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Scottie Door Stop & Free Dog Patterns

Well ever since I saw Me and My Shadow’s home made door stop how to a few weeks ago, I have been obsessed with the idea of converting a pair of old (crazy) trousers that belong to The Englishman’s youth into a Scottie door stop. Dog patterns were surprisingly hard to find. Free dog patterns even harder. So I browsed some old toy making books I have from goodness knows where, looked at Scottie Door Stops available for purchase online and fiddled mine own pattern and instructions. We have lots more fun Dog DIY Ideas for you to check out.

Scottie Door Stop Pattern

Our little Scottie

I shared my finished Scottie Door Stop and asked whether you wanted the pattern. Yes you did. One lovely reader, even tested it for me. And YAY it works just fine (and wasn’t just a fluke on my part).

So I retraced my pattern and scanned it. And you are more than welcome to download it for free!

Click here for your Free Dog Patterns

**REMEMBER TO ADD a 5-10mm sewing allowance** and to “nip” your seems at the pointy bits, so it easier to turn the fabric right side round**

AND another tip: remember the “side of the dog” needs to be cut onces, then flipped over and cut again – so you have two pieces of fabric facing opposite directions!

Please note: I am not a graphic designer, nor am I competent in editing skills, so the pattern itself, is ahem, mediocre in scanning quality – sorry – but it works JUST FINE to make lovely Dog Door Stops!

Please note 2: I only started sewing 2 years or so ago. I am not a pattern creator or writer, nor am I a skilled sewer…. which means, I fiddled what I did. I have shared HOW I sewed our door stop, but you may find a cleverer way of doing so. When my lovely reader tested it, she agreed with my “methodology”. See the last page in the PDF for the “assembly”.

Scottie Pattern 3

Dog patterns

So. For you. For fun. To sew!

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  9. Miriam Davies says

    Thank you for the freebie Scottie dog pattern I have made my first one and love him. I now have several requests from family to reproduce him : ) x

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  12. K says

    Well, if you aren’t delightful and clever! I’m wasting time here, trying to keep my nerves down before we start for the airport, and I stumbled on you through pinterest and now I’m very happy. Reading you is like chatting with a very good and cheerful friend, and my cortisone levels have dropped. And beside that, I’m going to make a Scotty – when I get back. Assuming the world doesn’t blow up.

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  13. Hilary Armitage says

    How kind of you to share this! I saw a tweed Scottie dog in a trendy coffee shop priced at £35 and I have enough Harris tweed left over from a skirt to have a go. Thank you sooooo much.

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  14. Mealy says

    Finally got round to making one the other day. Had to use a combination of stuffing for the head part and a kilo and half of rice to the body. He’s a bit floppy in posture at times but hubby thinks he is every impressive and professional looking. Think another one may have to be made for mother in law’s birthday next week!

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  18. maria says

    So cool! I liked this so much that I have meant to have go myself for a while and I finally got round to it. Thanks for the pattern and the instructions are so easy to follow that even I managed to complete the project:)

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  19. Ali says

    Thanks so much for sharing this pattern. I’ve made one for my friend. Your pattern was really easy to follow. I’ll definitely be visiting you again.
    Ali x

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  21. Natalie says

    Many thanks for the pattern, so easy to follow, i have a pretty black with pink flowers scottie dog, something tells me i will be making more as my family and friends love him. I have to check her whereabouts before they leave lol.

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  22. Sarah says

    I made a Scottie dog for my school summer fair it took no time to make and looks great. Thank you for the pattern.

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  23. Vickie says

    Thank you for cheering me up. ive had a unproductive week trying to make a dress that won’t work no matter what I do and rather that pull my hair out I looked for free patterns and I found you Scottie dog, I’m on my 3rd today!! Thank you again xx

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  26. Allison Ellis says

    Hi I really love this pattern. Please will you be willing to give permission to use it to teach my students how to sew. I will give you full recognition for the original.
    Allison

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  27. jULIA aHUIR says

    I have made it and even floppy it looks amazing but what do you advise for the filling? Rice? One of the comments said that she used filling for the head and something different for the body … I realy need to weight it as I realy want to use it as a door stop.
    Thanks so much in advance if you could help me here

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  31. Lizzie says

    Thank you, I had been searching high and low for this type of pattern. Making for my daughter at uni missing our dog as a ‘Dog is for life, not just Christmas’

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  32. Punum Tewari says

    I like your scotty dog pattern I have cut out peices but am having difficulty in understanding instructions to make it up as I can’t find any.

