A hot water bottle for your teddy bear

My 2 year old has become obsessed with his hot water bottle and loves to cuddle it in bed - it has a cosy cover so its not too hot!!



His other obsession is 'Jiggles' his teddy bear, well when I say 'his' I mean he adopted her or rather stole Jiggles from his sister's cot when she was a few weeks old!

Anyway he decided Jiggles needed her own hot water bottle so I got to work while he had his afternoon nap and thought I would share the process with you.....

If you would like to make a hot water bottle for your teddy will just need...

felt scraps
embroidery thread
stuffing

I free handed a bottle shape and cut it out in card. Then I delved into my felt scrap stash and thought the polka dots would make a great cover with a matching green for the bottle itself.

I cut 2 pieces of the spots for the cover, a sliver of green to become the top of the bottle poking out of the cover and then I decided I needed a teddy for decoration...

(If anyone wants the actual templates let me know & I can upload them.)

First I gave teddy some eyes with a couple of French knots using 2 strands of floss + a cross for his nose.

Then I attached teddy to the front of the cover using whip stitch and 2 strands of floss...

Here he is fully attached....

Then I pinned the strip of green bottle to the back of the cover, put wrong sides of the cover together and started blanket stitching using 3 strands of floss...

I continued stitching right around until I reached the neck and then I added a little stuffing...

I can't believe how old my hands look!!!

and then I stitched across the top making sure I caught the green of the bottle with my thread. If you find blanket stitch a bit tricky then whip stitch will work just fine.

This is the finished front...

This is the finished back...

So now my son is very excited about going to bed tonight with his hot water bottle and Jiggles with her hot water bottle. I am sure the novelty will have worn off by tomorrow!