This Woodsman Shelf-Sitter Gnome Pattern is a Fun Fur-Booted Gnome!

Instructions

1. Make your gnome nose and hands by combining a portion of light brown and white polymer clay until you have the color you want. Roll a quarter-sized portion of this clay into a neat ball. This is the nose. Set aside. Roll two nickel-sized portions of this clay into two neat balls. These are the hands. Bake the nose and hands per the clay package's directions. Allow them to cool fully.
2. Trace and cut out the gnome body shape, base shape, and sole shape from the beige felt; cut the arm, leg and hat shape out of the knitted fabric; cut the shoe sides from the dark brown felt; all per the patterns.
3. Fold the gnome body shape in half and run a hem along the open side with your sewing machine. Be sure to leave the small portion open on the side seam, as directed in the pattern. Attach the base circle shape by hemming it in place then turn the body of the gnome right side out.
4. Fill the gnome body with the Poly Fill beads. Tuck a small portion of Poly Fill into the top of the gnome body to fill out the cone shape of the head and sew the body closed.
5. Fold the hat piece in half then run a hem along the seam. Turn the hat right side out. Hem the bottom edge and add white Mongolian faux fur trim, per the pattern. Insert the floral wire into the top of the hat and twist it into the desired shape.
6. Cut out the beard shape from the faux fur by turning the fur over and cutting only the fabric with the craft knife. Hot glue the beard to the body.
7. Hot glue the nose in place about 1-inch below the top of the beard. Cut a small rectangle of faux fur to make a mustache, brushing the faux fur to either side, then hot glue in place under the nose.
8. Place the hat on top of the gnome's head, tucking it down over the top of the nose. Pull the hat low over the nose and hot glue it in place with a little wrinkle and the trim showing. Pull the hat low in the back of the gnome, opening up the face, then hot glue it in place. Do not hot glue the sides in place yet on the sides - you will want to add the arms there.
9. Make the arms by folding the arm shapes in half right-side to right-side and hemming them on the long side. Turn the arms right side out. Add a small amount of Poly Fill into the arms, then hand stitch or hot glue them to the sides of the gnome, under the hat, exposing only enough length to bring the ends together in front of the gnome. Add white Mongolian fur as trim on the cuff of the sleeve, hot gluing one of the polymer clay hands onto the end. Wrap a bit of twine around each fur cuff and hot glue in place. Repeat for the other arm. Finish hot gluing the sides of the hat in place over the arms to finalize the hat.
10. Cut the bases off of the three bottlebrush trees, leaving the wire hanging out of each. Press each wire from the base into the top of the wine cork. Wrap the wine cork in twine, hot gluing it in a single layer from top to bottom. Then place between the hands and hot glue in place.
11. Make the legs by folding the leg shapes in half right-side to right-side and hemming them on the long side. Turn the legs right side out. Add a small amount of Poly Fill into the legs, then hand stitch or hot glue them to the bottom of the gnome, approximately in line with the arm locations on each side.
12. Make the boots by following the pattern, filling the larger circle shape with Poly Fill and closing the top. Glue or hand-stitch the top of each shoe onto the bottom of each leg, then wrap the base of the leg and top of the shoe in white Mongolian faux fur. Wrap a bit of twine around each fur cuff and hot glue in place. Then get ready to display your gnome because he's done!