Softie scotty dog

Finally I can show you something that I have actually made! Its been ages since I sewed my last softie, and cobwebs were growing on my pins and needles. But I was inspired by the lambkin made by Vicki, from the pattern she posted here, and I began to make one of my own. But somewhere along the line I finally got it, how you make a flat softie into one with two ears instead of one, four legs instead of two, and that will actually... gasp... stand up!  So poor lambkin has been neglected while I fiddled with my much loved scotty dog pattern and managed to come up with this!  Okay, even I admit this is pretty darn cute.

He has two ears...

And a cute little doggy tushie...

Because this little guy makes me so happy, I want to share him with everyone!  So here is a pattern for you to make your own litter of scotty dog pups.  Click to make it larger, then save it to your desktop...

Please note that since I like to sew with felt, there are no seam allowances included, so if you want to make yours from fabric, you'll need to add that.  The directions are pretty much the same as for the lambkin, except the best place to leave an opening for stuffing is his back, between the base of the neck and tail.  I would also suggest you sew the head gusset and head first, and stuff those before you sew the rest of the body as it is difficult to reach once the bottom is closed up.

And if you like, you can always use just the outer body pattern and make a flat scotty, like this one...

Please let me know if you make one, I'd love to see!  Maybe I'll make a gallery of them if there is enough interest!

Cheers,

Jenny

Comments

[Jan]

Jenny, this is so, so cute! I've saved many of my childhood things, but the one item I've missed was a similar (but flat...2 pieces) Scottie Dog that we made in Brownies. It had that same, overcast stitch and was made from red oilcloth.
Of course, you know what color I'll be making mine now, don't you?

[*jenny]

Um... maybe red? ;o)

[lisa]

oh my goodness. i love this. i am going to print the pattern right now!! yours are so gorgeous!

[capello]

Oh, that is adorable! I just might have finally learn how to make a softie!

[Alicia A.]

You pattern giver-awayers are so awesome! This will be perfect for a little swap I'm doing!!!

THANK YOU!

[Amanda Lee]

Very cute!

[~Vicki]

ooohhhh! this is brilliant---i've got to make one too!

[gkgirl]

so sweet...
love it!
:)

[Jhoanna]

I found your website through Loobylu - it's a wonderful website and I especially love the softies you've made. Thanks for sharing the pattern for the Scottie dog - must give it a try!

[Kristin]

Cute! Thanks so much!

[Ali]

I love his collar and he's on my to do list! Thanks so much for the pattern.

[mary W]

stumbled across your Blog today and I am love with the sweet scottie!! Oh how I wish I could sew but alas its not in the cards for me! so sad!

[tuscanycastlegirl]

Thank You for sharing this darling pattern!
I will try it for sure!!

[Carrie]

Totally cute!

[Simmyb]

Your scotties are lovely and it's so kind of you to share the pattern. I think you'll have to start a flickr group for these as everyone will be making them.

[melba]

A friend suggested I check out your blog. So much color, so much fun! You are very crafty and talented.

[kimc]

That is soooo adorable, and so nice of you to share the pattern!

[Creative Kismet]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is an adorable pattern. Such a very generous gift! I can't wait to try & make it!!

[Teresa]

I love it! Just printed out and going to give it a try. Thanks! Will let you know if there are any results ( that I would be willing to photograph rather than shove in the back of a closet)

[kathleen]

I just love scottie dog motifs, (growing up the scottie dog was our school mascot).

These are so adorable, I adore the red stitching. I'll have to make these for my neices, thanks so much for the pattern! :)

[weirdbunny]

They are brilliant, thanks for sharing the pattern with us.

[sue]

I love it ! Thanks so much for sharing the pattern. I haven't made a soft yet but I must make one of these !

[Meg]

Oh lovely, and thank you for the pattern. He's so cute and looks easy enough for even me, so I'm going to give him a go. I have to, I've already named him. He's Calum and he only drink single malt whisky.

[*jenny]

Hahahaha!!! That's too funny Meg! Thanks for the giggle... :o)

[manda]

How gorgeous is he??? I am completely smitten!

[lera]

Very cute! Thanks for sharing!

[Leslie]

Thanks for sharing your pattern! I have a Westie (Scottie's cousin) and I'm always on the lookout for things like this. It's adorable!

[violetismycolor]

This is so cute...I would love a pair of kissing cuties for my house. Will I make some? Probably not till after gardening season is over...I have been spending tons of time outside...

[Blair]

Adorable Jenny, I'm adding this to my list to do, my kids would love this!

[Shar]

Thank you, Jenny, for sharing this
adorable project!

[jenn]

he is too cute! thank you for sharing the pattern! I can't wait to make one (or two, or twelve.)

[lyn]

He's VERY cute, and you are VERY generous for sharing the pattern.
: )

[Emma]

He's gorgeous! Thanks for the pattern and thanks for the links to the lambkin :)

[alina]

WOW!! Beautiful!

