How to make a plushie

well, first of all, its easyier than you think. All you need is lots of free

time, some money for fabric (or scraps of clothes, Rip was made entirely

from my Alucard plushie's leftovers... which sounds kind weird O_o) and if

you don't want to go insane, some kind of sowing machene. I sowed

Knives-sama by hand and was not stable for a good month Now after some

sleep and some hugs, I tought myself how to use out Singer sowing machiene,

which I found has NEVER gave me problems, at least ones that the manual

did't say it was my fault.

ok, materials

Several good pictures of the person ~ no matter how well, or how many times

you've seen them, it will help with picking fabric. Make a tally of buttons,

enlarge details, and number how many diffrent fabrics you need

sowing machiene ~ lucky if you have one, might as well stop reading if you

don't

thread ~ and make sure you get EVERY color you need, tripple check too, when

I made rip, I was SOOO sorry I did't grab some extra peach

Fabric ~ I head-measure, in otherwords, I think about it, give it some

slack, and point to where I want the lady to cut and say "this much"

buttons ~ get extra, you WILL loose them

inkjet transfur paper ~ this is only if you plan to be printing out the face

or patterns (such as the hellsing coat of arms) also with this you will want

an iron, duh.
OR
Fabric paint ~ you can use it for the face or otherthings, it gets

everywhere, be patient for it to dry.

Stuffing ~ get extra, you might want it for later projects and its cheap

Wire ~ 12-14 gauge prefurably, this is for possiblility, but it can get to

be a REAL pain, trying to get the wire to stay where you want it, and make

sure it is packed inside a hefty about of stuffing, I recommend not using it

the first time.

Sculpy ~ its a very good clay for this sort of thing, cheap, easy, dosent

dry out, and you can buy it seperate. This is good to use for things like

Integra's cross, Rip's Gun, or anderson's pie cutters.

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1. Draw out your pattern,
Figure 1 is an example of what mine looks like, its mostly in my head, I'll

draw it out, sow it, on the rare occation that it can't be trimmed to work

out, I re-do it
Remember to leave LOTS of outside for hemming and the fabric that wraps

around, a peice like this
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will turn into this most likely
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with good careful hemming, when you look at it from the front.

2: Sowing the head
Figure 2 shows how you place the fabric back-to-back, and sow along one

edge, you do the same for the other, giving it a soft-tortia like shape when

you are done.

Figure 3 shows how you put the two halfs together, The parts that will be

flipped to the inside when its time to stuff are both faceing out so you

can't see the part that will be showing.

Figure 4 shows how you will sow them together, leaving a small space for the

neck. its a pain sometimes to sow it because it pockets out to a side but

don't let it discourage you.

When you are done, flip it right side out and stuff, no hemming should be

vissable.

3: body
Draw a pattern that looks cute to you, sometimes I do fingers, sometimes I

don't, depends on what I feel like, same for feet. just remember to leave

alot of space for hemming, and ALWAYS remember, you can easyily make

something smaller, but if you make a hand, or the waist to small, your going

to have to start over, so leave lots of le-way. And Another peice of advice

is THINK it out. Sounds stupid, but because of just thinking about what to

do, I've done what alot of people older than I who want to be tought,want a

pattern, want someone to do it for them,except by myself, and without help.

Just expiriment, and keep lots of scrap fabric handy.

4:neck
Figure 5 shows sowing the neck and head together, folding the edges in, and

obviously this is going to be the part you have to do by hand. So good luck

and stick with it, because intill you get at least half way around, its

going to be kind of flopping all over when your trying to keep it

on.Remember to keep your stitching tight or else Its going to look sloppy.

5:eyes, facial stuff
IRON-ON:
Ok, this can be tricky depending on what you want to do.I personaly love

iron-on sheets which you can buy at walmart, staples, even some drug-supply

stores I've seen.First draw something up, I usaly use an oekaki bbs of

sorts, and I print it out a few times in b&w on regular paper to get the

right size, ajusting how big the pixels are for the print out as not to

decrease quality, I use paintsshoppro7 for this. then I print it out on the

paper, and fallow the insturucions, everone is diffrent otherwise I would

discribe this too.
2nd of all, you stuff it first, it might sound hard doing it on a round

object, but its better because you can see where its going to go, lightly

stuff it so it can press down, worry about shape later. When you have

everything down.
PAINT:
for fabric paint, simply stuff it and put it on with a toothpick, wait a

good 6 hours, better safe than sorry.

Ears:
Usaly I don't do ears but I did for rip. I used transparent thread... well

actully I used fishing line '_';;; but anywho, it worked, and I kinda winged

it. its about the same as adding toes or figers, pinch out the fabric for

the ear, and sow on the sides so it scrunches together and stuff it. I used

fabric paint for little lines.

Hair: Now personaly, I think you eaither HATE or LOVE this part. I have a

bad relation ship with it, in otherwords, I loved doing alucards and Rips

hair because all it was, was cutting felt out in stirps and glueing it on,

simple simple, and V. fun if you ask me. HOWEVER then there was knives, this

is the point when the boyfriend hauls off and smacks the girlfriend and

walks out, so to speak, because I did this with yarn, and it was NOT pretty.

so if your looking for advice on spiker hair, don't look here, but I do have

a site that will help you, just e-mail me, and I'll give you the address.


Clothes: This is kind of a light subject. I trace around the bodies, give

LOTS of space, cut, and sow. this also requires thinking as it can take

hours just to get one article done. As there is a wide variety of clothing

that I can not cover, simply mail me, and I'll post them as I go.

End:
I hope this helped, once agein, if you have ANY questions at all just mail

or post and I'll do my best when I have time.

Thanks ^^