More Pokemon Felties!

Well this post is coming a day late and a few Pokemon short, but I'm finally glad to posting about making more Pokemon felties! If you will recall way back in January or February I wrote about how my mom got me a Make Your Own Pokemon Felties Book for Christmas and I shared about how I made a Pikachu feltie from that.

And I think I ended that post stating that I would eventually get back to make some more. And I fully intended to make more Pokemon felties, until I read the what I needed to make the rest of the Pokemon. Tusk sequins? 28mm palette sequins? Even on Amazon these are hard to find. So it took a little time to round up those supplies and find the right color felt as well. And I'm happy to announce that I have finally started making more Pokemon felties. (And since I now have extra supplies I guess I'll make my way through the entire book instead of just the original Pokemon like I planned.)

The Project

Make a More Pokemon Felties

Instructions from Pokemon Felties Book

Results

So for my next batch of Pokemon I thought I would pick it the three originals in the book. That would be Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charmander. So I easily copied the pattern onto the felt squares, cut out the shapes. I then glued on the extra felt pieces (and a pipe cleaner for Charmander's tail). I then added on some of the embroidery lines on. (Not all of them. I like to leave the face ones until I have eyes on.)

So once I had them to this point I started working on their eyes. The closest sequins I could find were 40mm iridescent sequins. This actually turned out to be perfect for me because for most of their eyes I was able to fit both eyes on one sequin. And they were also semi transparent so I was able to trace the eye design onto it too.

So once I had the eyes colored and cut out, I sewed them onto the each Pokemon respectfully. And then I finished up their faces. Once the Pokemon had faces, I sewed the two halves together and stuffed it.

I find the trick to stuffing the Pokemon is to take a break about halfway around and stuff all the nooks and crannies. (For Charmander that meant his bottom legs and I attempted his arms, but there wasn't enough room to shove stuffing into them).

After I had him good and stuffed, I had to add on his toe nails. (I mean what's a dragon type without some claws?) Once again the only tusk sequins I could find were iridescent, so at least his eyes will match his toes!