Softie Stuffing Tips by Melly & Me

Posted Friday 12 March 2010 and filed under: Stuffing, Tips-n-Tricks
Tags: ,paintbrush, Stuffing tools, techniques, thread, Tips-n-Tricks

Melly & Me have returned with their Tips and Tricks series for 2010. Their first post addresses a very good topic in the realm of softie making - stuffing!!

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And I can vouch especially for their suggestion to use a paintbrush for stuffing. I have been using an old paintbrush for years and it has proven by far to be more effective that traditional specifically-made-for-stuffing tools (that’s my humble opinion, but please try it out for yourself).

Read more here: Tips & Tricks: Stuffing by Melly & Me

Time-Lapse Video: Sewing an Antlered Monster Plush by Love and Sandwich

Posted Wednesday 10 March 2010 and filed under: Sewing, Stuffing, Tips-n-Tricks
Tags: ,how to, monster, plush, process, techniques, Tips-n-Tricks

And we’re back!! No excuses for the prolonged absence. Let’s just get stuck back into it!

Check out this excellent time-lapse video on the process of making a plush toy by Love and Sandwich. Nothing solves the mystery of bringing a plush toy to life like seeing it in action. Enjoy!

The Motherload of Doll Making Techniques

Posted Tuesday 14 October 2008 and filed under: Fabric, Sewing, Stuffing, Tips-n-Tricks
Tags: ,doll making, glossary, softie making, techniques

Seriously, this must be the biggest collection of doll-making techniques by one person on the internet: Mimi’s Doll Making Techniques

The author, Mimi, is clearly a very experienced doll-maker and it is very generous of her to collate and share all of these fantastic tips on making dolls. You can easily spend an hour or so reading through the content. Topics are arranged alphabetically. Though the focus in on doll making, I believe the following are just a few of the topics that you can apply to softie-making in general:

> Stuffing Technique: Excerpt - “Think of it this way: if you put a bunch of tennis balls into a sock, you’d have a lumpy sock. But if you cut the tennis balls in half and then stacked them inside one another, the surface would be smooth and strong.”

> Fabric: Includes finding the right side of knit fabrics, determining the stretch, avoiding distortion and precision sewing

> Glossary: Comprehensive list of relevant terms you may come across when making dolls/softies