Fisherman Porch Goose

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Yellow Felt: 1/2 yd
• Scrap Felt: Pink, Peach & Red (for fish)
• Park Lane® 10mm Ivory Adhesive Pearls: 1 pack - 48 pcs
• Metallic Oil-Based Paint Pen: Gold
• Hot Glue Gun & Glue Gun Sticks
• Park Lane® Wood Candle Cup: 2"x 1"
• Wood Dowel: 1/8"x 12"
• 2 Wiggly Eyes
• Brown Acrylic Paint
• Black Embroidery Floss: 18"
• Sewing Machine
• Basic Sewing Supplies
• Drill & 1/8" Bit

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cutting Fabric Pieces:
• From Yellow Felt, Cut:
• 1 Goose Poncho (on the fold)
• 1 Collar
• 2 Hat Brims
• 1 Hat Top
• 1 Hat Sides


• From Pink Felt, Cut:
• 2 Fish Body Pieces


• From Red Felt, Cut:
• 1 Tail
• 1 Large Fin
• 2 Small Fins


• From Peach Felt, Cut:
• 2 Fish Face/Lower Body Pieces


2. Sewing Bucket Hat:
• Seam allowance is 1/4" throughout.
• Match 2 hat brim pieces together and sew around the outer circle.
• Trim seam allowance close to the stitching line.
• Turn brim right side out, pressing the seam out with fingers to form the circle shape.
• Top stitch around the outer circle using 1/4" seam allowance.
• Continue adding top stitching lines 1/4" from the previous round until close to the inner circle.
• Match the short ends of the hat sides piece together and sew, forming a loop.
• Sew the sides to the hat top.
• Keep the hat top against the feed dogs and manipulate the sides to match the shape.
• If needed, pin at the quarter points around the top to assist with this step.
• Trim seam allowance and turn hat top and sides right-side out.
• Insert the hat top into the inner circle of the brim.
• Sew around to connect the 2 pieces, working from inside the circle with the brim along the feed dogs.
• Trim seam allowance close to the stitching line.


3. Poncho:
• Fold collar in half matching the long ends (hot dog style) and sew the short ends from fold to edge.
• Trim seam allowance and turn right-side out.
• Top stitch around 3 sides of the collar - short ends and fold.
• On the poncho, fold the front edges under 1/2" and top stitch.
• Pin the collar to the neck of the poncho, centering it from the center back.
• Sew collar to neckline, then trim seam allowance.
• To make buttons, paint pearl stickers with metallic paint pen and allow to dry completely.
• Stick dry buttons to one side of the poncho.
• Hot glue can be used to secure if needed.
• For a functional center front, add Velcro® to close the poncho, otherwise glue shut and poncho can be pulled on over the goose.


4. Optional Faux Welt Pockets:
• Cut 2 pieces of yellow felt 2"x 3".
• Mark a rectangle 1/2"x 2" toward the top of the rectangle, leaving 1/4" on sides and top, 1 1/4" on the bottom.
• Place the marked rectangle on the front of the poncho using the pocket placement as a guide.
• Make sure the 1 1/4" space is toward the hem.
• Sew around the rectangle.
• Cut a slit through the middle of the rectangle horizontally, then from the slit, cut diagonally to the corners.
• Flip the rectangle through the opening and finger press the seams to form a rectangular shaped hole.
• From the inside, fold the bottom portion (the larger seam allowance) up to meet the upper edge of the rectangle forming the welt.
• Pin and secure in place by sewing to the seam allowance from the inside, or edge stitching close to the opening on the outside.


5. Fish Assembly:
• Glue or sew the fish face/lower body pieces to the fish body pieces.
• Each side should be a mirror of the other so that when they are placed together, the faces line up on the same end.
• Glue or sew the body pieces together, sandwiching the tail and larger fin in between the layers.
• Leave a small opening at the mouth end to insert the fishing line later.
• Glue fins and wiggly eyes in place.


6. Fishing Rod Assembly:
• Water down a small amount of brown acrylic paint and "stain" the wood cup and dowel piece.
• Drill a hole in the center of the bottom of the cup.
• Feed the dowel into the hole, with the long piece of the pole extending from the bottom of the cup, and secure if needed with hot glue.
• Tie the embroidery thread to the dowel where it meets the cup.
• Tie embroidery floss to 3 spots along the dowel, leaving extra thread to hang down in between.
• Hot glue can be used to secure knots in place.
• Determine the final length of the fishing line and trim to length.
• Glue the end of the floss into the mouth of the fish.
• Glue the handle of the fishing rod to the poncho, or secure to goose as desired.