Design by Jane Chandler
Humpty Mummy
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Design by Jane Chandler Approx Finished Size: 5½" tall (seated) Click Here to sign up for the FREE Leisure Arts E-newsletters at www.leisurearts.com to receive free projects, book reviews, handy tips, and more Inspiration!
Originally published in Leaflet 1290, Holiday Humptys ©2008 by Leisure Arts, Inc.
SUPPLIES
24 oz box of parakeet gravel Teaspoon Sewing machine Sewing thread Hand sewing needle Straight pins Scissors Tracing paper
#2 pencil Polyester fiberfill Small crochet hook for turning fabric ⅜ yd – 44/45"w peach fabric for body, legs, gravel bag, and arms 4 yds ‑ 2"w first aid gauze for mummy wrappings
INSTRUCTIONS
(Note: For all machine stitching, use a ¼" seam allowance. Backstitch at beginning and ending of each stitching line. Trim seam allowances to ⅛"; clip curves and corners. Use small crochet hook to turn fabric completely. When stuffing body, legs, and arms, pull off small amounts of fiberfill and pull fibers apart; stuff curves and corners first before stuffing remainder of area.)
20" ‑ white extra strong buttonhole thread for spider web 2 ‑ ¼" black buttons for eyes Brown, red, and pink colored pencils 1¾" plastic spider Hot glue gun and glue sticks (optional)
Fig. 2
1. Trace patterns A‑D (pgs. 3-4) onto tracing paper; cut out traced patterns. 2. Pin traced patterns to fabric; cut out fabric pieces. Transfer markings on patterns to wrong side of fabric pieces. 3. Matching right sides and raw edges, pin and stitch body pieces together, leaving an opening between dots. Turn body right side out. 4. Matching right sides and raw edges, pin and stitch two leg pieces together, leaving top edge open. Turn leg right side out. Place one teaspoon of parakeet gravel in leg. Firmly stuff leg up to 2¾" from top edge with fiberfill. 5. Match seams of leg and stitch through leg just above fiberfill (Fig. 1).
6. Repeat Steps 4‑5 for remaining leg. 7. With toes facing right side of one body piece and matching raw edges, pin and stitch legs to body piece (Fig. 2). (Note: Body piece with legs attached will be body front. Do not catch body back in stitching.)
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8. Press raw edge of opening on body back ¼" to wrong side. 9. Firmly stuff top of body up to 2" from bottom edge with fiberfill. 10. Matching raw edges, pin and stitch gravel bag pieces together, leaving straight edge open. Turn bag right side out. Press top edge ¼" to wrong side. 11. Fill gravel bag with parakeet gravel. Whipstitch opening closed. Insert bag in body with straight edge of bag toward head. Add fiberfill to body if necessary to fill in curves. Whipstitch opening closed. 12. Matching right sides and raw edges, pin and stitch two arm pieces together, leaving top edge open. Turn arm right side out. Press top edge ¼" to wrong side. 13. Firmly stuff arm up to 1¾" from top edge with fiberfill. With seams at sides, stitch through arm just above fiberfill (Fig. 3).
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Fig. 3 ©2008 by Leisure Arts, Inc.
14. Lightly stuff remainder of arm with fiberfill. With thumb pointing up, whipstitch arm to side of body (Fig. 4). Fig. 4
15. Repeat Steps 12‑14 for remaining arm.
16. Refer to photo to sew buttons to face for eyes. Use brown colored pencil to draw nose. Use red colored pencil to draw mouth. Use pink colored pencil to blush cheeks. 17. Refer to photo and use gauze to wrap body, legs, and arms, ending gauze at back of body. Hand stitch end of gauze in place. Tack gauze to body where necessary. 18. Thread needle with extra strong thread. Refer to photo and run needle back and forth through hands and body, creating spider web. Secure and clip thread. 19. Refer to photo to hot glue or tack spider to mummy and spider web.
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©2008 by Leisure Arts, Inc., 5701 Ranch Drive, Little Rock, AR 72223. All rights reserved. This digital publication is protected under federal copyright laws. Reproduction or distribution of this digital publication or any other Leisure Arts publication, including publications which are out of print, is prohibited unless specifically authorized. This includes, but is not limited to, any form of reproduction or distribution on or through the Internet, including posting, scanning, or e-mail transmission. We have made every effort to ensure that these instructions are accurate and complete. We cannot, however, be responsible for human error, typographical mistakes, or variations in individual work.
