Cutting:
The pattern pieces are all laid out in one direction on the fabrics, so you need not worry about nap or one way prints. However, you will need more fabric for matching plaids. Print the pattern and cut out the pieces. Fold the fabrics in half with the right sides together. Make sure the arrows on the pattern pieces lay on the straight of grain on the fabrics. Lay the upper legs, upper arms and body pattern pieces on top of the folded fabric # one and pin in place. Lay the lower legs and the lower arms pattern pieces on top of the folded fabric # two and pin in place. Lay the head back and head front pattern pieces on top of the folded fabric # three and pin in place. Cut out all the pieces and transfer any markings from the pattern pieces to the back of the fabric. Leave all the pattern pieces attached until you are ready to sew that part.
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Note: All seam allowances are 1/8" (3mm)
Arms and Legs:
Remove the pattern from each piece just before you sew. Observing the "leave open" marks, sew all around each piece of the lower arms and lower legs, one at a time. Clip the curves and angles and turn the pieces right side out. Pin each of the upper legs and upper arms together and sew down each side. Center and pin the front and back seams together at the knee in the upper legs and sew across. Center and pin the front and back seams together at the elbow in the upper arms and sew across. Clip the curves and angles and turn the pieces right side out. You should have two upper legs and two upper arms sewn together out of fabric # one. There should be two lower legs and two lower arms sewn together out of fabric # two. Firmly stuff these pieces, but do not bring the stuffing down into the joint points. Mark the fronts of the upper legs and upper arms on the outside of the pieces with a pin or sticker for ease in assembly later. Refer to the pattern, if necessary. Turn under the raw upper edges on each piece and baste. Match the seams of each piece together in the center and whip stitch the openings closed. Remove the basting stitches. Draw a line where you wish the shoes and ankles to meet on the lower legs, and then paint the shoes below the line in a color of your choice. Repeat the procedure to separate the hands and wrists of the lower arm. Paint the hands a color of your choice. If desired, draw "finger" lines on the hands. Set these eight completed pieces aside.
