New girl puppet project Posted by nall29 on Jan 24, 2012
so i said i would post pics of the puppet im making for my moms boyfriend on a different post but i could not find it. so i started this one, sorry i dident post the whole process but you can see how i build my puppets in my gallery. So here it is. i have not picked my seams yet but if you look at my girl puppet you can see they are almost invisible when im done. any comments would be GREAT! Eric
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by nall29 on Jan 24, 2012
so here is the girl puppet i made 1 1/2-2 years ago.
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by Rikka on Jan 25, 2012
Sweet!
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by nall29 on Feb 02, 2012
so i got the eyes finished... i tape them on before i glue them so i can get proper eye placement. here it is with the eyes taped on. they will be closer to the head or skin when i glue them to the puppet. comments would be good, let me know if i need to work on my eye focus!? should i make them lower on the face, closer togeather? any opinion would be cool. she doesent look just right yet??
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by nall29 on Feb 02, 2012
hey shwan... i got a question when i built cross-stich the puppet on my profile, i was gonna sew the yarn on but when i did that the foam in the head was already finished. its really hard to sew when the foam is under the fabric of the puppet. so my question is... can i sew the hair on the puppet im currently making or should i just glue it??? im doing yarn hair. there is not many topics from what ive found on making yarn hair or wigs with yarn??? is it possibe to glue it in the same way you you would stitch it or sew it?
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by nall29 on Feb 02, 2012
im trying to make the hair thicker. with my first girl puppet i just did one layer of yarn... i think this time im gonna do 3 to 5 layers i want my puppet to have a fuller head of hair, what is yor suggestion about hair. i dont want her to look bald but i have to sew by hand as well.
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by nall29 on Feb 02, 2012
oh this fabric is really, really cool! just look at my girl puppet! its a nice fabric, my seams turn invisibe when i work with it! try it! its cheaper than antron but u have to buy the colors its in, ive never seen it in white and i doubt you can dye it...
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by nall29 on Feb 02, 2012
billy your answers are welcome to!
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by Lizzies Lair on Feb 02, 2012
Posted by: nall29 on Feb 02, 2012
so my question is... can i sew the hair on the puppet im currently making or should i just glue it??? im doing yarn hair. there is not many topics from what ive found on making yarn hair or wigs with yarn??? is it possibe to glue it in the same way you you would stitch it or sew it?
Hi Eric, the puppet is looking great! I recently starting wefting hair for my puppets after reading about it here. It's fabulous if you want to create a thicker styled hair and so easy to do! I personally glued it on after wefting so I could be sure of it's positioning but if the foam was removed from the head, you hadn't sewn the seams of the neck etc and you were extremely patient, I don't see why you couldn't weft directly on to the puppets scalp. It would be hard and finicky work though! Alternately, you could weft on to felt as I did recently instead of the paper and stitch it on afterwards. Doing it that way, I found the felt has to be a perfect match to the colour of the wig/yarn you're working with and it needs to be thick enough that the felt is not seen in between seams. Good luck! Please keep sharing pics of your progress!
Re: New girl puppet project Posted by Shawn on Feb 02, 2012
Lizzie gave you the answer about your hair. Weft the hair first. Here are some past topics on the subject.
http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php/topic,4745.0.html
http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php/topic,4405.0.html
http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php/topic,5606.0.html
Here is something from Billy's gallery on how to make a yarn hair loom. http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php?action=gallery&g2_itemId=6410
http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php/topic,4745.0.html
http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php/topic,4405.0.html
http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php/topic,5606.0.html
Here is something from Billy's gallery on how to make a yarn hair loom. http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php?action=gallery&g2_itemId=6410
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