving an open space
remove pins and turn inside out
fill the fish with stuffing
put a desired amount of catnip into the fish
with needle and thread sew the opening closed
the cats checking it out!
Every day in July, a participating blogger will release new free crochet, knitting, sewing pattern, or craft tutorial. Each week will have a theme.
I am posting towards the end of the round-up so you will be able to see a lot of the projects at the following link.