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Fish To Sushi Plushie

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A transforming sushi to fish, fish to sushi plushie.
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I'm obsessed with sushi, so I made some fish-friendly sushi!

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Here are all of the templates you need for this project. You can download and print out the template here:
    Download the PDF.

    Don't worry if you can't print it out, just make up your own templates, it's pretty easy.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Cut out all of the templates. Notice how the small circle is designed to fit inside the fish's mouth.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Take the fish body template and draw around it on the yellow felt, flip it over and draw around it again.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Cut these felt shapes out.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    Draw around the fish tail, fin and flipper templates twice on to orange felt, remembering to flip the template before drawing the second.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Cut these out.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Thread a needle with yellow thread and place the two felt fish bodies together, so that the wrong side (the side that may have a bit of pen around the edges) face out.

    Start stitching around the fish with a hemming stitch, working backwards from the mouth.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    When you get to the places where the back fin and tail should go, flip the fish inside out, place the two pieces of fin or tail (right side facing out) in between the body and stitch in place with a running stitch.

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    Flip the fish inside out again and continue sewing. Stop when you reach the mouth, you want to leave this unstitched and open.

  10. Step 10

    Step 10

    Flip it again so that the right side is facing out. Stitch the two flippers on to either side.

  11. Step 11

    Step 11

    Take the white felt and draw around the large circle template twice.

  12. Step 12

    Step 12

    Take the small circle template and draw around it in the center of one, and only one, of the felt circles.

  13. Step 13

    Step 13

    Cut out the two larger circles and cut out the small circle from the center of one of the circles.

  14. Step 14

    Step 14

    Draw around the sushi seaweed template on to the green felt and cut it out.

  15. Step 15

    Step 15

    Thread a needle with white thread. I used quite thick thread for this as this part of the fish and sushi will have the most wear and tear. Place the fishes mouth around the inside circle and stitch in to place. Put this to the side for the moment.

  16. Step 16

    Step 16

    Take the second circle and the strip of green felt and stitch the green felt around the circle.

  17. Step 17

    Step 17

    When you've stitched all the way around the circle, stitch up the open side and cut off any excess green felt.

  18. Step 18

    Step 18

    Now take the circle with the fish (wrong side facing out) and stitch around it on to the green felt, leave a tiny unstitched opening so that you can turn it inside out again. Turn inside out (so that the right side is facing out and stitch up the rest of the sushi.

  19. Step 19

    Step 19

    Glue some wiggly eyes on to the fish.

  20. Step 20

    Step 20

    Voila! Now have fun turning the fish in to sushi and the sushi in to fish. It's like magic!

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tom./

tom./

Jun 9, 2008 12:52am

Wow, I love flicking through those photos!

Kiki

Kiki

Jun 9, 2008 1:31am

My goodness, this is like, one of the awesome-est things ever! I'm so going to make this now. Thanks for posting!

Danyell W.

Danyell W.

Jun 9, 2008 1:42am

i love this! i used to have a transforming tadpole to frog plushie when i was little, but this is just too rad.

katie

katie

Jun 9, 2008 2:59am

OMG this is amazing!

KaRa!

KaRa!

Jun 9, 2008 5:43am

THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! yaaaayyy!

kermit

kermit

Jun 9, 2008 6:22am

whahaha! This is brilliant!

Katherine B.

Katherine B.

Jun 9, 2008 6:33am

Awesome!

Lilla

Lilla

Jun 9, 2008 7:01am

haha, this is so funny! :D

tara m.

tara m.

Jun 9, 2008 7:31am

This is one of the coolest things I ever seen. I am so going to try to do this. :)

Markie

Markie

Jun 9, 2008 8:51am

amazing

Katarina M.

Katarina M.

Jun 9, 2008 10:07am

Haha.. cool stuff! :D

Alice T.

Alice T.

Jun 9, 2008 10:28am

omg that is such a cute idea lol!

Amy J.

Amy J.

