five little dragons went out to play…

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five little dragons went out to play…

July 8, 2013 by kamaliaetalia

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.

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32 Responses

on July 8, 2013 at 11:07 am Jaellynn Evershade

They’re adorable.
- on July 8, 2013 at 11:08 am kamaliaetalia
  
  Thanks! ^.^
on July 8, 2013 at 1:43 pm Redbeard

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.
- on July 8, 2013 at 1:46 pm kamaliaetalia
  
  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.
  - on July 8, 2013 at 2:40 pm Kallixta
    
    Now I’m thinking about Uncle Kalecgos and Auntie Ysera!
  - on July 8, 2013 at 4:21 pm kamaliaetalia
    
    Hee hee! 😀
  - on July 8, 2013 at 5:39 pm Redbeard
    
    Definitely blues, greens, and bronzes. I guess you’d have to swap out black and red for brown and gold, and there you go.
on July 8, 2013 at 1:43 pm Jojo

These are awesome!!
- on July 8, 2013 at 1:47 pm kamaliaetalia
  
  Thanks!
on July 8, 2013 at 2:17 pm Pando

Those are soo… cute 🙂
- on July 8, 2013 at 4:21 pm kamaliaetalia
  
  TY! 😀
on July 8, 2013 at 7:50 pm Navimie

Wow Kam, they are fantastic!
on July 8, 2013 at 8:08 pm Zeirah

I love these little guys. What a fantastic job you’ve done 🙂
- on July 8, 2013 at 9:53 pm kamaliaetalia
  
  😀 They are fun to make!
on July 8, 2013 at 8:51 pm Luxypie

OMG! They are so cute!!
- on July 8, 2013 at 9:53 pm kamaliaetalia
  
  They are! I’m happy with how this project has been turning out.
on July 8, 2013 at 8:56 pm Cymre

They all look great Kam, well done!
- on July 8, 2013 at 9:52 pm kamaliaetalia
  
  Thank you! 🙂
on July 9, 2013 at 6:56 am tomeoftheancient

Those are wonderful, even better than Battle Pets!
- on July 9, 2013 at 6:58 am kamaliaetalia
  
  Aww, thank you! I kind of think so, too! 😀
on July 9, 2013 at 1:57 pm khizzara

Awww! They’re so cute! If I had a sewing machine and any skill I would definitely try to make these.
- on July 9, 2013 at 2:37 pm kamaliaetalia
  
  Thank you very much! If anyone else *does* make a wee dragon off this pattern, I would sure love to see it!
on July 10, 2013 at 1:16 am wowstorylines

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.
- on July 10, 2013 at 9:01 am kamaliaetalia
  
  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). 😀
on July 10, 2013 at 3:23 pm DeGei

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!
- on July 10, 2013 at 4:28 pm kamaliaetalia
  
  Thank you so much! 😀
on July 12, 2013 at 8:07 pm hasteur

Do you accept orders?
- on July 13, 2013 at 12:09 am kamaliaetalia
  
  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! 🙂
  - on July 14, 2013 at 9:36 am hasteur
    
    Give a hollar once you’re in the business. I’d love to buy a set and buy a extra for a friend.
on February 12, 2014 at 11:16 am many whelps! handle it! | Kamalia et alia

[…] and a half years after I made the first one and several months after finishing the first set of five, I’ve completed the last of my planned set of dragon […]
on June 7, 2014 at 6:30 pm Dex (@Anidex)

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. )
- on June 8, 2014 at 5:37 am kamaliaetalia
  
  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!