Made with Love: Crafting for a Cause is pleased to help you find that special monster in your life. See below for links to twenty or so free online patterns for monsters made of fabric or yarn, plus sites that offer help in the design and construction of your very own custom-made monster. Enjoy!
Patterns for fabric monsters
- Querk the very easy monster softie with pattern pieces:
http://www.hillcrestmv.org/crafting/files/2011/11/querk-monster-softie-pattern-11-19-11.pdf - Very simple block monster pattern with pattern pieces:
http://qdpatooties.blogspot.com/2010/07/pretty-little-monsters.html - Simple blocky monster with pattern pieces:
http://www.dailyplush.com/tutorials/how-to-sew-a-plush-monster - Tag monster (with ribbon tags on the body) with pattern pieces:
http://craftschmaft.com/2008/12/10/tag-monster-pattern/ - Costumed monster doll with pattern pieces:
http://www.sewnews.com/blogs/sewing/files/2011/10/uglydollcostume.pdf - Easy furry globe monster with pattern pieces:
http://craftblog.com.au/2008/10/08/not-so-scary-monsters/ - Round monster with pattern pieces:
http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/projects/t_gusdorothy.aspx - Mouse monster pattern with pattern pieces:
http://qdpatooties.blogspot.com/2009/08/igor-mousenstein.html - Mutant alley cat with pattern pieces:
http://qdpatooties.blogspot.com/2008/02/duke-kingsley-mutant-alley-cat.html - Bat monster with pattern pieces:
http://thinkliz.com/2009/02/13/softie-bat-monster-free-pattern/ - Three-legged blob monster (instructions only)
http://homemade.tipjunkie.com/monster-doll-tutorial-free-pattern/ - Monster (requires log-in to site to retrieve pdf pattern):
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/revoluzzzionary_monster
Patterns for yarn monsters
- Crocheted rabbit monster:
http://www.craftown.com/crochet/pat88.htm - Crocheted furry rectangle monster:
http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70744AD.html?r=1&r=1 - Crocheted furry oval monster:
http://www.crochetspot.com/free-crochet-pattern-fun-fur-monster/ - Knit tentacled monster:
http://xlormp.livejournal.com/8878.html?page=2&cut_expand=1#cutid1 - Knit three-legged alien:
http://stitchesoffaith.blogspot.com/2007/05/timothy-googly-alien.html - Knit globe-shaped monster
http://www.rebeccadanger.typepad.com/DangerCraftsMonsterChunksKnittingPattern.pdf - Monster made from recycled sweater:
http://www.5orangepotatoes.com/blog/2009/10/29/soothing-gremlin-softie-free-pattern/
Design and construction tutorials
- Made with Love: Crafting for a Cause’s design principles for creating monster softies:
http://www.hillcrestmv.org/crafting/designing-monster-softie/ - Making an extremely simple stuffed monster:
http://doloresmonet.hubpages.com/hub/HomeMadeStuffedToyHowtoMakeaStuffedMonster - Designing a simple monster:
http://www.fuldesign.se/en/gratis/gor-ditt-eget-fulmonster/ - Designing a simple monster (same as above but in miniature):
http://www.fuldesign.se/en/gratis/gor-ett-minimonster/ - Designing and sewing a bulgy-eyed monster:
http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html - Designing a free-form monster:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/05/flashback_hand-sewn_free-range.html - Stuffed felt monster design and construction tutorial:
http://members.chello.nl/p.ijzendoorn5/moshi-moshi/feltmonstertut/index.htm
On flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninacuneo/sets/1089577/detail/ - Quirky blog posting on the design process, with some fun student drawings at the top:
http://plush-it.blogspot.com/ - Time-lapse video of experienced toy-maker constructing a monster:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qddwDRUQiNU&feature=player_embedded - Creative design drafts and finished monsters (click “older” to progress through photos): http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarn_and_coffee/3012616239/in/photostream/
Commercial sites
- curlyqcuties.com’s automated design-your-own-monster:
http://www.curlyqcuties.com/monster.basic.intro
Are we missing any? Please contact us and let us know.
