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Whale Plush Pattern

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Required Materials:

‐ Soft felt (suggested colors included) ‐ Sewing needle

‐ Polyfill ‐ Scissors
‐ Sewing thread ‐ Glue gun

Stitches:

All stitches are single‐threaded unless otherwise stated.

Ladder Stitch

Overcast Stitch

1 2 5 6 2

3 1 Start ‐ knot is on
the inside
Start 3 4

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WHALE

Body
Light Blue x 2 Back Strip ‐ Light Blue x 1

Tail
Light Blue x 1
White x 1 Underbelly ‐ White x 1

Eye ‐ Black x 2 Flipper

Light Blue x 2

FANCY OUTFIT HORN

Hat Side ‐ Black x 1

Moustache Horn
Dark Brown x 1 Grey x 1
Hat Strip ‐ Light Green x 1

Top Bottom
Black x 1 Black x 2 Monocle
Black x 1 Base
Grey x 1

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DOLPHIN

Dorsal Fin
Beak Light Blue x 2 Base
Light Blue x 1 Light Blue x 1
White x 1

Stripe
Red x 5
Lifesaver
White x 2

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Whale Instructions

1. Cut out all the felt pieces from WHALE.

2. Line up 1 side of the back strip along the curve of 1 body piece. Overcast stitch the 2 pieces together with
light blue thread. With a new thread, repeat step for the other body. Cut off any excess back strip.

3. Overcast stitch the underbelly and body together with light blue thread, going from point A to B, C,
D, and back to A. Remember to insert 2 flippers between the body and underbelly. Add stuffing before
closing the body.

C Cut excess underbelly

B
Whale's D
head
A

4. Stack the light blue tail onto the white tail and overcast stitch around with light blue thread. Add a bit
of stuffing before closing the tail.

Stack and overcast

stitch around

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5. Ladder stitch the top and bottom of the tail onto the body with light blue thread.

View from
the back
Ladder stitch

Top Hat Instructions

1. Cut out all the felt pieces from FANCY OUTFIT.

2. Overcast stitch the hat top and side together with black thread. If the side is too long, cut the excess.
Continuing on with black thread, overcast stitch the side edges together. Add stuffing from the bottom.

a)

b)

3. Stack 2 hat bottoms together and overcast stitch around with black thread. Next, overcast stitch the
hat top onto the center of the hat bottom. Then glue the green strip around the top.

a) Stack and sew bottoms

b) Sew everything
together

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Narwhal Outfit Instructions

1. Cut out all the felt pieces from HORN.

2. Overcast stitch the 2 side edges of the horn together with grey thread to form a cone shape. Add stuffing
before sewing the base on. Next, gently twist a white thread (double‐threaded) around the horn. Start at
point A, with the knot hidden on the inside, and twist upward and counter‐clockwise around the horn.
Finish with a knot at point B.

a) Sew sides together b) Twist white thread

Cotton B

Dolphin Outfit Instructions

1. Cut out all the felt pieces from DOLPHIN.

2. Place the blue beak onto the white beak and overcast stitch around with light blue thread. Add
stuffing before closing the beak.

Stack and overcast

stitch around

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3. Stack 2 dorsal fins and overcast stitch around from point A to B with light blue thread. Add stuffing and
sew on the base.

a) Stack and overcast stitch b) Overcast stitch

from point A to B on base

A B

4. Overcast stitch 5 stripes onto 1 lifesaver piece with red thread. Note that you only need to sew sides
A‐B and C‐D for each stripe, as shown below. Then, switching to white thread, stack 2 lifesavers and
overcast stitch around. Start with the inner circle, then the outer. Add stuffing as you sew so the
plumpness will be even.

A C

B D

a) Overcast stitch b) Overcast stitch

inner circle outer circle

Assembling the Outfits

If you want the whale to have a permanent outfit or appearance, sew/glue on the pieces you like.
Otherwise, dress your whale according to your mood!

And that's the end of this tutorial. I hope you enjoyed making your whale plush! Please do not hesitate to
contact me with any questions at typingwithtea@gmail.com.

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