Meet the Best Wishes BABY BIRD Pattern!🩵

Feb 7, 2026 | Blog, NEW Toy Patterns

The Best Wishes Baby Bird has been getting a LOT of LOVE already and the testers have been thrilled by how quick and fun he was to sew PLUS how cute he’s been turning out! Scroll down to see heaps of Baby Birds in a variety of fabrics, as well as keepsake birds made from clothes, and some realistic birds and some wild and fuzzy (nowhere near realistic!) birds too! If you’re looking for ideas, inspiration, or pattern details, you’ll find that all below…

He’s an easy, non-jointed memory toy pattern with LOTS of options:

You can use pre-loved clothing items to create a memory toy (keepsake toy) OR you can use all NEW fabrics for your BABY BIRD toy ~>

or use BOTH, like I did with this pretty pink baby Bird!

What size is Best Wishes?

The Best Wishes Baby Bird is 23cm/9 inches tall. Here is a pic of me with two Best Wishes Keepsake BABY BIRDs – so you can see the size!

AND here he is hanging out with some of the Funky Friends Factory Bears – Melody Memory Bear and Ben the BEGINNER Bear. So he’s a fair bit smaller than a memory bear BUT he has lots of space for adding embroidery and other embellishments.

Best Wishes BABY BIRD has LOTS of cool features!😎

He is an unjointed, sturdy ‘sitting toy’ designed for playtime, memory toys or even decor!
He’s a ‘quick finish’ as there’s no hand sewing on his face.
No visible hand sewing: stuffing gap hidden on base!
His “no-seam” tummy has a 5 inch / 12.7cm grid marked for easy centering of embroidery.
He has cute floppy wings with a 3inch/7.6cm grid marked for initials, names or dates.

Is there a Photo tutorial?

YES! I have created a step-by-step photo tutorial so you can see EXACTLY how to sew this cute mini bird – with lots of clever toy making tips and tricks! As usual, you can access the tutorial using the link in the See-Me-Sew section of the pattern.

*Please check you typed the link in correctly, or you’ll get
an error page! 😱

Is this an EASY pattern?

Most of the testers said that the Best Wishes Baby Bird was fun to make because it was simple and quick to sew. They said the beak was the hardest bit but easy if you take your time and use lots of pins.

Best Wishes has 2 embroidery spaces (with grids)!

The Best Wishes Baby Bird has a large, single-piece tummy with a 5 x 5inch space for embroidering a “Happy Birthday” or “Merry Christmas” message and the wings have a 3 x 3inch grid marked up for embroidering.

Here you can see how the embroidery areas are marked with grids on the pattern pieces for easy centering/set up for placement of embroidery designs. You can add names & dates using hand or machine embroidery or heat transfer vinyl (cut with a Cricut machine or similar).

He’s perfect for baby clothes keepsakes.

Janine M. used used her sons old baby clothes (that she said she couldn’t bare to throw away!) to sew this adorable baby keepsake version of the Best Wishes Baby Bird. Baby Bird is definitely a “little dude with BIG attitude”! 😂

Olivia C. sewed this baby keepsake Best Wishes Baby Bird for a good friend using a part of a onesie for its tummy. I love the way she combined this with other fabric textures – minky fleece for the other pieces and quilting cotton for the beak.

Fabulous in fleece!

Paula Blevins sewed this cute Best Wishes Baby Bird in fleece with highlights of Disney fabric… and if you look closely you can see she has embroidered a bright yellow heart on his tail too!💛

And Jan Hofmann sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from a fun combination a solid and patterned fleece.

Fun in flannel and flanelette!

This Best Wishes Baby Bird was sewn from a mix of fun patterned flannelette fabrics by Kerry Hansen.

And Ruth Walters sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from some flannel fabric she had which has feathers on it!

Magical in Minky!

Elise Luce sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from Shannon Luxe Cuddle – looks so cuddly!💗

Elise Luce had so much fun sewing Best Wishes that…

she sewed another one! 😁

And Kathy Henry sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from lots of different shades and textures of minky including sparkles for the feet and beak!

Erica Woolmington sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from Shannon Cuddle. What a sweet blue bird of happiness!😁

And Kristen S. sewed this bright and cheerful Best Wishes Baby Bird from minky. I love the spotted wings!

Cute in quilting cottons!

The Best Wishes Baby Bird makes a great Valentine’s toy as you can see by this sweetheart sewn by Barbara Yatsula. ❤️

Rhonda Pfister sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from mix of cottons. She wanted mainly blues so went through her stash and found a good combination of flowered prints.

Brenda Rancette sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from Kaffe fabrics. 💜

Almira S. sewed this beautiful Best Wishes Baby Bird in a mix of floral batik fabrics.

More fantastic floral fabrics…

Jenny Templeton sewed this pretty purple Best Wishes Baby Bird from a flowery fabric.

Nancy Ciccosanti sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from a pretty floral spring outfit.

And Erin Hux sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird from a soft pink flowey minky.

Looking good in long-pile fur!

WOW! Candi Keates of Candi Kreates sewed this TOTALLY WILD Best Wishes Baby Bird from rainbow coloured log-pile fur for her Mum who loves birds. I love the eyelashes she added!

And this delightful long-pile fur Best Wishes Baby Bird was sewn by Cherrie Duchi and she also added some amazing eyelashes!💛

💡Tester’s TIP for thick fur💡

Both Candi Keates and Cherrie Duchie said that they used a thin cotton fabric for under the wings to reduce the bulk.👍😁

Shirley Bray sewed this fun fleece & fur combo Best Wishes Baby Bird for a prize gift in a competition she’s running on their cruise next month. She’s added fun text to the tummy and wings with Heat Transfer Vinyl, to personalise the prize.🏆

Karla Strauss sewed this beautiful Best Wishes Baby Bird from Kaffe Cotton fabrics paired with a neon long pile fur to add some extra WOW factor!

Terrific Textures!

Sharron Machin sewed this fluffy Best Wishes Baby Bird from a tufted cotton which gives a feathered effect.

Anna O. used a lot of fantastic textured fabrics for her Best Wishes Baby Bird from the embossed mustard minky to the short pile fur fabrics on the tummy and wing tips and tail – this would make a fantastic tactile toy for a baby!.

Marie Braithwaite sewed this Best Wishes Baby Bird as a precious keepsake toy using some of her late grandmother’s clothing. Look at that tummy – it was her grandmother’s aran cardigan!💗🥰