I have a bias towards girls. I have four of them. Most of my projects are for girls. However, I do have nephews and from time to time, I think about making something for them, but what? What do boys like? The boys I see at play the most are the little brothers of my girls’ ballet class mates. In the studio, there is this very large stuffed snake that’s been there for at least

9 years, probably longer. The little boys love that snake. I’ll make a snake. So, here ya go. A cutesy snake for your little boys. His name is SNAKE CHARMING.

WHAT YOU NEED: small pieces of fabric, fiber-fil and a little em-broidery flossYou’ll also need to print the pattern sheet, found at the end of this document. When print-ing, make sure that “auto rotate and center is not checked and scaling is set to none.

LET’S GET TO IT! Cut out the pattern pieces. Cut 2 pieces of fab-ric for each pattern piece. Here’s a thought. If you would like to make a really long snake, cut more body pieces. You’ll need two fabric piec-es for each length of body you want to add.

Take one tail piece and sew it to one body piece, right sides together, using a 1/4″ seam allowance.

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Next, take a head piece and sew it to the other end of the body piece. Repeat with other head, body and tail piece.

Go ahead and trace the face onto one of the snake heads. Use the black embroidery floss and use a simple backstitch on the eyes and nostrils. As you can see from the pic-ture above, I waited to do this at the end, but if I had thought ahead, I would have done it at this stage. Much simpler.Now we’re going to sew the two halves of the snake together. Match them up, right sides together and pin if you like.Sew the two layers together using a 1/4″ seam allowance. You need to leave a 2″ opening on one side of the snake in the body section.Clip the inside corner right below the head and trim the seams around the head and tail to about 1/8″. This will make the points and curves much neater when you turn the snake right side out.

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Turn your snake right side out by pushing it through the opening. I use a large artists paint brush for this. The end is blunt enough, but still slightly pointy. I cut off the bristles. This is good for stuffing! Push your tail and head points out nicely.

Time to stuff Mr. Charming. Use your finger to push the fiber fil into the opening, then use your brush or the eraser end of a pencil to push it to the ends of the snake.

Once you’ve stuffed it the way you want it, stitch the opening closed. I did this by hand, using a ladder stitch. Pull it nice and tight and tie it off.

Yay! A project for boys. I hope you enjoy the making. I was planning to give these two fel-las to my little nephews, but my two younger girls swiped them. It seems girls like them too.

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