How to Make a Sock Skunk

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How to Make a Sock Skunk
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• two white socks 5. black white embroidery thread
  9. Straight pins
• two black socks 6. 2 buttons for eyes, 1 button
  for nose
• polyester fiber-fill 7. Scissors
• black white felt 8. Sewing needle

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Instructions

• These are some locations on a sock that may
  appear in the directions.

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Instructions

• These are some symbols that will aid the
  instructions and pictures.
• raw edge -an edge that you cut
• cutting line - where you will cut
• folded edge - when a raw edge is tucked under so
  that the cut edges dont show.
• whip stitch - a kind of stitch that can be used
  to sew things together.
• pin- a straight pin, the kind with the ball on
  one end.

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Stitches

• Blanket Stitch-
• The blanket stitch is used for
• appliqués and decorative edges.
• This can be used in place of the
• whip stitch when sewing on your
• skunks stripes for a fancier effect. Check out
  these online tutorials
• Primrose Design Stitch School Blanket Stitch
• Needle'nThread.com Buttonhole Stitch Video
  Tutorial
• Machine Stitch
• You can save time by using a
• sewing machine to sew your front
• and back legs.

• Whip Stitch
• This stitch is used for hand sewing
• seams, appliqués, and attaching
• body parts. You can use this stitch
• for all of the skunk.

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Stitches
How to Make a Whip Stitch
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Step 1
Stuff one of the black socks up to the ribbing
with the polyester fiber-fill.
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Step 2
Lay the stuffed black sock flat with the heel
centered and pointed up as shown. Cut through
both layers of the of the ribbing from the center
top of the sock the end of the ribbing as shown
by dotted red line. This will cut the ribbing
into two equal sides.
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Step 3
Cut the two sides in half as shown by the red
dotted line. The two pieces that have been cut
off will become the front legs.
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Step 4
Cut four rectangles out of the black felt for the
paws. Then cut four skinny triangles into the
top of the sock to make the claws.
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Step 5
Fold the ends of each leg up at the cut end, and
then placing a black felt foot in between, fold
the legs lengthwise and pin. Now stitch starting
from the outside bottom edge of one of the legs.
Stitch through all layers along the bottom edge.
Then turn and stitch lengthwise up the sides of
the legs. You may have to re-tuck the folded
edges under while you sew.
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Step 6
Cut one of the white socks below the heel, where
the ribbing starts. Now cut a slit through the
center of the white sock from about a half inch
above the heel seam to about an inch below the
toe seam.
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Step 7
Fold the heel on the white sock over so the curve
is flat. Lay the white sock on the skunks body
and pin around the outside edge. Now fold over
the edges around the slit in the white sock and
pin the edges down. Stitch down the center seam
using either a whipstitch or blanket stitch.
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Step 8
Now stitch around the outside of the white socks
in the same way as you did around the center.
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Step 9
Take a piece of black embroidery thread about 20
inches long and wrap it tightly around the sock
where you want the head to be. Tie a knot. Then
wrap the rest of the thread around the neck
except for about an inch. Wind the remaining
inch of thread around the string which was
wrapped around the neck, so that is securely in
place.
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Step 10
Now you will need the front leg pieces you cut
off in step 3 and the other two black felt paws
from step 4. For each front leg Pin the black
felt foot in between the two layers of sock as
you did in step 5, except that you dont need to
fold the bottom edge over because it is a
finished edge. You will stitch across the bottom
edge and up the side, as in step 5, and across
the top edge.
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Step 11
Pin the front legs in place on your skunk. Now
stitch the legs in place.
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Step 12
Stitch the eye buttons in place. Sew the nose
button in place. To make whiskers, use the thread
used to attach eye buttons. Make a loop on one
side of the nose and then tie a firm knot.
Repeat on the other side. When the thread has
been tied off, cut each loop in the center.
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Step 14
Cut our a small whit oval from the white felt.
This will make the stripe on the head. Cut out
two small half-circles from the black felt.
These will make the ears.
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Step 13
Slightly fold ears to add dimension, and then
stitch them in place. Sew the white stripe in
place on your skunks forehead.
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Step 15
Cut the other white sock at the beginning of the
ribbing. You will not need the bottom piece. The
top piece will become the tail.
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Step 15
Fold the bottom edges of the tail toward the
inside. Now pin the tail in place at the base of
the stripes. Stitch the tail to the body.
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Step 16
Cut a long flower petal shape out of black felt.
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Step 17
Stitch the black felt piece in the center of the
tail. Be careful to only stitch through the front
layer of sock. Now you have a finished skunk
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!