[Sarah]

So cute! I think I will make one into a pincushion for a useful scotty dog :)

[stace]

OMG! I love it! I made one that was inspired by your first flat scotties and posted it on my site a while ago. I can't wait to make this one! I'll post the pic when I do. Thank you so much for the pattern!

[quenna]

That is so cute and timely! My friend's baby theme are scotty dogs! I'll let you know when I'm finished!

[Melissa]

Thank you for sharing the little scottie. I have just found your blog and it is lovely!

[mykonos]

your dog is beautiful!! Love them!!

[Kim]

These are SO cute! Thanks for the pattern! I would love to make one of these!

[africankelli]

Love it! I can't wait to make a few of these. Too sweet.

[juju]

Fantastic!

[mrspilkington]

just wanted to thank you for this pattern -- i made one for a swap! lovely blog, gorgeous work.

[Birgit]

So sweetly... my daughter got also so a small dog. Thank you for the pattern. Birgit

[Jessica]

This brings back memories of a flat scottie my dad bought from the hospital gift shop for my newborn sister in 1973. It's been lost over the years and a couple of years or so ago searched and found on eBay a similar one which I bought and gave to my sis. I've bought a couple more since then. They are made of vintage cotton quilt patches.

[Jeannine]

Adorable!

Thank you so much for sharing your pattern! You are generous and kind! I have wanted to try making a "softie" for awhile and now I can ... Yay!

[erin]

Thanks for sharing this cute pattern. I made one and my son loves it.

[Kang]

Very snazzy indeed! The design is perfect. Truly a great job. You deserve much praise for your generosity and kindness. Thanks for sharing your pleasure.

[Jessica]

Hi Jenny,

I made a scotty dog, pics are on my blog. Just love this design, your directions were very simple to follow. I so enjoyed making this. Thanks so much for sharing your pattern!
~~Jessica

[Crafty Mama]

This is so cute!! Thankyou very much!!

[andi]

I made one of these. So cute and so easy - although mine is a bit rough. See him on my blog. Thanks Jenny!. By the way, is there a flickr group for them?

[Sandy]

Scottie lover here too. This pattern is just adorable. I printed it out but haven't made it yet - three dimensional - Hmmm! I've made some two dimensional, which are on my blog, but three dimensional is a bit more of a challenge. Can't wait to find the time to get off the darned computer & actually make one of yours.

[Violet]

I have made a scotty dog, it's on my blog..Thanks for the pattern. :) Love it!!

[katie]

Hi Jenny, thank you so much for such a fun pattern! I just finished one and have posted a few photos here at my blog: http://knitsandgrits.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-think-ive-determined-that-it-really.html

It was so much fun to sew up. Thanks again!

[NessieNoodle]

AWE! I love this. I found you via Persnickity Me, where I linked from some where else... I love the cookie crumb effect from blogging.
Anyway, hubby and I just got a new mini-schnauzer, so this is right up my ally. I love it...
oh, and I will be back, great blog.

[Lorraine]

This is excellent! I will have to make one and knit or sew him a little plaid jacket, too.

[kerflop]

I just made one! So fun, thanks for helping me finally "get" how a 3D toy works. http://www.flickr.com/photos/verymom/326175669/

[Hazel Rethman]

I love this site, so many cute things.

[Marcela]

Wow...I've been looking for this pattern since a long time ago!!
Thanks so much!!
They're are so kind!

[jj]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superjen/375105636/

I made this little guy tonight for my daughter - thanks for posting the pattern!!

[Lynne]

My daughter and I had some holiday fun with this scotty pattern. We made this fluffy spotty scotty dog! Thank you very much for the pattern.

[stéphanie]

Hi Jenny, thank you so much for this fun pattern! I just finished one and Cloé another french girl made one also ! Tomorrow in the morning I'll post few photos here at my blog: http://stecolargol.canalblog.com/
with french free explications
Thank you very very much
sincerely
I'm so sorry for my english not so good ! I love also your PAPERDOLLS !

[Darcie]

My real life scottie, named Scotty, just passed away last month; he was 11 1/2 years old. Thank you for the pattern that you have posted so generously. Making this will be a way for me to memorialize him. I will send you a photo of the finished product. It will probably be awhile, but hopefully not. Thank you, again.

[Jeanne]

Jenny, I've been adoring scotty dog I found in flickr and everybody's blog, I've been wanting to make one, but can't find or figure out the pattern. and I found yours, it's really pretty, I'm going to make one and put it in my flickr and blog.
thank you

[Cat]

Thank you for the pattern. I made him for my niece. I will be sending Scottie to her with a silver flower ring on his tail.
It was quick and easy! Did you ever make a gallery of other Scotties?

