Template For Chinese Dragon Head And Tail


Sock Dragon Difficulty: Advance / Avid Intermediate Finished size: approximately 8″ (W) x 8 1/2″ (H) x 11″ (L) Materials: Make: 1 1. Sock (crew length), adult size, solid color, 1 pair 2. Sock (crew length), toddler size, stripes in contrasting color, 1 pair 3. Safety eye 5/8″ [15mm], black, 2; or button; or felt 4.
The festival is observed on May 5th in the Chinese Lunar calendar, which usually falls in June. Now, dragon boat race has become a sport in many other countries including the U.S. A dragon boat is long and narrow with decorated dragon head and tail. It has a large drum, and a team of paddlers will follow the. To prepare the project: Tear strips of newspaper about 1 inch wide, and blow up and tie a round balloon for each child or group. (Note: If each child has. Then simply click the above image to print out the dragon, color, cut it out and fold and glue as shown! The head and tail get folded in half and glued with the.
Bead, 3/16″ [5mm], black 5. Felt, red, 1″ x 1 1/2″ 6. Felt, yellow, 4″ x 4″ 7. Poly-fill stuffing material 8. Embroidery floss, yellow 9.
Sewing threads (matching colors) 10. Sewing machine (optional, you can hand-sew without machine) 2.
Sewing needle (prefer long, about 2″) and pins 3. Erasable fabric marker 5. Blunt point tweezers Seam Allowance: approx. 1/8 – 1/4″ (loose-knit and thinner sock material need to have bigger seam allowance as the loose knit can be ripped off easily.) Note: Since the sock is stretched after stuffed, thick sock with close-knit yields better quality than thin sock. ************************** Update May 2015: In conjunction with the grand opening of Craft Passion Shop, we are giving 20% off the total sales. Great chance to get some beautiful socks to make the sock animal. Apply coupon code at check out.
Gather all the tools and materials needed for sewing sock dragon. Download and print out the for the arm, foot, wing and spikes. You might need to resize the templates so that they fit into your socks size. Turn all socks wrong side out. Align 1 adult sock & 2 toddler socks on the side, 1 adult sock on the foot, make sure they are symmetrical on both layers. Lightly iron if necessary. Place the solid color adult sock on a toddler stripe sock as shown in the picture.
Mark the seam line on the adult sock as indicated in yellow dash line. Mark the seam line on the toddler sock as shown in white dash line in the picture. This is the belly of the dragon. Trace arm and foot template on the sock. Mark 1″ down from the corner on the toe part, this is the snout of the dragon.
Sew the arms and feet, remember to leave about 1″ opening for turning right side out and stuffing after sewn. Cut all parts with at least 1/8″ seam allowance. Cut the snout on the marking line. Trace the spikes (5 big, 2 medium and 2 small) and wings on the toddler socks. Sew spikes and wings with opening allowance for right side out and stuffing. Cut all parts with at least 1/8″ seam allowance.
The belly piece and the body piece of the sock dragon. Pin the top and bottom of the belly piece to the dragon body. Align the sides and pin. Sew the belly piece to the body. Then sew the tail part and leave about 1 1/2″ opening for turning right side out. A.) Turn all parts right side out.
B.) Use a pair of blunt tip tweezers to turn the spikes. Place the tweezers on the tip of the spike. C.) Pull and flip the sock right side out without moving the tweezers. D.) The spike with a neat and nice tip.
Repeat the same to 9 of them. A.) All parts after being turned right side out.
B.) Stuff all parts firmly. C.) Slip stitch the opening of the tail. D.) Pull thread to shut the opening. Sew to close the openings of the feet, arms, wings and spikes.
Arrange the spikes in the order of 5 large, follow by 2 medium, then 2 small. The last small spike is going to attach on the tip of the tail. A.) The body of the dragon after stuffing. B. Kyle Larson. ) Mark the brow lines on the head with erasable fabric marker. Outer lines are about 1/2″ down from the seam corner of the sock’s toe part, horizontal. Inner lines are vertically down (follow the sock knit-grain) from the inner seam corner of the sock’s toe. Sew ladder stitches between this 2 lines.