The above picture shows the front and back of the cut teddy bear. You can also place the back fabric under the front fabric with the wrong sides together and cut both together with the front of your template facing up on the fabric. The smaller scissors make a huge difference in cutting! (Picture above is showing the larger Gingher scissors).įlip your bear template over to the back and cut the back of the bear. I have been using Gingher 5″ sewing scissors for memory bears since making this tutorial. If you have a small pair of sewing scissors, it makes the cutting much easier. Use your sewing scissors to cut out your teddy bear. Be sure the buttons, if using, are not in the seam allowance. Place the front of your bear on top of the front of your shirt. I use Pellon P44F Fusible Interfacing for all my memory sewing projects like my t-shirt quilts and heart ornaments. The interfacing is lightweight and will keep the fabric from stretching. Attach the fusible interfacingĪttach the fusible interfacing on the back of both pieces of your shirt. I wanted to include the buttons on my pillow so I placed my template so the buttons are down the middle of the front of the bear. Cut your shirt or fabricĬut your shirt into two large pieces, one piece for the front of the bear and one piece for the back, big enough to fit your bear template.įigure out where you want your bear template to be on your shirt. Mark “front” on one side of your template with a pencil then mark “back” on the other side. Once you have your bear traced, cut out your template. To allow for the seam allowance, I made my template a little larger (this is optional) and I only did this for the large bear. You can use it over and over again and it lasts forever. I use Pellon 830 Easy Pattern for all my templates. Trace your bear onto your template material, if using. You can use this printed paper bear as your template or you can create a template in the next step by tracing your bear. Tape the pages together as shown in the above picture. There are four pages to the large teddy bear template. Otherwise, the template will not be full size. Be sure your printer settings are set on “Actual Size” and “Tile only large pages”.
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