How to make Mr. Orecchia. Free tutorial for a sweet soft toy!

In this post you can find a little tutorial that describes how to make a lovely soft item, that I called Mr. Orecchia. I hope you will have fun doing it!! Here you can find the free pattern of Mr. Orecchia, dowload and use it.

1) Put your pattern on top of the the felt. Transfer the outline onto the fabric with your charcoal or colored pencil. Use dark-colored pencils for light fabrics. Use light-colored pencils for dark fabrics:

2) Cut felt according to patterns:

3) Position the eyes and the nose onto the face. Cross-stich around the eyes and the nose:

4) Stick the ears in and overlock stich them in place:

5) Overlock stitch the face and stuff it with cotton, stitch shut:

6) Stuff the body and stitch shut:

7) Sew the head onto the body;

8) Glue the arms on the body:

Done!