Post by Iceburg on Jun 28, 2008 7:01:03 GMT -7
Hello fellow friends! It is with great joy and is my pride that I present to you my plushie I just made!
This technically took me the whole day to make, but should've only taken a few hours (3 at most) because I kept getting distracted... Oh well. Here he is- a black elephant! He doesn't have a name yet so if you have any suggestions, I'm open for them!
I know there are some flaws in him, but since I hand-sewed him, I am quite pleased with the way he turned out- especially since I didn't use any pattern.
Now I'm not very fond of WIP (work in progress) pictures, but I figured, what do I have to lose? So here you go- my progress starting from step one (or close to it)
He was made from black felt, black thread, yellow felt, stuffing, and a piece of wire. He intentionally has NO eyes.
After I was halfway done with the head, I realized that I should take some WIP pictures. Basically, I cut the basic pattern from felt for the head. Since I didn't want him "2-D", I added a third piece on the bottom side of his head. (If anyone needs a picture, I'll be happy to make one) When I added the bottom piece, he looked like an anteater so I decided to put a wire in his trunk. Now he has a poseable trunk.
The tusks were fairly simple: cut out long rectangles of yellow felt, round off the edges, sew, flip inside out, stuff and sew on the head.
A 3/4 view.
After I made and stuffed the ear, I tried looking to see where the ear would look the best. It isn't sewed on yet.
I finally found the place I wanted and sewed the ear on. He is now resembling an elephant!
I did the same thing to the other side. I now have the completed head!
3/4 view.
Notice that I didn't sew the back of the head. This is because I will sew it onto the body at a later time. The white stuff is stuffing.
Here is the body consisted of 4 pieces: the back, the bottom and the two sides. I later cut the bottom part because otherwise the body looked too unnatural with the head.
This is the back. Notice how it gives it a "3-D" shape instead of a flat "2-D" shape.
Opposite of the back, this is where I will later sew the head. The white stuff is (once again) stuffing.
I'm looking to where the head will sit when it is against the body. This is what I meant by the body being too big. Look at my hand. See that black lump between my thumb and my palm? That is a hump and I didn't like how it looked.
I know what you're thinking. "Then move the head on top of the hump to hide it!"
So I did. Notice that there's too much fabric at the bottom now. I cut a small piece of felt out from the bottom piece.
As you can see, this is the result. Much better, don't you think? Here is also a foot, sewed with three pieces: the two sides and the bottom. It is also stuffed.
I now have two legs made and sewed on.
He has three legs! One more to go!
The body is finished!
I then sewed on the head and added a tail (seen further down in this post)
Sitting back on his hind legs.
A close-up of the tail. Nothing fancy- just a piece of black felt sewn on.
As you can see, he is about the size of a normal kleenex box, or if you look at the keys on my laptop, you can see he is kinda big, but also fairly small.
I had a lot of fun making this little guy.
He is part of my 'African Savannah' collection of plushies that I am currently making. The theme of my room is an African Savannah (or will be once I'm done with it!), and he'll be a great addition to it!
Sorry if it sounds a but dull at times because I wrote out this nice long awesome post and my computer deleted it! Grawr. Oh well.
If you guys want me to write a tutorial (instead of WIP), then just say the word.
Thanks! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them!
This technically took me the whole day to make, but should've only taken a few hours (3 at most) because I kept getting distracted... Oh well. Here he is- a black elephant! He doesn't have a name yet so if you have any suggestions, I'm open for them!
I know there are some flaws in him, but since I hand-sewed him, I am quite pleased with the way he turned out- especially since I didn't use any pattern.
Now I'm not very fond of WIP (work in progress) pictures, but I figured, what do I have to lose? So here you go- my progress starting from step one (or close to it)
He was made from black felt, black thread, yellow felt, stuffing, and a piece of wire. He intentionally has NO eyes.
After I was halfway done with the head, I realized that I should take some WIP pictures. Basically, I cut the basic pattern from felt for the head. Since I didn't want him "2-D", I added a third piece on the bottom side of his head. (If anyone needs a picture, I'll be happy to make one) When I added the bottom piece, he looked like an anteater so I decided to put a wire in his trunk. Now he has a poseable trunk.
The tusks were fairly simple: cut out long rectangles of yellow felt, round off the edges, sew, flip inside out, stuff and sew on the head.
A 3/4 view.
After I made and stuffed the ear, I tried looking to see where the ear would look the best. It isn't sewed on yet.
I finally found the place I wanted and sewed the ear on. He is now resembling an elephant!
I did the same thing to the other side. I now have the completed head!
3/4 view.
Notice that I didn't sew the back of the head. This is because I will sew it onto the body at a later time. The white stuff is stuffing.
Here is the body consisted of 4 pieces: the back, the bottom and the two sides. I later cut the bottom part because otherwise the body looked too unnatural with the head.
This is the back. Notice how it gives it a "3-D" shape instead of a flat "2-D" shape.
Opposite of the back, this is where I will later sew the head. The white stuff is (once again) stuffing.
I'm looking to where the head will sit when it is against the body. This is what I meant by the body being too big. Look at my hand. See that black lump between my thumb and my palm? That is a hump and I didn't like how it looked.
I know what you're thinking. "Then move the head on top of the hump to hide it!"
So I did. Notice that there's too much fabric at the bottom now. I cut a small piece of felt out from the bottom piece.
As you can see, this is the result. Much better, don't you think? Here is also a foot, sewed with three pieces: the two sides and the bottom. It is also stuffed.
I now have two legs made and sewed on.
He has three legs! One more to go!
The body is finished!
I then sewed on the head and added a tail (seen further down in this post)
Sitting back on his hind legs.
A close-up of the tail. Nothing fancy- just a piece of black felt sewn on.
As you can see, he is about the size of a normal kleenex box, or if you look at the keys on my laptop, you can see he is kinda big, but also fairly small.
I had a lot of fun making this little guy.
He is part of my 'African Savannah' collection of plushies that I am currently making. The theme of my room is an African Savannah (or will be once I'm done with it!), and he'll be a great addition to it!
Sorry if it sounds a but dull at times because I wrote out this nice long awesome post and my computer deleted it! Grawr. Oh well.
If you guys want me to write a tutorial (instead of WIP), then just say the word.
Thanks! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them!
