![]() Place claws facing in, see pic, pin together right sides facing, sew limb shut leaving a small 1 inch opening, clip the curves and then turn right side out. anyway, ALL LIMBS are sewn the same way you only get pics of the important stuff. Is there something wrong with me that I thought of that?. Even crippled this toy could still offer up its remaining limbs for entertainment. My logic being if (I mean when) the cat ripped a limb off stuffing would not spew from the whole body, leaving it a hollow empty no longer amusing toy. I sewed all limbs at the same thine leaving a hole for stuffing, then attached them by hand sewing. I included a shot of the patterns pieces and I will try to upload one for you to use. I wanted to make the tail look like it was sectional and the head to have some extra details and teeth i wanted teeth. I just taped some extra paper onto the original piece and vola ready for the real thing. I did, I needed the head to be bigger and the arms to be bigger and the legs to change shape slightly. I drew up a quick pattern and then cut it out of a ridiculous polkadot fabric to quickly see if I needed to change things. Over simplification= no one gets it Overly detailed= you spent how many hours on a cat toy?!? Are you crazy!!!!?!! The happy medium is a successful general shape and details that do not complicate construction. This Alien has these growths that come off it's back and the tail has a skeletal look that lets you recognize the form even if it is simplified. ![]() Key features the elongated head in two tones gray top black bottom and a fierce set of chompers. This one has a few things that I thought a cat would like to bite on. I looked at pictures on the interweb and thought that the Xenomorph from Aliens was the beast to emulate. Hand sewing needles to attach the limbs, pins, and a pattern. Cat nip loose for extra ferocious attacks 6. Stuffing, polyfil enough to stuff the entire thing 5. Assorted thread I used black across the board cause I'm lazy and I liked sewing some extra details on the contrasting fabrics 4. I'll be knee deep in Xenomorphs.** **tip see if you can pick up a remnant of all these colors/fabric you don't need much to make a kitty sized Xenomorph. **I spent $8 and I could make at least 20 of these things with as much fabric as I now have. Scrap of grey fabric I found gray velour in the remnant bin and paid $2.50 for way more velour than I will ever need, White felt for claws and teeth again scraps are your friends, you don't need much. 1/4 yd Black fleece, or cotton or knit this could be any scrap black you have I think fleece is durable for the clawing and the biting so I choose Fleece. Sewing machine (hand sewing is involved and you could make this entirely by hand but you may want to cut down on you the bloody fingertip quota by using the machine) 2. Hey so you wanna make an alien toy yhea? You'll need some stuff: 1.
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