Pattern and Tutorial: Shaped 5-digit Handpaws

This shaped and detailed handpaw design is fantastically fun to wear. Just the right blend of dexterity and shaped animalistic fingers. Each filled out with an easy to maintain individual pillow stuffer that sits above the wearer’s fingers when worn. The pattern offers two types of finger digits; slim and puffy, with three sizes of claws to use. Each can be mixed and matched to better represent the creature you are creating!

This pattern’s design focus was to achieve a dexterous, comfortable, good-looking and detailed set of paws that could match many species due to its anthropomorphic look and mixing of slim and puffy digits as needed. Its shape was designed to match my art and how I draw the paws on my illustrated characters, which often have 5-digits. This has been my trusted handpaw pattern for so many years!! I am proud to finally be sharing it with other crafters who may enjoy its look and versatility.

It includes a detailed 40-page tutorial for making and sewing the handpaw pattern with step-by-step instructions and 90+ pictures. Tutorial text is written in English. The pattern itself is designed to be printed. Included is letter-sized (8.5x11 inch) and a4-sized (210x297 mm) formatted PDFs for printing. An 18-page bonus tutorial on the topic of Applique Paw Pads is also included!

Materials needed to make this project

• Faux fur (about a half a yard)

• Paw pad fabric (fleece, minky, vinyl, etc)

• Tape

• Razor knife

• Scissors

• Chalk or similar fabric marking tool

• Pins, clips, and/or basting thread & needle

• Sewing machine

• Thread that matches the fur color

• Thread that matches the paw pad color

• Hemostat or tweezers

Optional

• Bias tape

• Claw fabric & Interfacing

• Pillow stuffer fabric (Lycra or other spare fabric)

• Stuffing

• Fur trimming tools

Happy handpaw making!! This tutorial has spent a long time in development and has been a major goal of mine to write and share the content in this guide. Its a big milestone for me to have accomplished such a detailed tutorial and share a cherished design of mine. I sincerely appreciate if you use this design that you share credit that you learned it right here from Matrices.net! Just mentioning “Pattern by Matrices” goes a long way! That way others can discover my tutorials and make their own handpaws, too!!

Note: This is a digital download, I will not be sending buyers anything in the mail with this purchase, it is intended to be downloaded so you can enjoy making this project yourself! Thanks for understanding!