We don’t like to boast but our donkey toy sewing pattern really is the perfect easy project for beginner toymakers! Follow the simple sewing tutorial and you’ll learn how to button joint while making the movable limbs as well as mastering basic slip-stitch too. This softie toy is a nice compact size, but you may like to scale the templates down to make a mini donkey pattern instead.

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