Description
With the purchase of this product you will receive our hobby horse on a stick sewing pattern “HOLLY” as well as matching embroidery patterns for embroidering the eyes and nostrils of the horse with an embroidery machine. After purchase and payment you can download the PDF file for the pattern and print them out. You will also receive a ZIP file with the embroidery patterns which you can unpack on your computer.
About the horse on a stick sewing pattern
Hobby horsing is a sport from Finland with gymnastics elements, in which show jumping and dressage are simulated on a stick horse. But a real finnish hobby horse is anything but a dusty horse on a stick from grandma’s attic! Because the modern hobby horses inspire young and old with their realistic appearance! This is due to the detailed shape, the way its mane blows in the wind, and the different shades which can turn them into small pieces of art. Our hobby horse “HOLLY” can even do a lot more, because the pattern includes options for modifying it to a hairdressing head, a wall decoration or a buckle-on horse! There are even possibilities to sew a unicorn hobby horse or a donkey.
About the embroidery designs
If you have an embroidery machine, you can use the embroidery files to embroider the facial elements of the horse instead of sewing them as appliqués with a sewing machine or by hand (as described in the sewing instructions). The embroidery files are basically designed for a 4×4″ hoop (10×10 cm) and digitized in the common formats DST, EDR, EXP, HUS, INF, JEF, JEF +, PCS, PES, TAP, VIP, VP3, XXX. After purchase and payment you can download the horse embroidery files including color charts packed in a .ZIP file. You will also receive illustrated embroidery instructions as a PDF.
- Sewing time: 2-4 hours
- Difficulty level: intermediate
What’s included with this product:
- Illustrated sewing instructions and pattern for hobby horse “HOLLY” (PDF file, US letter size)
- Embroidery files for 5 different pairs of eyes (each left and right eye) and for 3 different nostrils (each left and right nostrils), in the file formats DST, EDR, EXP, HUS, INF, JEF, JEF +, PCS, PES, TAP, VIP, VP3, XXX
- Color list for each embroidery design (JPG file)
- Illustrated embroidery instructions (PDF file, US letter size)
The sewing pattern hobby horse “HOLLY” and the matching embroidery designs are for private use only. However, you can buy a license extension for commercial use here in our shop if you want to use the pattern and the embroidery files to sell handmade hobby horses!
✄ Materials & tools
Materials needed to sew the hobby horse pattern:
- Fabric for head side, gussets, bottom and ears, approx. 30x30" (75x75 cm) or 18x51" (45x130 cm)
- For an optional separated mouth: fabric for mouth, upper and lower mouth gusset as well as inner mouth part, approx. 6x30" (15x50 cm)
- Fabric for the blaze, approx. 3x8" (7x20 cm)
- Black felt for eyes and nostrils, approx. 2x8" (4x12 cm)
- White hand embroidery floss for the eye twinkles, approx. 8" (20 cm)
- Double-sided iron-on adhesive webbing (e.g. Heat’n Bond), approx. 8x3" (20x8 cm)
- Toy filling, approx. 1.1 lbs (500 g)
- For the mane: Ball of wool, hair extensions (at least 8" / 20 cm long) or jersey straps
- Medium weight fusible interfacing to reinforce ears & inner mouth part, 6x18" (15x45 cm), or to stabilize ALL fabric pieces 18x51" (45x130 cm)
Short-pile plush fabrics (like minky, cuddle or velboa fabric) are best, but you can also use other fabrics such as fleece, velour, sweat or woven fabric. A long-pile plush fabric or teddy plush is also suitable if you want a particularly fluffy horse.
- Fabric paint for painting eyes & nostrils and for shading the fur
We recommend fabric finger paint as these are mostly permanent and non-toxic, but you could also use other fabric paint or acrylic paint pens. You can do most of the shadings with black and white, possibly pink or red to paint “fur-free” areas on the mouth.
Additionally only for hobby horse variant:
- Stick with a maximum diameter of 1.2" (3 cm) and a minimum length of 24" (60 cm )
- Wool, cord or rope to wrap around the fabric at the stick opening, approx. 20" (50 cm)
Additionally only for buckle-on horse variant:
- Bag webbing 1 1/5" (3 cm) width, 13 ft (4 m)
- 2x strap buckles for 1 1/5" (3 cm) bag webbing
- 6x square rings for 1 1/5" (3 cm) bag webbing
- 4x strap adjuster for 1 1/5" (3 cm) bag webbing
- 2x dog hooks 1 1/5" (3 cm) for reins (optional)
Additionally only for wall decoration variant:
- Ribbon or cord for hanging, approx. 4" (10 cm)
Additionally only for hairdressing head variant:
- Granules, 2.5 - 3.5 lbs (1.2 - 1.5 kg)
- Fabric for sachets, 8x55" (20x140 cm)
Tools & appliances
- Sewing machine
- Sewing needles and pins
- Washable fabric marker / tailor’s chalk
- Scissors
- Iron
- Brush
- Small sponge
- Water tank
- Paint palette or small bowls
For attaching the stick to the hobby horse
- Saw to shorten the broomstick
- Liquid glue or hot glue
- Drill to fix thick rope on the stick
Materials needed for a rope halter:
- PP rope or paracord with a diameter of 4 mm (1/6”), approx. 3 m (3.3 y)
- For decorating the noseband: PP rope or paracord with a diameter of 4 mm (1/6”), at least 2 colours of 1 m each (1.1 y)
Materials needed for a headcollar made from bag webbing:
- Bag webbing 15 mm (3/5“) wide, 1.5 m (60“)
- O-rings with 25 mm (1“) inner diameter, 5 pieces
- Snap hook for 15 mm (3/5“) wide webbing, 1 piece
- Optional: woven ribbon with 1 cm (2/5“) width or less to decorate the noseband, approx. 10 cm (4“)
- For decorating the noseband: PP rope or paracord with a diameter of 4 mm (1/6”), two colours with approx. 70 cm each (27 1/2“) or one double length rope (140 cm or 55“)
Materials needed a simple lead rope:
- PP rope or paracord with a diameter of 4 mm (1/6”), approx. 1 m (1 y)
- Snap hook preferably with a round eye, 1 piece
Materials needed for a round braided lead rope:
- PP rope or paracord with a diameter of 4 mm (1/6”), at least 2 colours of approx. 2 m each (2 y)
- Snap hook preferably with a round eye, 1 piece
Tools & appliances
- Scissors
- Lighter
- Fabric clips and / or pins
- Hand sewing needle
- Sewing thread
- Sewing machine
✎ Terms of use for kullaloo embroidery patterns
✓ With our embroidery patterns you can:
- Use embroidered carrier material privately and give it away as a gift
- Sell embroidered carrier material in small commercial series up to 20 pieces per embroidery motif
- The note "Embroidery pattern: kullaloo" must be added to your product description
✘ What's not permitted:
- To copy, lend, resell or otherwise reproduce embroidery design files
- Change individual embroidery designs and output them as your own embroidery designs
If you would like to use purchased embroidery design files for COMMERCIAL purposes beyond the small series, we offer a separate commercial license extension.
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