I was feeling the need to appliqué something cute, so I came up with this kitty cat for a simple little tunic dress for my girls. The older one can wear it as a tunic, and it works nicely for a dress on the younger one. I love it when things pull double duty.
I applied Heat N Bond to the back of the overall cat outline fabric (follow their instructions). Then the rest of the features are in wool felt, with a button on the collar.
Lay the main cat body down on the fabric, and iron it down according to the Heat N Bond instructions. Use a satin stitch on your machine to sew it down all around. Then secure the collar, nose, and eyes on with dots of glue, and satin stitch around those too. I glued both parts of the eyes down at the same time, and just switched thread when I was stitching them down. I used a button for the collar tag, but you could also use a bead or an oversized sequin.
So cute. Did you make the tunic/dress too? I can't wait to get started on Molly Monkey! I have already decided that if it turns out right I am going to make another with boy's clothes for Colby.
ReplyDeleteOlivia, sorry, yes, I did make the tunic too. I drafted a pattern from an existing dress the girls have that I like the shape of. The bias binding makes it pretty easy.
ReplyDeleteHi there. Just wanted to let you know, I made a cute little tank, using your Cat Pattern for a birthday present. It turned out so cute!! Thank you so much for such a cute pattern.
ReplyDelete-Melissa at Perry Jayne
I posted a link to the pattern from my blog.
http://perryjayne.blogspot.com/2009/06/modern-cat-applique-pattern.html
Melissa, thanks for letting me know and for your sweet words! Glad it came in handy.
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Cute kitty applique. Thanks for the pattern I'm not sure what I'm going to make with it I just feel like hand applique-ing something today.
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