Everything is cute about Yordles from League of Legends—their soft ears, their button noses, their tiny voices, and, of course, their weapons of mass destruction. Bittersweet Lulu mercilessly transmogulates her enemies into hopeless (but tasty) cupcakes, and Teemo infamously places plump mushrooms that explode in a venomous blast upon impact. If you want to make your own cute yet evil Yordle artillery, follow the cosplay tutorial below.

* In this tutorial, I use my sewing machine for almost everything, but all stitching can easily be done by hand as well.

Bittersweet Lulu modeled and made by Stardrop Cosplay. Photo by U.V. Photography.

What you’ll need:

• Around 9" wide cut of pink (Lulu) or green (Teemo) flannel (for one big and one small circle)
• 12" x 2.5" strip of purple (Lulu) or peach (Teemo) flannel
• Colored felt sheets (black, white, and red for Lulu, green for Teemo)
• A few handfuls of fluffy stuffing
• Fabric scissors
• Measuring tape
• Needle or sewing machine
• Thread
• Fabric glue

0. Cut out a flannel circle

I call this step zero because it doesn’t really require a lot of instruction. Whether you’re making the cupcake or the mushroom, you’ll need to start with a circle. I made my flannel circles with 8" diameters, but you can obviously modify the size to make your creation as large or as small as you want. Once you have your flannel circle, move on to step 1.

1. Scrunch the circle

For this next step, sew a wide stitch around the circumference of the flannel circle, with a seam allowance of about half an inch or less (I do less). Make sure you backstitch when you start, but do not backstitch or close the circle; stop sewing right before you reach your initial stitches, and keep your thread long when you cut it. Afterwards, begin scrunching your circle by pulling one of the long pieces of thread. Push the ruffled parts all the way around the circle until you get a nice, scrunchy muffin top. Lastly, tie the loose threads together by pulling the threads onto one side of the fabric and knotting them. Your top half is now done!

• Tip: You can make the cupcake/shroom top rounder by tightening the ruffles or flatter by loosening them. A more tightly-scrunched circle will result in a smaller cup/stem. If you use the same measurements as I used, then you will get a chubbier plush with a fatter base. Either way is sure to be cute.

2. Measure and stitch the bottom half

Once you’ve made the top half of your cupcake/shroom, you can move on to the bottom half. Before this, though, use your measuring tape to measure the circumference of the scrunched opening you made in the muffin top. In my case, the circumference was about 11.5", so I used this measurement to create my bottom strip, which I cut at 12" for some seam allowance. I also made it about 2.5" tall, which compensates for the .5" of seam allowance I figured I needed. For the shroom, I cut a rectangle, but for the cupcake, I made a trapezoid so that the bottom was slightly smaller (10") than the top. After it’s cut, fold your bottom strip in half and sew it closed.

• Tip: Alternatively, if you want your bottom half to be a certain circumference, you could do step 2 before step 1. If you do this, you can adjust the ruffle spacing of the muffin top so that the opening matches the exact size of the bottom strip. The results are about the same in either order, so feel free to experiment to find your preferred way.

3. Connect the top and bottom halves

To sew the two halves together, put the scrunchy half of the cupcake/shroom inside the strip you cut and sewed in step 2. Make sure the ugly hemmed edge of the cup/stem is on the outside. Pin the two pieces together and sew with some seam allowance; you should not be able to see the thread that you used to scrunch the muffin top when you turn your work right-side-out. If you do, just add a tiny bit more seam allowance. At this point, it’s not actually necessary to flip your work right-side-out, but I like to do so periodically to make sure everything looks okay from the outside.

4. Close the bottom with a circle

The sewing is almost over! To finish off the structure, cut out a small circle for the bottom. The circumference of this circle will be the circumference of the bottom strip—in my case, 12" or so for the shroom and 10" for the cupcake. Once you cut your circle, make sure your work is wrong-side-out and pin your circle to the bottom opening. Sew around the circumference with some seam allowance, backstitching at the beginning and end, but leave a small hole in the bottom so that you can turn your work right-side-out again.

• Tip: Use some quick math to measure your bottom circle. If you know that the length of your bottom strip is 10", the circumference of your circle will also be 10", which means, knowing that Circumference = Diameter x 3.14, the diameter of your bottom circle will be about 3.2". In my experience, it’s much easier to cut out a proportional circle using a diameter or radius measurement rather than the circumference alone.

5. Turn everything right-side-out and stuff the fluff

From the small opening in the bottom of the cupcake/shroom, pull your fabric so that everything is right-side-out, then start stuffing small fingerfuls of fluff inside. You can add stuffing to make your cupcake or shroom as flat, firm, or fluffy as you want (I prefer mine on the squishy side). When you’re done filling your creation with stuffing, hand sew the small opening in the bottom closed. Hand sewing is one of my least favorite activities, but, alas, in the end it must be done.

6. Add details with felt and glue

Last comes my favorite part of this project—adding final details to turn these generic plush muffins into League of Legends props. Using reference images, cut the details out of felt for either the shroom (which are really just polka dots) or the cupcake (eyes, mouth, and cherry on top). If you are like me and your hand sewing is somewhat embarrassing, place the details on your plush so that your hand-sewn section is in the "back." Use fabric glue to adhere the felt pieces to the top of the plush and allow the glue to dry for a few hours. Once it’s all dry, embrace your inner Yordle as you admire and play with your chubby, cute, and deceivingly nefarious creation.

If you have any questions, or if you would like to see more of my work, check out my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/stardropcosplay.