#not super beginner friendly but also not difficult to make if you’ve made a plushie before

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A little flannel cow!

I think her name has to be Dottie

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@this-is-your-last-dance asked if I have any tips or guides on making bat plushies and where to buy materials, and the answer is yes I definitely do!! I have more bat patterns than any other specific kind of pattern lol. This is going to be kind of long, so it’s below a read more

First up! One of my absolute favorite pattern designers, Cholyknight (aka Sewdesune) has a free “learn how to sew while making plushies” pattern pack I definitely recommend if you’re totally new to sewing. If you know how to sew but not necessarily how to sew plushies, there’s also her free ebook  about sewing plushies (I haven’t personally used it, but everything she makes is great and her patterns are *much* more beginner friendly than most). Her website has a list of some places you can get fabric, and I personally mostly get fabric from CaliQuiltCo on etsy (linked on that page) or Joanns, but she has some other suggestions if you are not US based She also has a free bat plush pattern that I’ve made several of (and a BUNCH of other free patterns, with a new one every month)  Okay, that’s pretty much all the free patterns and resources I have links to, so here are the paid pattern links! Paid as in they are for sale: - this tiny adorable bat by @spirellity here on tumblr I’ve made at least six of (I gave bats to a bunch of my friends for the holidays last year). It’s not difficult to make, but it is kind of tiny, which can be tricky if you aren’t used to it.  - This bat is a little more difficult and a the pattern is on the expensive side ($10 for one pattern instead of $2 for spirellity’s pattern). It’s super cute and the only one I’ve found in quite that pose, and I’ve made a few, but it’s not my go-to bat pattern. I mean, inasmuch as I have a go-to pattern, given just how many bat patterns I have lol - this bat pattern is only sort of a bat pattern: it’s a poppet pattern, and one of the pattern options is a tiny bat. (I made a bat and a goblin and they live in a tiny dollhouse I am slowly furnishing). It’s by @itsthebeastpeddler here on tumblr and I’d say it’s about the same difficulty level as spirellity’s?  - more recently (as in, this morning lol) I started making this bat lovey. This pattern manages to be both the easiest and the least beginner friendly; it’s not difficult to sew at all, but darts and topstitching lines are not clearly marked, there’s a fair amount of hand sewing and embroidery, and the pattern is in English but that is not the pattern designer’s first language. If you’ve sewn a plushie or two, it’s pretty easy to figure out, but if you haven’t it could be tricky? That’s not a judgment on the pattern designer, they did a *much* better job writing the pattern in English than I would have managed in any other language, just a like “be aware of this if you are a total beginner looking to start sewing” kind of thing. I think if you made sewdesune’s free pattern you could probably make this one, but I wouldn’t recommend this as a first ever sewing pattern If you have any other questions, I absolutely love talking about making stuffed animals and would be happy to help