[juveriya]

im glad that people like u share the gift of art with art lovers

[tracy whitney]

adorable! TFS

[Vlaf40]

Very nice this dog : I love him ! Thanks to the pattern !

[Jen]

A whole year later, the stars have finally aligned themselves, and I've made myself a scottie dog. Thanks for sharing the pattern--it's a good one!

[Kathleen Johnson]

Thank you so much for sharing this sweet scotty pattern. It triggered an interest in me, to make more tiny felt animals. I found this book on amazon called Sewing Tiny Toys by Carolyn Vosburg Hall. This book is fabulous, and worth looking up. I think you will have to buy it used. I make the camel for my friends who celebrate sobriety in treatment with this little poem tied around its neck:

The camel each day goes twice to his knees.
He picks up his load with the greatest of ease.
He walks through the day with his head held high.
And stays for that day, completely dry.

[Wendy]

I found your Softie Scotty photos on Flickr. Thank you so much for posting the pattern. I whipped up a little softie scotty made of fleece to give to friends expecting their first baby. What a great design and so easy to make!

[Jess]

I used your great pattern to make my first stuffed animal ever. I altered it, though, to give him more of a terrier look. The link of my name will go to pictures of the little guy. Thank you for making this possible!

[Maria in Iowa]

Thanks for posting your pattern for us to use! I needed one to make a Scotty for my friend's 40th birthday. She has two real live Scotties. I altered your pattern further - hope you don't mind - to make mine look a bit more like a real Scotty, a little less stylized. I used fake fur for the body. I made the ears as separate pieces with linings. I also added pads to the soles of the feet. I doubled the size of your pattern.

How can we post photos? The comment section won't accept HTML, evidently.

[Maria in Iowa]

Ah. Good idea someone had up there. I posted to my blog:

http://tinyurl.com/3yuctv

[Abigail]

this is wonderful! i found it on flickr and made one instantly. i just love it and i'll be making more soon. thank you!

i posted photos of my scottie on flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/gloamingdesigns/764563248/

[Pea]

Thanks for the lovely pattern - here's mine...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pea/845385419/

[cin]

That's so adorable!! Thanks!!

[david]

Just want to thank you for scottie
pattern,i printed it out for my daughter who has used it to make
a greetings card and everybody is
making nice comments about it,so a
great big thank you from both of us,her photo is on docraft site

[Hilary]

That is the cutest pattern I have ever seen. I LOVE SCOTTIES

[Angelnorth]

Hi, I found your Scottie dog while looking for a pattern for a friend. He's just adorable and it's so sweet of you to share - thank you. I've passed the link on so maybe she'll visit soon, too!

[Donia Camarena]

Thank you for creating this pattern. I made my Scottie dog this weekend and she is my new best friend. I love how cute she turned out and can't wait to make more for gifts.

[JJ]

ooooooeeeeeeeeeee thats so cute!
<3 <3 <3

[Abigail Van Gelder]

Thank you for this! We a little Die Hard Angel and our niece will love having one of her own.

[mary salas]

thanks for your pattern is very nice.it remembers at my little dog.sorry for my english i say hi from Mexico

Absolutely adorable thanks for sharing.

[Zahn]

What a wonderful surprise to find a Scottie pattern! How generous of you to share your creativity with us! I can't wait to start making some. Scotties RULE!

[Kat]

This is a great little pattern. I am working up a brown scottie, I reduced him to about 4" x 4" as he is going to be a Christmas ornament. Thank you for sharing, you reminded me of my Grandmather who loved Scotties in cross stitch and applique designs in the 30's and 40's.

[Kat]

Just had to add that little Jocko looked so lonely by himself that he now has a little black lady Scotty friend. Fiona wears a silk ribbon rose hat....They seem very happy together.

[Charlie]

I'm gonna make one for my Gran for christmas! Wow! Thanks! x

[kara]

so cute! i was about to make a flat scottie of my own design to go with a baby blanket i just made (with scottie dogs on it naturally) but this one will be so much better! thank you:)

do you really read all of these comments? you get so many!!

[Laura]

I made "poodle" skirts for my girls for our Fall Festival at church. One daughter loves Scottie dogs and I found your pattern and used it to make an adorable red skirt with a black scottie. I even made a miniature version for her 18" doll.

I plan to make the actual dog as you show it too. Thank you for the pattern.

[Care Bear Kids]

This is adorable!!

[chelsea]

i like the dogs there so cool iv made one too it looks so cute and i like the flower on the dogs to.byex

[Milly]

Hey
Thanks so much for this
I love it, it's sooooooooo cute

Love Milly xxxxxxxx =)

[woolly]

Vey nice, I love the Scotties so much! Have a pieceful and successful New Year!

[Emily Carmichael]

It is SO cute! I wish I had one!

