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Quick Tips: Using Wire in Stuffed Animals
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Learn how to easily insert wire into fabric projects, such as stuffed animals and other craft projects, using this tip from Mary Beth Temple.
Instead of sewing a channel and trying to slide wire through the channel, Mary Beth recommends using fabric-covered wire. Rather than sewing the channel first, Mary Beth advises to insert the fabric-covered wire into the item, and then sew the casing around the wire. This eliminates the difficulty of inserting wire through a channel that may curve or have sharp bends.
For more information on sewing plushies, stuffed animals, and other projects that may require wire, check out these:
How to Sew Stuffed Toys Using Coloring Book Patterns
How to Make an Animal Plushie
Create a Customized Rag Doll
Hi, I'm Mary Beth Temple. And sometimes when I'm making stuffed animals or textile structure, I like to use wire in my projects. However, sometimes it can be a little fiddly to get it where you want it to be. Instead of creating a casing and trying to slide the wire in there. I use a fabric covered wire. This is left over from my mask making days. I turned my project right side out. I laid my wire along the edge inside my piece and then I put my stitching just inside the line of the wire. If it hits the fabric, no big deal, you're not gonna hurt your sewing machine and you have a perfect casing without having to make a casing and insert the wire after
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