astrobunny &

cosmokitty plush
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astrobunny
& cosmokitty
plushies
Ever on an adventure, best friends Astrobunny
and Cosmokitty are searching the farthest
reaches of space to see what new scientific
wonders they can discover! Join in their
adventures by making your own set of space
pals!
These two little plushies are a basic and classic
flat design -- pillow-style, if you will. Most of
their detail and charm comes from the many
applique details that bring them to life -- not to
downplay their fun jetpacks!

difficulty:

This plush is very basic, but there is a lot

of applique. So if you want to avoid all the
sewing, stick with heavy duty fusible web so
you can just fuse all the details in place.

skills used:
• Curved sewing
• Fusible web applique
• Ladder stitch
• Basting
makes:
One plush, about 5½” wide, and 8-9” tall

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materials & tools:

• ⅓ yd. of main color fabric (for body)
• 4” x 3” piece of accent fabric (for face)
• 6” x 3” piece of accent fabric (for jet pack)
• 3” x 3” piece of red or orange felt (for jet
pack flames)
• 5” x 5” piece of applique fabric (felt,
cotton, etc.) for accent bands
• 2” x 2” piece of black applique fabric (felt,
cotton, etc.) for eyes, mouth
• 2” x 2” piece of pink applique fabric (felt,
cotton, etc.) for blush marks (optional)
• 2” x 2” pieces of other various applique
fabrics (felt, cotton, etc.) for front
buttons, panels, etc.
• 8” x 8”” piece of light or heavy duty
fusible web
• sewing thread to match main fabric,
applique fabrics, and accent fabric
• poly-fil stuffing
• basic sewing tools (sewing machine,
scissors, iron, needles, pins, fabric
marker, seam ripper)
• white fabric paint (optional, see step 9) faux fur

minky
suggested fabrics:
Plush, stretchy fabrics such as fleece or minky cuddle fleece
are suggested. The variations of fleece and
minky mentioned to the right would work well,
but really any plushy fabric with a bit of stretch
on the crosswise grain would be well-suited. micro fleece

Non-stretch fabrics like felt, cotton, or flannel

would also work, but the result might not look anti-pill fleece
as rounded and soft. You can likely achieve the
same effect if you stuff the body very full.

fleece

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printing the pattern:

To print the pattern, set your computer to print pages 11-13. If you’re unfamiliar with printing
and assembling a .pdf pattern, read the steps below.

At the print dialog box, check the box that says

print at “Actual Size” or 100%. Any other selection
(such as “Fit to page”) will distort the pattern so it’s
slightly larger or smaller and we don’t want that.

Print the pages needed for the file. You might have
one or more. Either way, be sure you have the
full collection by noting the page numbers in the
corner.

You can trace the patterns onto a different paper,

or you can also just cut them straight from the
printer paper. They might be a little hard to pin
through, so you might want to use your longest
pins. But you could also use pattern weights or
trace the outlines onto the fabric with a washable
marker and cut them out from there.

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cutting the fabric:

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Place pattern on the fabric, Pin the pattern in place, use Using the paper as a For all fur fabrics, shake the
and make sure the stretch pattern weights, or trace the template, cut out the fabric. excess fuzz away.
line matches the stretch outline of the pattern with a Cut the required amount
of the fabric. The nap line washable marker. according to the pattern.
should go in the direction of
the fur.

cutting layout:
ST RETCH STRE TCH
astrobunny cosmokitty
1/3 yd. of fabric; 12” long

1/3 yd. of fabric; 12” long

FRONT/BACK FRONT/BACK
NAP

NAP

FRON T/ BACK FRONT/BAC K OR

14” wide 14” wide

jetpack flame
3” long
3” long

6” wide 3” wide

before you begin:

• Briefly read the project instructions so you know what to expect.
• If desired, mark the cut fabric pieces with the markings and symbols from the pattern. Or wait
until the applicable step before transferring.
• Note that the seam allowance used is ¼” throughout the project.

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trace onto fuse to various applique fabrics: face cut out center
paper side of (black), blush (pink), bands (blue), panel of face applique
fusible buttons (purple/yellow) (leave 1/4” of
paper)

1 . prepare the applique

• Take your fusible web and trace the all your applique pieces onto the smooth (paper) side. You should
have the face panel, two eyes, a mouth, blush marks (optional), your choice of panels or buttons, and
bands for the ears, arms, and legs (both sides).
• Fuse everything but the face panel to the wrong side of your appropriate applique fabrics.
• Take your face panel fusible web and trim out the paper in the middle of the outline, leaving a ¼”
margin or so. This is meant to eliminate excess adhesive for the face.

fuse ring of adhe- hold face while

sive to face fabric sliding paper away

sew face to body

2. apply the face panel

• Fuse the face panel fusible web to the back of the contrast fabric. Cut out the face panel and arrange
it on one of the front/back pieces. You can do this by setting your paper pattern on top of the fabric
piece (right sides up), align the face panel piece on top where the placement markings are, then care-
fully pull the paper pattern away while holding the applique piece in place.
• Fuse the face panel in place with your iron (use a press cloth -- such as a scrap piece of cotton -- if
you’re using a polyester or fur fabric like minky).
• If you used heavy duty fusible web, you can keep the pieces fused without sewing, or you can sew
them in place a number of ways. I’ve used a zigzag stitch here.