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Sewing
L e i s u r e A r t s L i b r a r y. c o m
#800669
Design by Jane Chandler Approx Finished Size: 5½" tall (seated) Click Here to sign up for the FREE Leisure Arts E-newsletters at www.leisurearts.com to receive free projects, book reviews, handy tips, and more Inspiration!
Originally published in Leaflet 1290, Holiday Humptys ©2008 by Leisure Arts, Inc.
SUPPLIES
24 oz box of parakeet gravel Teaspoon Sewing machine Sewing thread Hand sewing needle Straight pins Scissors Tracing paper
#2 pencil Polyester fiberfill Small crochet hook for turning fabric ⅜ yd – 44/45"w peach fabric for body, legs, gravel bag, and arms 4 yds ‑ 2"w first aid gauze for mummy wrappings
INSTRUCTIONS
(Note: For all machine stitching, use a ¼" seam allowance. Backstitch at beginning and ending of each stitching line. Trim seam allowances to ⅛"; clip curves and corners. Use small crochet hook to turn fabric completely. When stuffing body, legs, and arms, pull off small amounts of fiberfill and pull fibers apart; stuff curves and corners first before stuffing remainder of area.)
20" ‑ white extra strong buttonhole thread for spider web 2 ‑ ¼" black buttons for eyes Brown, red, and pink colored pencils 1¾" plastic spider Hot glue gun and glue sticks (optional)
Fig. 2
1. Trace patterns A‑D (pgs. 3-4) onto tracing paper; cut out traced patterns. 2. Pin traced patterns to fabric; cut out fabric pieces. Transfer markings on patterns to wrong side of fabric pieces. 3. Matching right sides and raw edges, pin and stitch body pieces together, leaving an opening between dots. Turn body right side out. 4. Matching right sides and raw edges, pin and stitch two leg pieces together, leaving top edge open. Turn leg right side out. Place one teaspoon of parakeet gravel in leg. Firmly stuff leg up to 2¾" from top edge with fiberfill. 5. Match seams of leg and stitch through leg just above fiberfill (Fig. 1).
6. Repeat Steps 4‑5 for remaining leg. 7. With toes facing right side of one body piece and matching raw edges, pin and stitch legs to body piece (Fig. 2). (Note: Body piece with legs attached will be body front. Do not catch body back in stitching.)
Fig. 1 LeisureArtsLibrary.com • #800669
8. Press raw edge of opening on body back ¼" to wrong side. 9. Firmly stuff top of body up to 2" from bottom edge with fiberfill. 10. Matching raw edges, pin and stitch gravel bag pieces together, leaving straight edge open. Turn bag right side out. Press top edge ¼" to wrong side. 11. Fill gravel bag with parakeet gravel. Whipstitch opening closed. Insert bag in body with straight edge of bag toward head. Add fiberfill to body if necessary to fill in curves. Whipstitch opening closed. 12. Matching right sides and raw edges, pin and stitch two arm pieces together, leaving top edge open. Turn arm right side out. Press top edge ¼" to wrong side. 13. Firmly stuff arm up to 1¾" from top edge with fiberfill. With seams at sides, stitch through arm just above fiberfill (Fig. 3).
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Fig. 3 ©2008 by Leisure Arts, Inc.
14. Lightly stuff remainder of arm with fiberfill. With thumb pointing up, whipstitch arm to side of body (Fig. 4). Fig. 4
15. Repeat Steps 12‑14 for remaining arm.
16. Refer to photo to sew buttons to face for eyes. Use brown colored pencil to draw nose. Use red colored pencil to draw mouth. Use pink colored pencil to blush cheeks. 17. Refer to photo and use gauze to wrap body, legs, and arms, ending gauze at back of body. Hand stitch end of gauze in place. Tack gauze to body where necessary. 18. Thread needle with extra strong thread. Refer to photo and run needle back and forth through hands and body, creating spider web. Secure and clip thread. 19. Refer to photo to hot glue or tack spider to mummy and spider web.
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©2008 by Leisure Arts, Inc.
©2008 by Leisure Arts, Inc., 5701 Ranch Drive, Little Rock, AR 72223. All rights reserved. This digital publication is protected under federal copyright laws. Reproduction or distribution of this digital publication or any other Leisure Arts publication, including publications which are out of print, is prohibited unless specifically authorized. This includes, but is not limited to, any form of reproduction or distribution on or through the Internet, including posting, scanning, or e-mail transmission. We have made every effort to ensure that these instructions are accurate and complete. We cannot, however, be responsible for human error, typographical mistakes, or variations in individual work.
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