Patchwork Turtle Plushie Free Sewing Pattern – Soft Toy Turtle

Make a cute patchwork turtle plushie with this free sewing pattern. This handmade soft toy uses felt or polar fleece, embroidery thread, quilt batting, and stuffing, with a colourful blanket-stitched shell. A sweet project for softie makers, handmade gifts, nursery décor, or craft stalls.

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What you need

Polar Fleece or wool felt in various colors
2 skeins of Embroidery Thread
Toy Filling
Sheet wadding/quilt batting
Approx 14 inch (35cms) when complete

Instructions

The article already includes strong searchable details: it is a plushie or soft toy sewing pattern, uses polar fleece or wool felt, embroidery thread, toy filling, sheet wadding or quilt batting, and finishes at around 14 inches / 35 cm. The instructions also mention printing the pattern to fit A4 paper, stitching the shell with blanket stitch, stuffing the head, legs, and tail, and finishing with embroidered eyes and mouth.

Make the shell using difference colored felt of polar fleece fabric.

Print out the patterns to fit onto an A4 sized paper. patchwork-turtle-plushie-printable-pattern

Turtle Pattern 1

Turtle Pattern 2

Stitch the top of the shell together using embroidery thread and using blanket stitch as shown to form the patchwork shell.

Cut your sheet wadding the same size as the top of your shell and pin into place.

Cut out and stitch the legs, tail and head together. Stuff with Toy Filling or Wadding   and sew into place on the top shell.

Cut your bottom shell and sew to the top shell, leaving a gap for stuffing.

Fill with toy filling until desired plumpness and sew it closed.

You can also complete this project with a sewing machine if you like.

Embroider the eyes and mouth onto the head to complete.