Hospital Buddy A4 Pattern

Hospital Buddy Instructions
Sewing Instructions

• Use the width of your sewing machine foot as the width for the seam.
• Leave a gap of approximately 6.5cm or 2.5 inches in one leg for stuffing.
• Sew in the label on the opposite leg.
• Snip into the corners, where indicated.
• Turn the buddy inside out and stuff.
• Hand-sew the stuffing gap in the leg.

Stuffing Instructions
Buddies are stuffed through the gap in the leg. Chopsticks are good tools to push in stuffing.
Start with the head, then arms, then legs and lastly the chest. The buddies should be firm, but
not too firm. If legs or arms flop, more stuffing is needed.
Stuffing weight used: 80 grams.
Fabric
Second hand sheets are ideal. We have sourced 2nd-hand ex-hotel sheets from Alsco.
www.alsco.co.nz
Stuffing
A polyester/Dacron stuffing is ideal. The stuffing can be 2nd-hand but must be clean. Old pillows
and cushions from op shops should be washed before being used.