Step #3 "How I Create My Plush"

How I create my plush Step 3

1. I first print out the pattern pieces from the previous post and then I pin and cut out all my pattern pieces to the fleece (white) and felt I begin to hand sew them all together. I used fleece for the rabbit's fur cause I wanted him to be really soft. I've never used it this way before so my initial idea was to machine sew the plush together after I hand sewed all the details.

2. I decided that some of the details should be dimensional instead of flat which is my usual style. I'm quite proud of how the glasses came out.

The Doctor was quite interested and came to take a peek.

3. I hand stitched all the body pieces together. Here he is all sewn together and almost done. I didn't show any of the sewing cause I didn't want to bore you. Really wishing

now that I had made the bow tie dimensional too.

I ended up hand sewing the fleece body together because I was afraid I'd jump off a bridge if I messed it up on the machine after I spend so many hours hand sewing the details on. I

really loved how nice the fleece was to sew.

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking using this background but the White Rabbit is done.

He doesn't have whiskers like the drawing because I couldn't figure out how to do them, so if you have any ideas let me know.

I have a whole Alice In Wonderland series plush planned and I'll show peeks here and there as I work on the other characters. Alice is next.

Hope you enjoyed this "creating my plush" series.

You can find PART 1 HERE and PART 2 HERE.

#2 Step In "How I Create My Plush"

How I create my plush Step 2.

1. I continue adding more details on the computer. At this point I've finished adding just about all the details and have played with different colors and decide dhow I want the final to look. Does he look worried enough?

If I was doing stationery this guy would be about ready to show up on a note card or something but because he's a plush character he has to go thru more steps.

2. I start to pull all the pieces apart and make them all line drawings as shown below with the rabbit's clothes.

3. Nothing too exciting but necessary because I then print these pattern pieces on card stock, cut them out and use them to cut the fleece, felt or fabric I'm making the plush character out of.

Step #3 I think I'll show how I hand sew on the details.

STEP 1 can be found HERE, STEP 3 HERE

I also have a free plush pattern and tutorial coming soon.

#1 In My New Series Of "How I Create My Plush".

How I create my plush Step 1.

1. When I start designing plush characters, I have an idea in my head first. 

2. Then I start with a small sketch. Nothing fancy, just a simple doodle.

3. I then scan the image into my computer and start to work out the sizing and details of the plush.

I wasn't happy with the smirk the original doodle had since the White Rabbit is supposed to be in a hurry and distressed. So I changed it and added more complete facial details.

4. At this point I start to work out my colors too.

This plush is a bit different from my other ones in that I'm going to machine sew and use fleece for the main body.

That's all for now. More to come later.

PART 2 can be found HERE.

On a side note I have to say how much I love the new photo feature on blogger so much easier but wish the spell check was still here. Really dumb not to keep it blogger.