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Really AWESOME Reindeer Sewing Patterns!

Nov 11, 2013 | A day in my life, Blog

Over the years as a soft toy designer I seem to have developed a certain style… I guess you could say “cute, simple,  baby-ish stuffed animals” are what I create.

My Reggie Reindeer Sewing Pattern was one of my earlier designs and  I made him as a button-jointed toy, like a traditional teddy bear. Although I have a tutorial on how to do button jointing, this is still not as simple as a toy without button-joints.  I know some people don’t like making button-jointed toys because of this.

So this weekend I have been working on a photo tutorial for how to sew my Reggie Reindeer WITHOUT the button joints!

And here he is!
Doesn’t he look sweet?

While I was doing this
I got side-tracked!

I am always interested to see how other designers interpret the toys they make. I find it fascinating to see how a bunch of soft toy designers can design the same toy/animal/doll pattern, yet they all turn out so differently! I was amazed at how many other reindeer patterns there are… look how many different ones I found!!!

AND no 2 are the same!

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1. Melissa Goodsell

Reindeer sewing pattern - Melissa Goodsell

2. Rudolf Reindeer Sewing Pattern – Craft Schmaft

Reindeer sewing pattern - Craft Schmaft

3. Reindeer sewing pattern – Cynthia Treen Studio

Reindeer sewing pattern - Cynthia Treen Studio

4. A stitch in time

vintage reindeer sewing pattern

5. Bear Essence

Reindeer sewing pattern- Bear-Essence

6. Bear Essence

Reindeer sewing pattern - bear essence 2

7. Maria Pallito Christmas Reindeer

Reindeer-sewing-pattern-Maria-Pallito

8. Adeline’s Crafts

Reindeer-sewing-pattern-Adeline's Crafts

9. My Country Nest reindeer pattern

Reindeer-sewing-pattern-My Country Nest

10. Dolls and daydreams Reindeer Sewing Pattern

11. My Funny Buddy Reindeer

Reindeer-sewing-pattern-My funny Buddy

12. G & G Reindeer Pattern – Toy Reindeer Deer Sewing Pattern – PDF

GandG sewing Patterns - Etsy

Wow,  that was just a quick google search!

 

Etsy’s the same ~>

 

13. Cotton and Carrot

Christmas pattern - Cotton and Carrot

14. Jo Leatherland designs

Christmas pattern - oLeatherlandDesigns

15. imanufatic

Christmas pattern - imanufati

16. Snoezelkunst

Christmas pattern - Snoezelkunst

17. Patterns and Such vintage Reindeer sewing pattern

Patterns and Such vintage Reindeer sewing pattern

18. 3 D Cross Stitch – Christmas pattern

3D Cross Stitch - Christmas pattern

19. Faith Van Zantan

Christmas reindeer sewing pattern - Faith Van Zanten

20. MoutonsKallou

Christmas pattern - Moutons Kallou

21. Pixie Sneezes

Christmas pattern - Pixie Sneezes

22. Bosley Bears

Christmas pattern - Bosley Bears

23. Bustle and Sew Reindeer bust

24. Vintage Reindeer sewing pattern

Dawn's Design Boutique

25. What’s New All Stuffed Up papa Mama

26. Essential bears

Christmas pattern - Essential Bears

27. My Primitive salt box

Christmas pattern - my primitive saltbox

28. Fiddlesticks reindeer in the headlights

Fiddlesticks reindeer on Etsy

29. Noialand

 

Christmas pattern - Noialand

Wow, with Reggie that makes 30! What a wonderful collection of reindeer sewing patterns!

I think my favourite is number 21 ~ which one is yours!!!


Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory. .

Till next time…

Happy Sewing,

Pauline

xxx

4 Comments

  1. Holly

    What cool ideas for Christmas makes… now to pick one? You made it too hard! 😀

    Reply
  2. Nancy

    Very biased but I think your patterns are the best.

    Reply
  3. Tracey

    Wow! I love them all – you guys are so talented!

    Reply
    • Pauline

      I love how everyone is unique!!! 😀

      Reply

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