Oh Hello Mr. Polar Bear!

Isn’t he totally beautiful? Thats what I thought when I saw him a few weeks back on Pinterest, He felt a little advanced for me back then but lately I’ve gained confidence in my sewing so thought I’d have a go. The blog he came from (yes he is a HE, not simply felt and stuffing) had no instructions, so I thought I’d just wing it..why break the habit of a lifetime eh?

So here’s how I made him, and hopefully you will have a go too

I only had one sheet of cream felt for this (craft shop was low) and I thought white felt looked a little harsh, but honestly I think it would work just as well. To save wasting my prized sheet of cream, I made a very rough template out of a magazine. I drew on his arms and face just to make sure things looked OK (I’d love to share the template but I really did do it all by eye)

Like with all felt things it’s really important to make sure you do the decorations before sewing the front and back together (trust me, I’ve made that mistake, In fact I make it nearly every time)

So firstly I added a small black nose and white running stitch for nose lines, as well as two tiny black circles of felt for eyes

I then folded the ears like when I made my Felt Reindeer, and pinned them in place. A running stitch round the whole head and some stuffing was all it took, (I used the cut offs of felt to stuff him, but make sure you only use cream or white cut offs otherwise he will look dirty!)

Next came the body, I free-handed a running stitch a to “draw” on arms

NOTE I did the arm stitches before doing the running stitch around the perimeter (oo fancy word) think of the arms as decoration, and the legs and perimeter stitch as what holds him together

I cut out an ear shape and put it on him bum as a little tail, finished by adding the outside running stitch, and by putting a few stitches in his head to attach it to the body

And here he is! I think I may make one from brown felt for some Spring time craft