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trim away sew remaining

excess body details
fabric from back

on both sides

3. applique the details

• Turn the front piece over and trim away the excess backing fabric from behind the face panel. Be sure
to trim close to the adhesive and not the stitching.
• Fuse the rest of the detail pieces in place similarly to the face panel. Including the chest buttons and
bands at the arms and legs. This will now be the front of your plush. Add the remaining arm, leg, and
ear bands to the back as well.
• If you used heavy duty fusible web, you can keep the pieces fused without sewing, or you can sew
them in place a number of ways. I’ve used a zigzag stitch here.
• Refer to the next step for some other applique options.

4
2
straight stitch; applique 3
great for felt whipstitch 1

3a. other applique options

Other good options for applique include a straight stitch, which involves sewing around the edge of the
applique pieces with a straight stitch using matching thread -- about 1/8” in from the edge.
You can also applique by hand; I prefer a whipstitch. Thread a hand-sewing needle with some matching
thread and knot it. Bring the thread up from the back of the project; about 1/8” in from the edge of the
applique shape. Bring it down perpendicular from the curve, just outside of the applique shape. This
completes one stitch.
For the next stitch, bring the needle back up about 1/8” away from the previous stitch and 1/8” in from
the edge just as in the first stitch. Once again, bring it down just outside the applique shape. Continue
this way until you’ve sewn around the shape.

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sew over the

fold paper back marked points
as you mark the
neck & arms

4. mark the neck seam

• Up next is to prepare sewing the front to the back. Align the two pieces together with right sides
facing and matching up all the raw edges.
• Getting just the right angle for the neck and arm seam is important here, so I like to take the paper
pattern and transfer the pivoting points for the neck and arms. You can do this by clipping into that
point so you can fold the paper back as you mark the fabric.

5. sew the front to the back

• Sew completely around the perimeter of the shape. Be sure to pivot at all the crucial corners, like the
neck, arms, legs, and ears.
• Once complete, clip the inner corners close to the stitching to give the fabric more flexibility when it’s
turned.
• The plush is opened through a cut in the back. You can find the guideline on the paper pattern, but it’s
basically located between the lower arm corners. Cut about 1-2” horizontally. This will later be covered
by the jetpack, so it should be small, but it doesn’t need to be perfect.
• Turn the plush right side out through the opening. Define the arms and ears with a chopstick or
similar blunt tool.

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6. stuff and shut the plush

• Stuff the plush a bit at a time. Start with small balls to fill the arms, legs, and whip stitch:
ears. The body and head can be stuffed semi-firmly. Just enough to give the A kind of overhand
plush character. stitch where the needle
is brought from the back of
• Thread a hand-sewing needle and knot the end. Insert the needle from inside the project to the front. The
the opening and out of the plush near the edge. This will leave the knot inside thread goes over the fabric
the plush. From here do a whip stitch to close up the opening quickly. edge and the process is
repeated with each
stitch.

7. sew the jetpack

• Gather your jetpack pieces and felt flame. Align the straight side of the
flame along one of the longer sides of the jetpack as shown. Right sides
basting:
A form of temporary
both facing up. Baste it in place within the seam allowance. sewing meant to hold pieces
in place. A long stitch length is
• Align the other jetpack piece on top with right sides facing. Sew around the often used for this reason. The
perimeter of the jetpack. finished result is not meant
to be seen and sometimes
is even removed later
(depending on your
project).

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cut parallel
to the flames

8. cut and open the jetpack

• Cut open the jetpack similarly to how you did the body back in step 5. Make sure the cut is parallel to
the edge of the flames.
• Turn the jetpack right side out and stuff it lightly with stuffing. Whip stitch it closed just like in step 6.
If you have a lot of thread leftover, consider leaving it attached so you can use it to join it to the body.

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9. attach the jetpack

• Align the whip stitched side of the jetpack over the back of the plush body. Make
sure the flames are pointing down, and pin the pack in place.
• Stitch around the pack using a ladder stitch: take a 1/8” stitch into the edge of TIP:
the jetpack, then go across and take another stitch from the plush back. See the A ladder stitch is
illustration for more help on how this goes. also sometimes called
Keep going around the jetpack until you reach the end. a slip stitch, hidden
stitch, or invis-
• This completes your plush! If you think it needs a little sparkle, paint a dot of white ible stitch.
fabric paint in the corner of each eye for some eye shines.

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Astrobunny Plush
P A T T E R N
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FRONT/BACK
Cut 2 from main fabric
¼” seam allowance

applique
placement
STRETCH NAP

cutting line
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applique
trace/cut 1 from
LASHED EYES black BLUSH MARKS
applique applique
trace/cut 1 each trace/cut 2 from
from black pink

Cosmokitty Plush
P A T T E R N
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FRONT/BACK
Cut 2 from main fabric
¼” seam allowance

applique
placement

trace/cut 1 from
STRETCH

CUTE MOUTH
applique
black
NAP

cutting line
trace/cut 2 from
applique
EYES

black
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FLAME
Cut 1 from red/orange felt
JETPACK
Cut 2 from accent fabric
¼” seam allowance

NAP

trace/cut 1 from white

FACE PANEL
applique
BUNNY EAR BANDS
applique
trace/cut 4 from
accent color

KITTY EAR BANDS

applique
trace/cut 4 from
accent color

ARM BANDS
applique
trace/cut 4 from
accent color

LEG BANDS
applique
trace/cut 2 from
accent color

SWITCH PANEL
applique
trace/cut 1 from
BUTTONS accent color
applique
trace/cut 3 from BUTTON PANEL
accent color applique
trace/cut 1 from
accent color

DIAL SWITCH
applique applique
trace/cut 1 from trace/cut 1 from
accent color accent color