I'm pretty sure I've talked about these guys before, but I finally took some pictures of them. I made Bob the zombie completely by hand. He was made using the tutorial at http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2008/12/handcrafted-doll-tutorial.html. I went through the fabric I had lying around. I used greenish blue fleece for the body and some stretchy green material for his head and hands and feet. I made his hair out of some grey yarn that I found. I had a bit of trouble with the hands and feet. I couldn't make them the way they said to. I ended up sewing them together down the sides the way they tell you to do the head. I found that trying to make a ball of stuffing and place it into the square of fabric you cut for the hands and feet was a little bit difficult. So I sewed in a small seam and it made it a whole lot easier. I hand sewed the whole thing because I was having sewing machine issues at the time, but it turned out fine. This was also the first time I ever tried a face. I used embroidery floss to make the eyes and mouth. It was easier than I thought it was going to be. My daughter was a little put off by him at first. She liked him until I added his face and then all of a sudden she found him too weird. She warmed up to him eventually and he found a spot in her giant pile of stuffed animals in her room. Here's a few pictures of Bob the zombie....
The second finished stuffie is Reddy the red guy. I was at work thinking about what to make next when I came up with this idea. I had been watching "Repo: the genetic opera" the night before and in that movie there is a character that wears other people's faces. It made me think of the shy guys from super mario bros. I drew up a pattern the next day and decided to use it to test out my sewing machine and see if I could fix the problems I was having before I used it on the main projects I was already working on. It worked out, but didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted it to. I should have added a little more of a seam allowance. Oh well live and learn. I hand sewed on his face mask. Here's a picture..
So these guys are finished. Unfortunately I still haven't finished the doll I have been working on, or the bear. I really have to get some inspiration soon. I just haven't had the drive to do anything. My wife got a little upset with me when I told my daughter that I would make her a bear. She told me that I shouldn't keep adding to my daughter's stuffed animal collection. I told her that she will always get one of everything I make, because I would keep one for myself anyway, so why not give them to her. I think we just agreed to disagree on this point. I won't stop making stuff for my daughter. She's my inspiration for all this anyway. We'll have to wait and see what happens.
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