#pipple

Foodtober day 13: A nice and creamy pumpkin soup for the season. I added some potatoes in it, as well as som-

My piece for the Secret Saint Starfall event!

(And Tutorial) Long Post!

This is a pattern I made of pipple because I like this crazy little plant. I was bored, so I created this myself for myself. This is NOT for any monetary gain. This is just for fun. It's free so go ahead and make your own pipple if you want! (Just don't sell it please!) Let me know if you make one! This is my first time publishing a pattern, so sorry for any confusing parts of the instruction!

For material you need green, brown, and yellow fabric. A 1/4 of a yard should be plenty for the yellow. I had extra green and brown/orange so I'm unsure exactly how much needed (not a whole lot). You need thread and a needle. (Embroidery thread if you want extra details.) Everything except the eyes, collar, mouth, buttons, and headband need seam allowance.

The head of the pipple:

Sew up the darts of the side of the head. Then, connect the two like pieces and sew along the long curved edge to form the back of the head. Then sew the chin piece on, lining up the short straight lines of the back of the head with the chin edges (the two bottom edges, one of which marked on the pattern above)

Once the chin and back of the head are sewn, pin on the face piece. Get as close as you can to match up the edges. Make sure to mark a 1-2 inch spot to NOT sew to be able to flip and stuff later. When sewing, go slow and adjust often. Curved pieced like this are a bit tricky to do, but you got this! (Some of the seams will be covered by the leaf headband, so it will be okay if it's not perfect). When sewn flip and stuff the pipple head like a pepper and sew close using a ladder stitch.

For the ears you will first sew the smaller like-pieces together by the SHORTER side edge. (The picture of the cut pieces above have the smaller pieces flipped around whoops!). Then once they are sewn together, sew them to the larger triangle piece. Flip and stuff the ears. These can now be attached to the head by hand sewing.

Body:

This part is relatively easy. Sew the large body piece together, leaving the neck open to be able to be flipped and stuffed. You can then attach the body to the head.

For the clothes, I laid it on the pipple body and marked where it reaches the bottom of the arms. I then sewed it up to that point on both sides. Then I slid it back on the pipple and sewed the shoulders of the dress together.

Details, Details, Details!

This is the final stretch! For the details like eyes, mouth, headband leaf, and buttons, you do not need seam allowance. For the eyes, you can cut another eye shape of a different color, cut it in half, and add it for more detail (not manditory). I also embroidered some eye sparkles too!

You can now hand sew the collar (wrapping it around the pipple and stitching the shortest edges together), buttons, eyes, and mouth (I embroidered a smaller smile but you can choose if you want the big grin or not).

Stitch the headband together by the shortest edge and tie it on the pipple using thread. (You can add more detail using embroidery to stitch leaf details on the leaves). If you desire, you can hand stitch the headband on the pipple for it to be more secure.