Stitch 50 Cats

50 full-size patterns included to trace straight from the page.

Easy sewing patterns for cute cat designs, made using simple hand-sewing techniques. Featuring the most popular and distinctive breeds, each pattern comes with step-by-step instructions and full-size templates. The finished little kitties would make cute brooches, bag charms and home accessories that will make your cat-loving friends have kittens!

Be the cat that got the cream with this feline collection of easy sewing patterns for the cutest cat designs, all made using simple hand-sewing techniques. Featuring the most popular and distinctive breeds - including long-haired, short-haired, hairless and even big cats -each pussycat pattern comes with step-by-step instructions and full-size templates, making them purrrfect for all abilities. The finished little kitties would make cute brooches, bag charms and home accessories, or can even be scaled up to make bigger plushes, all of which will make your cat-loving friends have kittens! Cats? But they're all the same, aren't they? Well, no not really! When you start to explore the many different breeds of cats, you realise just what a variety of breeds there is, and how different they are from each other. Author Alison J Reid has spent months beavering away in her studio, researching all different kinds of cats, both domestic and wild. She has checked out their colourings and markings, and spent so much time trying to perfect their colourful, beautiful eyes. It became an obsession! It was only by researching the various details that make each breed so distinctive, that Alison has been able to capture each of their unique qualities and differences. Pattern, colour and shape are key, so capturing these details in felt was important. Luckily, there are so many different colours of felt available, including fur-like mottled effects. Felt's non-fraying, double sided, robust qualities make it easy to create all the little details that make each cat breed so unique and instantly recognisable. She has also used small amounts of wool curls and roving to add texture for truly strokable results. Each cat pattern can be traced straight from the page (or enlarged if you want to sew a larger plush), and simple instructions mean that even beginners can get started. And because all the cats are sewn by hand, you don't need a sewing machine and can sit on the sofa with your cat while you sew. Whether you choose to sew just your own favourites, or make cats for the other crazy cat people in your life, this book will provide hours of fun and inspiration.

Introduction Materials & Equipment 

Techniques

Stitches


Little Cats Abyssinian 

Birman 

British Longhair

British Shorthair

Bengal

Bombay

Burmilla

Burmese

Balinese

Chartreux

Cornish Rex

Devon Rex

Exotic Shorthair

Egyptian Mau

Havana

Korat

Khao

Manee

LaPerm

Lykoi

Maine Coon

Manx

Nebelung

Norwegian Forest Cat

Ocicat

Oriental Bicolour

Persian

Ragdoll

Ragamuffin

Russian Blue

Siberian

Somali

Selkirk Rex

Singapura

Sokoke

Sphynx

Siamese

Suffolk

Turkish Van

Turkish Vankedisi

Toyger

Tiffanie

Tonkinese


Big Cats

Caracal

Eurasion Lynx

Jaguar

Leopard

Lion

Snow Leopard

Tiger


About the Author

Acknowledgements

Index