Introduction Download Files Skills and Techniques Tools Materials Pattern Overview Pattern Assembly Tracing and Cutting Fabric Neck Fur Applique Face Embroidery Sewing the Body Sewing the Hood Attaching the Hood Sewing the Neck Fur Sewing the Head Attaching the Head Attaching the Neck Fur Sewing and Attaching the Horn Sewing the Tail Attaching the Tail Final Remarks

Tracing and Cutting Fabric

Cutting Layout

cutting layout

This is an optimal space-saving cutting layout. Since my fabric is rather oddly shaped I'm not going to follow it though.

Step 1

Lay out your fabric with the back facing upwards. Mark the nap direction.

Step 2

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Align your first pattern piece with the nap, printed side facing up. Trace around the pattern piece and be sure to copy all seam markings onto the fabric, too!

Step 3

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If a pattern piece is needed two times, you trace one of it with the printed side facing up and the other mirrored one with the printed side facing down. Flip the pattern piece over and copy the seam markings onto the empty side (e.g. by holding it against a window). Trace it onto the fabric again, including the markings.

Step 4

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If the pattern pieces includes latter stitch markings, first trace the piece onto the fabric the required amount of times. Then, cut out the latter stitch markings and re-align your pattern piece with all the traced pattern pieces on the fabric to add the latter stitch marking.

Step 5

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For the Inner A to E pieces, I marked them with their corresponding letter. Additionally, I put a dot behind the letter, when the pattern piece was traced printed side facing down, so I can identify all pieces that belong on the same side.

If the piece is only needed once (e.g. the pieces Inner A and Inner E) you trace them once with the printed side facing up.

Step 6

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For symmetric pieces (indicated by the cursive name, e.g. Tail A, B and C or the Foot), you can trace all of them with the printed side facing up.

If an asymmetric piece is needed more than twice (e.g. the Toes), you trace half of them with the printed side facing up and the other half with the printed side facing down.

Step 7

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Once you are done tracing all the pieces, cut them out next to seam line, leaving a seam allowance of 1-2cm.

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