I made this photo tutorial so you can see how to sew my Tom Turkey Sewing Pattern ~> scroll down for step-by-step photos!

This fabric snake pattern is so quick and simple you can whip up as a last minute gift and the bonus is – ANY fabric scraps can be used! The pattern is simple enough (and manly enough!) for a boy to make for himself!

Funnily enough, the youngest person ever to sew one of my patterns was an 8 year old boy who featured in this blog post about stuffed toy crafting with kids!

OK, let’s get cracking…
with the TUTORIAL!

Step 1:

Get yourself some BRIGHT boy-ish fabrics. I used this fabulous Flaming Cherry Tattoo fabric from Voodoo Rabbit fabric… and added some bright fabrics from my scrap basket.

Step 2:

Glue or print the pattern pages onto card or thick paper and cut out the pattern pieces to make your templates.

Step 3:

Lay the fabric right side down. Place your templates onto the WRONG side of the fabric and trace the templates with a permanent marker and cut out your pieces. You can also use a fabric marker or a H2 pencil.

Step 4:

Use the template to cut out a TONGUE PIECE from felt.

Step 5:

Fold and sew the dart on the HEAD PIECE.

Step 6:

Sew the HEAD PIECE to the BASE PIECE from A – B on one side, and from A to the star on the other side (where I have pinned!).

Step 7:

Sew the MOUTH PIECES together with the felt tongue in between, as shown on the pattern markings.

Step 8:

Sew the MOUTH PIECES to the HEAD PIECE and BASE PIECE, (with right sides together so the tongue is inside!)

Step 9:

Sew the STRIPE PIECES to each other (along their LONG sides!) to make the snake’s body.

Step 10:

Turn the head ‘right-side-OUT’ and sew it to the first STRIPE PIECE with the head facing back/towards the tail end.

Step 11:

Turn the HEAD and BASE PIECES ‘right-side-IN’ again, and sew them closed along the side. Sew from the star, and stop a little way along the first STRIPE PIECE.

Step12:

Sew the body closed down its length.

* It makes it much easier to stuff the Snake if you LEAVE A GAP
for stuffing the head on the1st stripe, and for stuffing the tail on the 2nd last stripe.
(I also leave a gap on the center stripe as well.)

Step13:

BEFORE you turn your snake right sides out, use the TAIL SHAPE TEMPLATE PIECE to draw a line on the last stripe. Sew on this line…

…and then cut around the sewing line, leaving a 5mm/¼inch seam allowance.

Step14:

Pull the tail and head through the gap on the centre stripe to turn your snake ‘right-way-out’.

Step15a:

Pin the sides of the mouth together  so that the mouth will be closed at the sides.

Step 15b:

I sew the mouth closed on the side for about 1cm /½ inch. I sew by hand with sewing-machine thread and using a ladder -stitch.

Step 16:

Use polyfil toy-stuffing to stuff your snake.(It’s nice and light and fluffy!)

Step 17:

Use a ladder-stitch to sew the stuffing holes closed.

Step18:

Cut some black and white circles from felt for the snake’s eyes. You can glue these in place, but I just sew them on with black thread on the black felt, to keep both bits in place.

ALL done!

You’re ready to go and play with your Silly Scrap Snake!!!!!

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Till next time,

Happy Sewing,

Pauline