Long tubular parts should be rolled with both hands so any lumps will be smooth, and help to make the parts longer and firmer. Pull the sock a little while sewing, this will stretch the sock and give a better pull-stretch for stuffing. The join of the plain chenille is thick to sew, sew slowly and carefully, and use an awl to press the chenille sock down to reduce the thickness so that it is easier for the presser foot to get over. Print out the pattern of Antlers, Nose, Muzzle, and Eyes, cut out the templates, and trace them on the colored felt materials.

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Browse more free sewing patternsand stuffed animalsto make, especially animals that are sewn from socks. At this point in progress, you will feel that the head is a bit weak and will not stand upright very well without support. Flatten the arm part, leg part, and ears-tail part with the wrong side facing out, align the seam lines of both layers and pin them together. Stitch the dome-shaped button eyes and the white eye felt to the head, near to the chenille hood, on the same level of the ear indentation.Give them a good roll by using both hands to compress and roll, just like when you are rolling dough into a cylindrical shape. Stack both brown felt together and align, sew 1/8″ inside the tracing lines with matching brown thread. Use 4 strands of thread, make a few stitches across the head to the opposite and pull to create the dent. Insert the needle back to the face and come out from another eye marking, pull to sunken the first eye and indent the second eye placement, knot.

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Trace the templates onto the respective felts – Antlers on brown felt; Nose on red felt; Muzzle and Eyes on white felt. Cut the foot part (x + x’) from the socks, and cut it into half on both plain socks and chenille socks. If we sew enough sock reindeer, we might get a visit from Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer himself this Christmas. We cover various contents such as sewing, crochet, knitting, kid crafts, upcycling crafts, and more.

Turn the plain sock with the wrong side facing out, insert the chenille sock into the plain sock, and align the raw edges. If this happened to your, just stitch up to mend the hole, the fussy fiber will cover up the stitches.

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Eyeballing the position and pointing the direction of the ears so that they come out to be identical.x is for reindeer’s head, x’ on the plain sock is for reindeer’s legs, x’ on chenille sock is for reindeer’s arms.

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Make the ear indentation on the side of the head, slightly higher than the mid-length of the head, as shown. Let me share this wonderful reindeer pattern with you, so we can both have reindeer families in our homes. Stuff the head part of the plain sock with poly-fill stuffing material until it is about the size of a fist. Rhy the sock reindeer is ready to fly up up up in the sky to spread the message of love and joy to the world.I also found out this stuffed reindeer made a really lovable Christmas gift, and not just for children. Stuff the body until it is firmed at the leg part and gradually reduce the firmness towards the top. I can't wait to make 2 of these first for my toddler grandbabies and then a bunch over the year for the chapel Christmas Fair for this coming year. Socks will be stretched after they are stuffed, so thick socks that are close-knit make better quality sock reindeer toys.