The Lyra Plushie Kit is designed to give you pretty much everything you need to make a Lyra plushie. The kit comes with huggable soft polar fleece in the right colors that has been embroidered with Lyra's eyes and cutie marks for a professional look. The sizing is based upon Valley Violet's MLP pony pattern, which makes a pony at around ten inches tall. The eyes are 55mm cutie marks are each 65mm tall (about 2.5 inches). The black and tan grid that can be seen in the pictures are each one inch squares for reference.

The main body of Lyra is made from mint polar fleece, and pieces of medium green and white polar fleece are supplied to make Lyra's mane and tail. 2 bobbins of thread that contain about 120 yards of thread each are also included so you can sew your plush together. 120 yards is enough for about 5 plushies.

What you get:
Mint Polar Fleece - 58" wide by 12" tall, and embroidered
Medium Green Polar Fleece - 29" wide by 12" tall
White Polar Fleece - 29" wide by 12" tall
One class 15 bobbin with 120 yards of mint thread
One class L bobbin with 120 yards of mint thread

What you don't get, but will need:
Sewing Machine (or lots of patience)
Marker
hand needle
Pins
Polyfill
Pony Pattern
http://valleyviolet.deviantart.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/valleyviolet

The fabric is huggable soft polar fleece. The mint fleece (Lyra's body) is 58 inches wide by 12 inches tall. For Lyra's mane and tail, one piece of medium green and one piece of white is supplied, each at 12" tall by 29" wide. The sizes I have listed here are approximate, and may be plus or minus several inches. There is almost twice as much material as needed to make a Lyra plushie so you have lots of testing material.

Valley Violet's MLP pony pattern is pretty popular, and there are lots of modifications to it that folks have done. One common modification is making the pony sides from 1 piece of fabric instead of two. The embroidered cutie mark locations support either one or two piece pony sides.

The thread is 40 weight polyester and is color matched to the mint fleece. As all seams are sewn inside the body and none is visible, the color isn't all that important for most of the plush. The exception is the hand sewing required on the plush's head. The thread comes on 2 bobbins, one is size L, one is size 15. This is equivalent to Brother SA155 and SA156 bobbins. About 99% of home machines use one of these 2 bobbin sizes. That means you can use one bobbin as a bobbin, and the other bobbin for the top thread. Most machines have a vertical feed that will take a bobbin for the top thread. In some cases, a spool pin or something like it may be supplied with the machine to support a vertical feed from a bobbin. Check your machine manual to see if it supports this type of feed. Do not use a bobbin for the top thread on a horizontal fed machine, and do not use it if your machine recommends against it. I have never had a problem with it on any sewing machine, but you know your machine best.

Hints:
The cutie marks and eyes are directional. This means there is a left and a right for both. When you cut them out, make sure you cut them out on the correct side. Measure twice cut once!

Make sure to sew the 'wrong side' together. When you make a plush, you sew it inside out then turn it right side out at the end. That means the embroidery will be on the INSIDE of the pony when you are actually sewing it.

I suggest not using the embroidered pieces for your first pony. Getting the eye placement just right can be time consuming. If the eyes are not lined up, your pony may look weird. Well, with the exception of Derpy. Pinning the pattern to the fleece then holding it up to a string light can help you see how the embroidery lays out against the pattern. Once cut, it is all but impossible to fix, so take your time.

Tested with sewing machine needle sizes 11, 12 and 14.

As a note, this design has 4 separate pieces of embroidery, and is pretty popular right now. It may take up to a week to ship, but this will be shipped via USPS Priority.