Two summers ago, I designed a pattern for a stuffed toy dragon whelpling. Now, I’ve finally completed my initially planned set of five, representing the original dragonflights:
After making the first one with green velveteen, I decided to use fancy fabrics for all the others, too. The black is a costume pleather, the red is a glitter-dusted satin, the blue is a stretchy spangled stuff that was a real pain to work with on the sewing machine, and the bronze is a brocade with the “wrong” side out. The contrast material for all of them is crepe-backed satin, which can be edge-finished by singeing with a candle flame.
I revised the pattern somewhat after the first one, creating new, more symmetrical pieces for the belly and the top of the head. Two variations for the top of the head are given. The pattern pieces do not include a seam allowance. I cut most of the pieces with ~1/4th inch seam allowance and the wings with no seam allowance.
click to see the full-size pattern image, or send me an email to get the pattern in pdf format
Along with the main body fabric (A) and the contrast fabric (B), you will also need 6 mm pipecleaners to stiffen the leading edges of the wings, 5/8th inch (15 mm) double-faced satin ribbon to cover the pipecleaner on the wings, red 1/4 inch (6.35 mm) rickrack for the mouth, white 10/0 glass seed beads for the teeth, pea-sized beads for the eyes, black felt for the horns, and coordinating thread.
To make the horns, cut a circle of felt with a radius of the desired length of the horn. Cut the circle into pie-segment thirds. Wrap two of the thirds into cones and stitch up the edges with black thread, then sew the cones onto the head.
They’re adorable.
Thanks! ^.^
Nicely done!
I was going to mention that your updates seem –according to Blogger, anyway– to have been reset to months ago. But with this post everything corrected itself. (Oh well.)
They remind me a lot of Pernese fire lizards.
Thank you!
Well, my last update (before this post) was in June, so perhaps that’s why Blogger’s update tracker was being silly?
I finally got around to reading the first Dragonriders of Pern book a year or so back, and I also thought that the colors of the Pern fire lizard subspecies were similar to the colors of the WoW dragonflights.
Now I’m thinking about Uncle Kalecgos and Auntie Ysera!
Hee hee! 😀
Definitely blues, greens, and bronzes. I guess you’d have to swap out black and red for brown and gold, and there you go.
These are awesome!!
Thanks!
Those are soo… cute 🙂
TY! 😀
Wow Kam, they are fantastic!
I love these little guys. What a fantastic job you’ve done 🙂
😀 They are fun to make!
OMG! They are so cute!!
They are! I’m happy with how this project has been turning out.
They all look great Kam, well done!
Thank you! 🙂
Those are wonderful, even better than Battle Pets!
Aww, thank you! I kind of think so, too! 😀
Awww! They’re so cute! If I had a sewing machine and any skill I would definitely try to make these.
Thank you very much! If anyone else *does* make a wee dragon off this pattern, I would sure love to see it!
Whoa! These little dragons are awesome – hehe, yes, I’ve read all of the Dragonriders of Pern series up to current date. Yours remind me very much of the dragons there too. Great job on the sewing…*sigh* I wish I could sew.
Thank you!
I am very grateful that my Mom taught me to sew when I was in my teens and then gave me a sewing machine when I was in my early twenties (it was a congratulations gift when I passed my prelims for my PhD). 😀
Just makes me want a Bronze Whelpling as a pet in game even more. They are super cute though!
Dragon Whelpling Plushies are Dragon Approved!
Thank you so much! 😀
Do you accept orders?
Unfortunately, I don’t have my sewing machine with me at the moment… it’s 2000 miles away in a storage unit. Otherwise, I totally would — and I thank you for the high compliment! 🙂
Give a hollar once you’re in the business. I’d love to buy a set and buy a extra for a friend.
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I really appreciate you posting the pattern! I need to make a new Wrathion plush for my Anduin cosplay, and this will help a lot! (Since the first wrathion was an amalgamation of various patterns, and is now falling apart. )
You are very welcome! I hope it works out well for you, and I’d love to see pictures when you have your cosplay completed!