If You Go Down to the Woods Today....

...Beware of the Scary Bear Cushion.

A while ago I said I would have a go at making a Radiohead Scary Bear cushion and then the sieve-brain I am I totally forgot about it. I was reminded over Christmas and here are the results.

Materials Needed;

White material
Various round objects- I found a saucepan lid and a tutterware container were the perfect sizes.
Black and white cotton
Toy Stuffing
Scissors
A pencil
A Sewing Machine

This is a real Scary Bear...

And this is how I made my Scary Bear...

 Using the various round things from the kitchen I drew an outline of Scary Bear's face plus two ears in pencil on the white material.

I found that the circle for the eyes was also the right size for the ears.

Once the ouline was drawn, I then added an extra 2.5cm circle around the outside for the seam.

*Remember to cut out pieces for the back of the cushion too- for the head and both ears the same size (including seams allowance) as the outlined pieces.

I then set my sewing machine to a full stitch and set about sewing over the penciled outline.

For the ears I only completed about 3/4 of the circle.







When the entire face was complete I turned it over
and threaded all the loose ends through to the side
with the pencil on, leaving a neat sewn outline without pencil marks on the right side. 

With the right sides facing I then tacked the ears to the piece with the sewn face making sure to include a small dart to allow for the curve when sewing together and some stuffing.

Then sew all three sections- ears, sewn face and plain material -together, leaving a small gap on the side somewhere.

Turn Scary Bear right side out and stuff with polyester toy stuffing and hand sew the hole closed.

And there you have a Scary Bear cushion :)