Snuggly fox

Make a cuddly hot-water bottle cover using an old jumper and felt Time: 40 mins Skill level: Intermediate Materials: Old knitted jumper Rubber hot-water bottle Pieces of felt in rusty orange, black and white Polyester toy stuffing Embroidery thread in black Fabric glue Velcro strip

1. Turn your jumper inside out and draw the outline of the hot-water bottle on it. Repeat so you have two pieces. 2. Sew the pieces together at the top and up two sides. Hem the bottom seams and sew or glue the Velcro onto both bottom edges. 3. Using the picture as a guide, cut out 2 pieces for the fox’s face and one for the tail using the rusty orange felt. Take the white felt and cut out two triangles for the ears and three teardrop shapes (two for the eyes and one for the tail). Cut out a small circle of black for the nose. 5. Position the fox tail on the knitted hot-water bottle cover, and sew using the free arm of the sewing machine but leave an opening for filling. Stuff the tail and, using the fabric glue, stick the white tip on the end of the tail. Sew the opening closed. 6. To make the head, put the two orange face pieces together and sew, leaving a small gap for filling. Turn right side out, fill then sew the opening closed. Using the black thread, sew eyelashes on the two teardrop pieces. Using fabric glue, attach the white ears, eye pieces and the black circle nose to the face. 7. Once dry, hand sew the fox’s head onto the bottle cover in the position shown. 8. Insert hot water bottle from the bottom.