It's a free ruffle hedgehog sewing pattern! This is my way of saying thank you for all the wonderful comments and feedback and linking to that you guys have been giving me lately. It means so much to me. So I made this for you. I love you guys! (Uh oh, here comes the drunk sorority girl) You are all my B/F/Fs for life, hiccup, and your hhhhair is sooo shiny!
Ahem. Let's begin. Cut these out on the lines. Then sew the three pieces together. Leave a hole, turn it right side out, stuff it, stitch it shut.
Cut 3 inch wide strips of fabric like this. Four of them. These are the ruffles! You're going to gather them so that they end up half the length you start with.
This is how I do ruffles. Draw a line down the middle of the strip of fabric. Finger press one edge up to the line. Finger press the top edge down about 1/4 inch.
Fold over and pin.
Stitch right down the middle. Grab one thread and gently start gathering until the fabric strip is half the length you started with.
Hand stitch the ruffles on like this. C and D go all the way around. Makes some hedgehog eyes and a little nose. Finished! Yay!
So I made mine out of muslin, but I'm dying to see what it would look like if it were something else, like plaid. Or felt! Felt ruffles would be way easier. If you make this, email me a picture of your hedgehog! I'd love to see what you crafty creative peeps would do with it.
32 comments:
Thank you very much !
ahhh she is so cute. i love her. i think i will make a boy one for my boys. thanks for the pattern miss crafty bum!
Whoa, this is too adorable. Love it, and thank you!
so cute!
wah, wish i could sew! my little guy loves hedgie from jan brett's books.
So cute...I'm tired of making bunnies and bears so this will be a welcome change this Christmas!
You are very welcome, you guys. Thank you for listening to me babble about my cat.
The body of this hedgehog is so incredibly easy, and if you wanted to skip the ruffles, you could sew on some ruffled quilt binding or something or even leave it plain and use a cute print or something. Have fun with it!
I love this. And the crack about Marie Antoinette makes it even more perfect. I don't sew much, but I'm going to give this a whirl, because I do like a spot of hand-sewing now and again, and this seems perfect.
You rock.
xoxo.
Sooo cute! Thanks :)
I can't wait to make this! On the agenda for tomorrow. Thank YOU for sharing all your awesome ideas.
BTW, I LOVE your babbles about your cat!
Kandyce, you totally get Ms. Norwood.
Oah mah gawd!!! I lorve you tooooooooooooo (is this coming off even remotely like a drunk accent? hmmmm....I'll keep trying). You ahre like soooooo my vurry, *hiccup* fahhvoristist blog buddy. I sooooo gotta make thiiiiiiis...as soon as I sober up...*hiccup*.
No really, very generous of you Katie! I love it!
P.S. Mr Squirrel is still waiting to be sewn...as soon as Halloween costume making madness is over. ;)
P.P.S I think its awesome that my word verification for this post is brinated. Like inebriated or brined, as in pickled drunk. lmao
I am imaging this lovely little hedgie strolling the hall of mirrors at Versailles. I am sure she would have her own little hole or bush where she could pretend she is merely a brillo-brush hedgehog like all the rest.
And the pattern is ingenious, like so much you do.
AWWWW...Guuuuuuuuurrrrllllllll, I love you too, man. We could like totally be besties! (fellow drunk sorority girl, signing off)
p.s. I am definatly making this, but after Halloween is over. I have too many projects to finish before then. ;)
Awww, so cute! I love hedgehogs! Thank you!!
Oh my gosh! Too cute! I think I just found a new addiction! Love it! I'm going to love him and hug him, and squeeze him, and....
Okay. gotta get to work on him first. Thanks so much!!! mwah!
I am so making this little guy! I think I'll make him a little smaller in a christmas fabric with a tie. That way he can adorn the outside of my christmas packages, and also be an ornament!
Gorgeous and inspirational! Thanks!
Its late, I've been snowed in with all my children all day, and I have a pic to send of a really cute hedgehog, but I can't find an email address for you anywhere. If she weren't other wise occupied with Hairy, I'd think Ms. Norwood was somehow involved...
So cute. Thanks for the tutorial.
Oops.
matsutakeshop at yahoo.com.
I should put that somewhere on the blog.
Thank you so much for this! He is so cute! I have a baby shower to go to in a few weeks and they are doing a woodland theme in the nursery. This is perfect!
I gotta admit, it looks very cute in a crib. And the nose works as a pacifier.
She's so cute!!! I posted a link to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-ruffled-hedgehog-softie/2009/10/30/
--Anne
Thanks for sharing this great tut!
I've linked your project on my blog..
:)
Eleonora, an Italian girl in Sweden
Thank you for the tutorial! I've made one for my little niece Sofia for her upcoming 2nd birthday.
I've linked to your tutorial on my blog post about it :)
great tutorial!!! Think I will make this soon!!!!
Thank you for posting this tutorial! I just posted pictures of the hedgehog I made on my blog. She's celebrating my first blogiversary with me and will be spreading the hedgehog love!
~Jenny~
I want to use this hedgie for this http://thetoysociety.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the tutorial
I've finished my first of probably many hedgies! Thanks for the great tutorial! you can see my pics on my facebook page. Michelle Cress, WI
Oh-oh. I've found another new something to try. Thank you for showing me how to make my own bitty cutie. I'm already imagining I'm successful and shall make a bunch more for friends. :-)
This is so adorable, I had to make one too. Just put a picture on my blog of Harriet - http://winckncrane.blogspot.com/2009/11/harriet-hedgehog.html
Thanks for the great pattern!
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