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Lion Puppet

by Jim Williams

You and a child can enjoy making these handcrafted

puppets together! The following are instructions to

make both of these projects.

100% cotton

Pattern Level: Easy/beginner

Finished Size: 20" tall by 12" wide

Seam Allowances: add 1/2" to all pieces except felt

Materials needed:

1/2 yard of gold colored fabric

1/2 yard of rust colored fabric

1/2 yard of multi pattern brown fabric

Rust, orange and gold colored embroidery floss

Black, white, tan and pink felt

Coordinating thread

Fabric glue or glue gun

Scraps of quilt batting

1. Cut pattern pieces from diagrams given: cut lion body and head using gold fabric

(see head diagram and puppet’s body diagram-note place on fold); cut large lion’s

mane from brown fabric (see lion’s large mane diagram); and cut small lion’s

mane from rust fabric (see lion’s small mane Part A and Part B diagrams).

2. For lion’s body with right sides facing, sew front and back together. Clip curves,

trim selvage and zigzag edges. Turn and press. Fold under raw edge at bottom and

hem.

3. Cut ear pieces from gold fabric and quilt batting (see ear’s diagram). With right

sides facing and fabrics atop batting, sew around curves of ears leaving bottoms

open. Clip curves, turn, press and top stitch about 1/8 inch from curved edge.

4. Cut head pieces from gold fabric and quilt batting (see head diagram). With right

sides facing and fabrics atop batting and ears pinned in place, sew around edge

leaving opening at chin for turning. Clip curves, turn and press. Top stitch on

facial features (see dashed lines on head diagram).

5. With embroidery needle and floss, chain stitch curlicues on rust fabric (see

curved, dashed lines on lion’s small mane Part A and Part B diagram); press. With

right sides facing, pin and stitch rust fabric together leaving opening for turning.

Clip curves. Turn and press. Stitch opening closed.

LionPuppet - lew.pdf