Togepi | Sew Sweet and Salty

Today, Togepi joined my Pokemon family.

A year ago, I started working with felt. I got really into it and made all sorts of things for my daughter. When Pokemon GO came out, my daughter became obsessed with Pokemon. I wanted to make her Pokemon so she could train to become a Pokemon Master.

These are all done freehand, so I don’t have patterns to share. I make things up as I go, so some of my methods might not be very efficient or easy. Let me know if you have suggestions or tips.

I picked out felt that matched Togepi’s colors. I keep all my felt scraps to use in later projects, that’s why there are no full sheets of felt. Those teeny tiny bits of leftover felt are great for eyeballs.
I have needle and thread to attach pieces and also to embellish the borders of pieces. It takes longer, but I like how the whipstitch makes the project look more finished.
I have my Fray Check to dab on the thread after I knot them.
I have my fabric pen in case I need to draw a tricky shape.
The tweezers are for really small pieces like eyes and mouths that are too small for my fat fingers to hold and cut at the same time.
Make sure your scissors are really sharp, or the felt won’t cut cleanly, and then you’ll get pissed off.
I use the glue gun for most of the gluing, but for tiny pieces, I like using the fabric adhesive. The glue gun is too painful and messy for gluing tiny pieces.

I double up the felt because just one piece is too flimsy. Now that my Togepi is finished, I see that I should have either made the shell smaller, or made his spikes wider. Next time.

2 head pieces
4 arm pieces
4 feet pieces
2 soles
2 happy mouth pieces
2 shells
shell designs

I used the whipstitch to sew 2 arm pieces together to make a thicker arm.

I first made the black toe line before sewing 2 feet pieces together. I doubled up the thread so it would look darker. After sewing the feet together, I hot glued on the soles.

I sewed the 2 shells together, but I left the jagged end open. I still used the whipstitch on the jagged side.

I used the fabric adhesive on the red and blue shell shapes. I used a toothpick to spread a little bit of adhesive on the shapes. The fabric adhesive needs to dry for 2-4 hours.

Here is the front of Togepi’s shell.

I hot glued the hands and feet onto the shell.

Before sewing the 2 head pieces together, I first glued on his mouth and sewed on happy eyes. I also outlined the mouth with thread.

I whipstitched the head pieces together, but notice that I left both ends open. For the spiky end, I used a little hot glue across the eye line to attach the 2 sides. The neck end I just left open since I would be stuffing his neck into the shell anyways.