Soft toy penguin Tux DIY

Just over a year ago, I installed a Linux girl, namely Ubuntu. She is a programmer herself, so she reacted with enthusiasm. But most of all in Linux she liked the tux tux. And it was voiced the desire to get the appropriate soft toy.

First of all, I rushed to the Internet in search of the opportunity to buy one, but did not find suitable offers. I found several offers in Russia, but they didn’t suit me very much (I live in Ukraine, Kharkov), besides, I didn’t like their appearance. One variant found in Kiev, a cute penguin, but only 10 centimeters tall.

In general, the gift was postponed indefinitely. But by March 8, I decided to try to make this toy myself.

Unfortunately, I didn't photographically document the process of creating a toy, because I got to Habr after most of the work had already been done. However, Habr is not a forum for seamstresses, so maybe this is for the best.
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Patterns

It all started with a search for patterns - and here the problem was solved very soon: www.free-penguin.org . This is a project to create open patterns of Tux. Here you can download them under the GPL license. Despite the status of the alpha version and the last change in 2005, it is quite usable.

There is a gallery . Very encouraged by photos of toys, created by these patterns a variety of people. There are some very nice specimens.

For convenience of printing, the patterns had to be edited a bit, printed out A2 on a Whatman paper, cut out with a half centimeter margin.

Materials

Here, too, everything seems to be simple. I did not find fleece, so I took black (30cm x 1.5m) and white (20cm x 1.5m) faux fur and yellow canvas (20cm x 1.5m). For stuffing, I took a synthetic winterizer (2m x 1.5m), but overdid it with the number of times 4.

Sewing

Then the fun began - sewing. There was only one complication - the fact that I actually did not know how to sew. Here I don’t even have much to say - I sewed it, ripped it off and more than once.

The only trick (which, most likely, is obvious to those who sew not for the first time), that you have to sew everything inside out and turn it out only at the last moment. Actually, this last moment was the most difficult.

Result

In general, it took me a little more than two weeks to make a toy with a sewing machine in the evenings. The cost of materials - 25 hryvnia (about 100 rubles).

The result paid off, the gift produced a positive effect. And this despite the fact that it was prickly due to the use of faux fur instead of fleece, and in general, it looked somehow strange.

The whole secret is that a gift made by hand is always valuable.

Afterword

Yes, this article does not quite fit into the subject of Habr, but the attitude to IT is almost direct.

I hope that this article will be able to inspire you to create interesting gifts for loved ones with your own hands. There is still time until next March 8th.