Nice work! Great first effort! We learn so much with each new build and your education is off to a great start.

Started by Joel - Last post by Clewer Puppets
Hi TygerHawks. You have actually done really well for your first puppet. A couple of tips: the mouth is the hardest part, so it is worth persevering to get it right. Check the stitching line before you turn the head in to the right side: an uneven seam around the mouth edge will distort the look of the puppet. As for the arms and fingers, I use an old wooden chopstick to shape the fingers and small parts when turned in the right way. Make your neck a little larger than your wrist width.Draw your intend pattern up on paper first. Make alterations to patterns you have already done on baking paper or tissue paper first-pin it loosely together to see it it works and what adjustment is needed. All the best for your future projects. Debra Clewer.

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Remember that it is your hand that has to go through the neck opening first.   If you are like me the width of my hand is bigger then my wrist even if I have it folded up. Tuck your thumb in and use a tape measure around the thickest part of your hand then use that as the measurement for your neck width. Don't forget to add seam allowance.

That is one modification I had to make to the Forma series patterns from Project Puppet. I had to increase the size of the neck opening. I don't have especially large hands but the hole size included with those patterns was just too tight a squeeze for me. As I say I learn something new with each new puppet I build!

That is one modification I had to make to the Forma series patterns from Project Puppet. I had to increase the size of the neck opening.

Agreed! I have gotten two patterns and make a habbit of blowing them up to 125% of the origional pattern size and it has worked for me very well so far the very first puppet I built was direct from the pattern and I couldnt get it over my forarm and my hand was very cramped.