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  33. martha says

    Thanks very much for sharing this pattern. I have made few scottie dogs to gift them to my friends and neightbours. I Would like to invite you to see them in my blog but please take note that I have changed the pattern to make it more easy because I am not good as you in sewing. Thanks for the attention from Martha from Rome Italy. Check fermaporta in the labels which means doorstop. CIAO Martha

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  34. Louise says

    Thank you for sharing your pattern with the public. It’s very kind and generous of you. I want to make this cute little Scottie Dog and give it to my great-grandson for his birthday. I would like to know how tall {from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head (?)} and how long from the tip of his tail to tip of his nose he will be when he is finished if I make it right by your pattern. Thanks, Louise

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  37. Jennifer maney says

    Hi
    I really love this Scottie but I can’t download the pattern is there any way you can send it to me another way

    Regards. Jennifer Marney

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  38. Jennifer Marney says

    Hi
    I love your scottie but am unable to download the free pattern is there any way you could send it another way

    Regards

    Jenny

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  39. Sue Sleep says

    Hi, wonderful cute looking Scottie but also can’t download, would also appreciate it by email when you return home. My 10yr old Grand-daughter wants me to help her make one. Cheers Sue.

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  40. Sue Sleep says

    Hi, my apologies I just found it, so have just printed it, thank you so much for free Scottie pattern, Cheers Sue

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  41. Dawn says

    Your scottie looks so cute and I can’t wait to make many. Could you advise rough length and height dimensions and do you have any idea how much fabric is needed to make one (ie a quarter of a yard)? Thanks

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  42. Donna says

    Thank you for putting your pattern up, when I sew the thing together and turn it right side out.

    I find that under it’s legs it seems to look rouged up/sort of bunched up, not flat.

    I wondered if you knew what I was doing wrong.

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  43. Donna says

    Thank for putting the pattern up it is great, I wondered if you could help me please.

    When I turn it right side under the legs the fabric looks roughed up/slightly bunched up like it is caught.

    It you could me some advice that would be great.

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    • Red Ted Art says

      When you sew a “curve” into a fabric, it helps to make little “snips” into that curve, to help it bend? So on th wrong side, make a snip from the edge of the fabric up to the seam itself. Does that make sense?

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  44. suz says

    Thanks so much! I was actually looking for a stuffed horse pattern, and I think I can convert this one without too much trouble.

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  45. christina stain says

    Hi I dont seem to be able to find the scottie dog template would you please be able to email it me. Thank you

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  46. mrs stitches says

    What a lovely door stop! Is the pattern still available please? I love reading your comments – it’s like chatting to a friend!

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  47. Szabados Veronika says

    Thanks for the tutorial!
    We ( I and my 2 small daughters /3 and 1 year old/) have done 2 dogs. They have stuffed the dogs with soft and light material, so we have 2 soft and cute dog-toys. My older doughter applied a collar to her dog. 🙂

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  52. Sioned Brown says

    This is lovely, I want to make it for a friend for Christmas. When you stuffed it with rice did you first put the rice in a plastic bag first or just directly in through a gap?

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  54. terri says

    hi, I cant get the scottie dog pattern to download, could you send it to me please, its just what I have been searching for.
    thank you

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  56. Nana Jones says

    I made a scotty as a door stop. My 2 year old grandson named it “puppy” and carried it around. So for his birthday (he turned 3 this month), I made him a puppy out of soft “minky” type material and just stuffed it with polyfil. He carries it with him all the time, and won’t go to bed without it. Thanks for the great pattern.

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  61. LaJuana Scruggs says

    trying to find to button to download the pattern,. No luck so far. I m a skilled sewer. Mom started teaching me at age 6 or 8. I learned the rest by more practice. She taught my son the basics at the same age.

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  62. LaJuana Scruggs says

    I found the Scottie dog door stop pattern!!! thank you. Making it for my Manager. He is from Scotland and new citizen in America for 7 years. I am sure he misses home.

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  63. Mary says

    I was able to download the pattern but cannot find the instructions. I would LOVE to make this, it’s soooo adorable! Thank you in advance for your help.

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  64. Katie says

    Just made one for my Mom for Christmas and it turned out really well. I wish there was a way to share pictures of our projects with you so you could see how nicely your pattern and directions worked when followed by others.

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