[Bryan Gordon]

Hi Jenny,

I made a couple of little scotties using your pattern and made them into sachets. You can see them on my flickr page.

www.flickr.com/tat2dqltr

Thanks for the great pattern and thanks for sharing it!

[inaki]

Hi Jenny!
Thanks for the pattern, this is my third scotty dog, it´s a present for a friend, and i think she liked it much. It has an "intelectual touch"!:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7737989@N07/sets/72157603679558708/
Hope you like it!

[Renee]

Thanks for the pattern. My 8 year old daughter sewed herself a softie today using this pattern. Here is a link to her blog with a photo of her completed project.

http://www.tougas.net/node/1270

[anna]

sehr schön, danke

[Annie]

Thank you so much for sharing this pattern. I plan to make one for each of my boys out of an old and holey chenille bedspread that belonged to my grandmother.

[Gloria]

Thanks so much for this patteren!!! I have seen this & wanted to know how to make it! It really doesnt take that long to make! Thanks for the pictures! I would have liked to see a picture a picture of under the dog. I'm not sure how to sew that part. This is just what I need for a swap I'm in! Thanks again!!!

[Kristin]

OK, I am trying to make the scottie dog, and I do not get how to sew the underbody pieces. I am using fabric, not felt, and I am trying to follow the directions for the lambs that is referenced. I just don't get it. Any help would be appreciated!!

[Kristin]

guess what? I figured it out! I had a very small misfiring of my brain, but then I took a deep breath, and it is all coming together now!! I just finished my first one, and in fact, I Can't wait to make more. . .

[Catherine]

I discovered your site today thanks to a link on a message board. I'm not a great sewer, but though wanted to try Scotty. You can see him here http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/pomcannelle/promenades/mosaiques%20cath/toutou_marie_10-02-08.jpg
I stitched the name of my friend on it and post it tomorrow for her birthday.
Thanks a lot and love from France.

[Janay]

Hi Jenny,

Is there any chance I could pay you a fee so that I might make a sell a few of these Scotties on my Etsy site? I love the ones I've made for friends.
Thanks!
Janay

[Faith]

I have been searching everywhere for a mini Toto. My daughter is having a Wizard of Oz B-day party and I'm going to put these in the party favor bags. Thanks for the idea.

[Lara]

Hi Jenny! I'm Lara, I'm an italian girl and these are my Scotty Dog!
http://lalaradesign.splinder.com/post/15874497/Scotty+Dog%21
I hope you like them! Thanks for the patter!

[Jeffrey]

Jenny,
Thanks for sharing the Scotty pattern! I'm one of four males in my family, all of whom learned how to cut patterns, sew, block & quilt from our single mother during our childhood. My baby sister couldn't find her way out of a Button-Hole with a Chain Stitch!

I own a kennel/boarding service and thought the Scotties would make a great gift for my return Guests upon their departure from Red Woof Inn of Albany. I immediately bought some felt after visiting your site!
Thanks Much! UR2Sweet Jenny!

Jeffrey/RWI of Albany, KY

[Miriam Turner]

My sister is busy making this dog.
Thanks for the pattern and the lambkin

[Ruby Turner]

The dog is so very cute!
My sister did the lambkin twice,
i did it once.
THEN i came across this 1.
It is soooooooo cute!!!

[Jeffrey]

I've made a dozen Scotty Dogs for my return Kennel guests'. I love my new machine that I purchased yesterday. It's a Singer Advance and has some wonderful stitches. It's been helpful with the production of my Pet Blankets. You can see some of my work at http://www.redwoof.com under the "Treasures" link on my site.
Thanks again Jenny!

[laura]

very cute.

[perryjane]

Thank you for sharing your great pattern and photos. This one looks like great fun. perryjane

[Stacy]

Thank-you so much for the pattern. I just made this for my son's birthday. You can check out a photo of mine on my blog.

[DD]

The dog is sooo cute! I hope to make one for both my cousins. I hope you do start a gallery as I would love to see what other people make!

[martine]

thank you !

[Nat]

Merci pour le patron du petit chien.
Thanck you for the pathern of the dog
Excuse my english is not good
Bye Nat

[Melissa]

So great! I'm going to make one this evening!

[megan]

it is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[megan]

so cute

[Stacy]

I was wondering if you could tell me how to get the other stuffed animals from the pattern?! I made Lambkin and the Scotty Dog and I would love to make more!

[Faye]

Hi,
Thanks so much for sharing the pattern. I have successfully completed 1 scottie and 1 lambkin. They are so cute & adorable.

[Bethany]

Hello
I am currently working on an acticle for a new magizine in new zealand called world sweet world. i too am a softie maker but do not have any of my patterns copy written. my article is showing people how to reuse old fabrics and turn then into cute toys. isthere any chance your dog pattern is copy written and if so could i use it as the project pattern. i could enclude a blerb about you and send you a free copy of the mag when it came out. I hope this makes sence.

Thanks
Bethany