love possums? want one of your very own, but you just keep getting bit? no problem!

i’ve made a tutorial for you to make the possum of your dreams, like the one in the photo above!

materials:

- black, white, pink, and grey fabric (fleece is ideal, though minky is doable)

- matching thread

- buttons

- time



before you start: the main stitch you’ll be using for almost everything is the backstitch, if you’re doing this by hand. here’s a handy tutorial!

a sewing machine makes this a million times faster, but doing it by hand is possible!



right sides together means the sides you want to be facing out when you’re done, aka the good-looking sides, are facing each other as you sew.

if you have any questions, feel free to send me an ask!

tag me in any possums you make, i’d love to see them!



step one: download and print out the pattern. you can scale it to any size you want, but be sure not to keep it in proportion!



step two: cut out your pattern, and cut out your fabric. i like to use tape to tape my pattern pieces to my fabric, but do any method you like! if it says “x2″, then cut out two.

step three: sew two foot pieces, right sides together, until you reach the narrow part. leave that open, turn the foot, then stuff it. do that for each set of foot pieces, and do the same for the ears. don’t stuff the ears, though!. optional detail: sew 2 lines in each foot once it has been stuffed and turned to represent toes

fold the tail in half longways with the right sides together, and sew down the open side. turn and stuff it!



step four: being very careful, sew the white head side pieces to the body side pieces. put the white pieces underneath the grey ones, and sew over the both of them.



once you get to the middle hump, put the ears in like so, and sew over them, locking them in place.



do the same for the head bottom to the body bottom. if you use small, neat stitches (much neater than mine!), it should be less visible on the right side



step five: pin the side pieces right sides together, and sew right down the straight side. once you’ve done that, turn them and make sure everything looks right.

step six: after that, pin your top half and bottom half together, right sides facing. tuck in the feet and tail in the marked locations (red is feet and green is tail), with their main parts inside (so the wide side of the tail and the narrow side of the feet are poking out) and sew around it until you reach the blue line.



turn out your possum, stuff them, and sew the opening closed with a ladder stitch. here’s a tutorial!

all you need to do is add some eyes and a nose, if you so wish! i like to use buttons for my eyes, but you can also use safety eyes.



enjoy your possum pal!