Cutting:

1. Fold your main fabric in half and cut 1 body piece on the fold of fabric.

2. Cut one tummy piece from coordinating fabric – not on the fold of fabric.

3. You will want to make something to cover the opening at the bottom of the owl. A circle of felt anywhere from 1” (for the pincushion size) to 6” will work great. If you want something sturdier, cut a circle of cardboard the desired size and a circle of fabric about twice that size (I used thread spools, CDs, and bowls to trace my circles).

Sock Owl Stuffed Animal

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The Browie owl family came into the craft room on a cold night, with no stars that could be seen in the cloud-filled sky. Even the moon was nowhere to be found. It was still early in the night, but every house was already brightly lit. Dogs and cats curled up in their beds or cages, and baby birds snuggled up in their nests. Even the mice and crickets were quiet for once. Then, in the midst of all the silence …..

“Hoot! Hoot!”
What was that?
“Hoot! Hoot!”

This time it sounded different, slightly deeper. What could it be?

And this time it sounded higher, like a baby version of the first two hoots.

An owl hooting! How wonderful, I thought to myself. I decided to follow the sound to see where it could possibly be coming from.

Past two houses…
Across the street…
Right up to an apple tree…

Ah, there was the nest. Were there eggs? No, the nest was empty except for some broken pieces of eggshells. That must mean the eggs have hatched and the baby owl must be somewhere along with its family nearby.

“HOOT! HOOT!” That was loud and really close! I looked up and there they were.

The Browie owl family! Daddy Browie and Mommy Browie are patiently teaching Baby Browie and his siblings how to fly. Baby Browie almost lost his balance a few times, but after a few tries, he finally took off flying and his proud parents flew after him.

This sock owl stuffed animal can sit (or stand) well on any flat surface, by stuffing a bean pack at the bottom of its tummy. Leave out the bean pack and string it up, and the Browie sock owl will be a hanging ornament for your craft room, bedroom, in the car, or even on your bicycle handles.

Materials Needed – Fabric Owl

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Fabric Cutting Sizes

These are rough guides for the size of scrap fabric you will need in order to cut out the free pattern template pieces at full size. NOTE: You can easily make different size owls by scaling the paper pattern template on your printer. The cutting instructions below are for 100% scale.

You can also make the fabric pieces below out of more than one piece of fabric or use ‘made fabric’ like I did for the Owl in the video tutorial below.

• Two pieces of cotton fabric approx 10″ x 8″ – for the front piece and back piece of the owl
• Two pieces of cotton fabric approx 6.5″ x 2.5″ (for the wings/side body pieces)
• Two pieces of cotton fabric approx 3″ x 3″ (for the eye circles)
• 1 piece of cotton fabric approx 3″ x 2.5″ (for the beak piece)

Other Materials Needed

• Heat n’ Bond Lite or an equivalent fusible product
• Soft Toy Eyes & Nose Kit or Two Black Buttons
• Soft Toy Stuffing
• Awl Tool (optional but very useful if you are using proper soft toy eyes)
• Friction Pen
• Thin Paint Brush or Chopstick (for helping to turn the ears)
• Fabric Scissors
• Sewing Machine

Step 5: Raw Edge Applique

You can use either a blanket stitch or a zig zag stitch for this. I’ve used both with this pattern and the owl’s turn out cute either way. (See image at the end of this blog post – the brown owl has blanket stitch and the pink owl has zig zag stitch)

Blanket stitch is a bit slower to do but tends to look more polished and zig zag is much faster but has a bit more of a homemade patchwork look.

There are a lot of curves in these pieces so whichever stitch you are using just take your time and stop to pivot and raise your presser foot when needed to reposition your owl.

Sew all the way around the edges of your eyes and beak and along the inner edge of your wings. If the outer edge of your wings will be caught up in the seam you don’t need to stitch over them at this stage. If they are further to the middle then go ahead and stitch all the way around.