Jun 9, 2008 3:25pm

Monday morning eye candy!!

queenfairypants

queenfairypants

Jun 9, 2008 4:24pm

woooooow! In craft: there was a reversable chicken and egg, made out of knitting I well want that pattern, may have to work it out in felt by using this how to and adapting it!

astral_sakurachan23

astral_sakurachan23

Jun 9, 2008 6:30pm

OMG!!!! I'm sooooooooooooo making this right now!!!! *________*

Geslepen

Geslepen

Jun 10, 2008 1:54am

thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou

Emily

Emily

Jun 10, 2008 3:15am

ooooh my this is fantastic

im going to make it...tomorrow.

:DDDDD

made me smile

Emily

Emily

Jun 10, 2008 3:15am

ooooh my this is fantastic

im going to make it...tomorrow.

:DDDDD

made me smile

ʎǝɔɐɹƃ

ʎǝɔɐɹƃ

Jun 10, 2008 5:49pm

This is amazing - is this the plushie you were talking about before ??

Knittin' Kitten

Knittin' Kitten

Jun 10, 2008 9:45pm

Jesus christ, it's wonderful!

stephie N.

stephie N.

Jun 10, 2008 10:18pm

that is so cool!

cinderelly

cinderelly

Jun 14, 2008 11:46pm

how clever is that! look how many others think so too! :D

cherry rabbit mama

cherry rabbit mama

Jun 16, 2008 5:35pm

AMAZING!!!! IM DOING THIS!!!! =D

Char P.

Char P.

Jun 17, 2008 11:35am

dah! of course I'd love this one :D

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

Jun 18, 2008 9:47pm

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone. Gracey - yeah it is!

Kris B.

Kris B.

Jun 19, 2008 3:37am

Bf agreed to play conquer club (online RISK) w/ me if I made him one of these sushi-fish. Yay bribery! ;)

Alex S

Alex S

Jun 19, 2008 1:31pm

Haha, i love this! I'll have to make one to keep by my pooter at work :)

Mi.ezekatze

Mi.ezekatze

Jun 20, 2008 11:27am

Looooooooooooool, this is SO great xD

Sarah

Sarah

Jun 22, 2008 4:10am

Cat, this is so brilliant I'm disgusted at my own crafty inadequacies. :D

AMAZING!!! <3

Tosh K.

Tosh K.

Jun 26, 2008 3:48pm

Haha this is wicked! i would have never came up with something this clever. well done! p.s you rock!

Lilim

Lilim

Jun 27, 2008 7:20pm

Fishie! Awesome I've been wanting to make a fishie just like this for awhile now. Thanks for the tips ♥

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tiffany says.}

Jun 27, 2008 8:03pm

holy cow it's a miracle! my family owns a japanese restraunt so that'd be the coolest decoration ever!

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tiffany says.}

Jun 27, 2008 8:03pm

holy cow it's a miracle! my family owns a japanese restraunt so that'd be the coolest decoration ever!

camilaustral

camilaustral

Jul 2, 2008 10:13pm

this is so funny!!! :D

Moon M.

Moon M.

Jul 3, 2008 12:29am

THATS F-ING AMAZING!!! THATS SO CREATIVE! How the heck did you come up with this idea?!?!?!

Ezme

Ezme

Jul 3, 2008 2:28pm

no way! that is amazing! x

Dust of Enchantment D.

Dust of Enchantment D.

Jul 5, 2008 9:33am

This is really fun! I want one! :D

Eugel

Eugel

Jul 6, 2008 5:31am

fabulous!!!!

Roses are red

Roses are red

Jul 7, 2008 3:03pm

OMG! It is magic!! XD Just brilliant!

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Jul 31, 2008 2:00pm

so cute i m totally trying this

Thedarcy

Thedarcy

Aug 8, 2008 7:52pm

this is really cute
i love sushi!!

xvampyx

xvampyx

Aug 14, 2008 10:43pm

one of your best projects XD thanks for posting it,

Amy B.

Amy B.

Aug 20, 2008 3:54pm

I made the plushie last night and everyone at work LOVES it! I need to make a new one though because all my knots are on the wrong side, I got mixed up with what was going to be on the inside and outside while I was making it, oops!

mamachka

mamachka

Oct 4, 2008 3:32pm

OMGCat!!! You never fail to amaze me how brilliant your crafting is! :-)