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pheleon β How to Make Plushie Clothes- Part 1
Published: 2013-06-09 02:16:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 22653; Favourites: 378; Downloads: 0
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Information on other elements of plushie-making can be found here:Pheleon's Guide to Plush-MakingLots of people ask about plush-making tips, so I'm going to compile all the info that I know in this entry. There's a lot that I can't explain because I don't know how... My style is really trial/error, or just winging it, or eyeballing stuff, so it's really not the type of thing I can convey in words.Β Β Therefore, if you send me a note/comment/email and I don't respond, it's likely because I don't know what to say...
Tutorials I've made... Where to buy materials/fabric/supplies...I wrote a blog entry on all my plushie supplies: http://pheleon.blogspot.com/2011/09/plushie-supplies.html
Please read it if you were wondering where I get my materials. If you're not from Montreal (as lots of you definitely aren't!), all the online ressources are at the end of the entry, so skip the beginning part.
And although I'm sounding like a broken record (because people still ask m
This tutorial is really basic! I hope it's clear enough for beginners. I may have omitted certain details (like adding seam allowance to your pattern)...but that's a pretty obvious step. o_0
There will likely be a continuation. I'll definitely be making one for pants.
My motto for plushie clothes-making is: when in doubt, strip off your own clothes and see how it's made. (Judging that you don't roam around everywhere naked.)
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Should I sew the clothes onto the plush? As I am not looking to make a plush with removable clothes and I am very much a noob t plush making
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I generally don't, but you certainly can! There are no rules to plushing-- if it looks better directly sewn, then go for it!
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Thanx for making this tutorial! I'm making clothes for my birb plush.Β
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I'm making a Spider Gwen plush, how do you think I should add the pink and black pattern to her suit? Β
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thanks for the tutorial, is it the same for making dresses?
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Dresses might be a bit different since there are so many types (like flared, pleated, etc.)... I think I need to make a different tutorial for that!
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β¦you want the pushie to wear a tight-fitting collar (like this, look closely: phineasandferb.wikia.com/wiki/β¦ ), and the head is too big, how would you make that kind of clothe fit into the plushie?
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Make a pattern for the plush body where the head is a seperate piece. (so you make the body, put on the shirt, then add the head). Or, you can make the collar a seperate piece that you handsew onto the shirt once it's on the plush.
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You are amazing, thank you so much for this ;w;
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I definitely have been making clothes the hard way I'm pretty sure XD I'm definitely giving this method a go
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've been looking for something like this for so long!
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When you're using paper towels, do you just pin them together? I've heard of many people using paper towels, I just never got the chance to ask them how do you use them...
Anyway, I'm trying to make some clothes for a doll and this is going to be really helpful! Thanks for making this!
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You can pin or sew. It's a little more delicate than fabric, so you'll just have to be extra careful for it not to rip.
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Ooh, I've been needing something like this. Thanks!
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...This looks easier than the way I rigged up my plushie clothes. 
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I always thought its pretty simple to just look at where the seams of on our own clothes then cut as you go but ehh ~
definitely keeping the paper towel trick in mind, now I can get rid of all these rolls * u *
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Yup! That's what I think is easiest too. I even peruse some department stores, to check out specific types of dresses or coats if I don't own that article of clothing and need to see how it's made, lol!
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could of done with this a few months ago
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hmmm the way I work is slightly different because I don't measure the clothes based on the plush, but on the pattern I made the plush with. I do this because I leave the plush itself "unstuffed" untill after i put the clothes on >.> I have troubles putting on the clothes after filling because of big feet and big head.... Then again the pattern pieces come out pretty much the same as in this tutorial. I use the pattern piece for the torso, and then pretty much make it bigger, with bigger arm holes and the bottom cut off XD the arms also end up looking exactly the same since I base it on the length of the pattern for the arm from shoulder to wrist area.
I'm very much someone who came to where I am with the "trial and error" method XD *shoves failed attempts out of sight*
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I haven't done it that way cuz the fabric I use for the clothes is different from the body-- if I'm using lycra as skin, it has a stretch, so the pattern would grow an extra few inches. It's therefore hard to gauge how big the clothes should be if it wasn't stuffed.
To solve the big head/feet problem, my patterns always have the head and feet sewn on seperately, using a ladderstitch.
And hooray for trial and error! 
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aaah yeah i sew on the head part before stuffing XD And for skin I use deer suede wich doesn't really stretch.
Whatever works I guess XD Your plushies always look so great though T3T the amount of details in those clothes...
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Great tut as always, I just started using paper towel a few months ago it's so great for making patterns! When you don't have enough scrap that is.
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And the awesome thing about paper towel is that you can re-use the scrap pieces to mop up messes (or I use them to wipe my paint brushes and stuff). Cuz whenever I mess up a pattern that was sewn with scrap fabric, I feel like it's a waste to throw it away, so I've collected this graveyard of failures, lol.
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Haha that's funny, I don't use paint that often though so I guess it would be a pile of scrap just waiting for something to spill over lol
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I was JUST about to start making some plushies too with minimal idea of how I'm going to do the clothes. This is gonna be so helpful!
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Cool, good luck with the plushing!
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Thanks! x3 One's gonna be for my boyfriend as a birthday present, so hopefully it'll come out nice!
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Wow! Thanks a lot! Always looking for tips on making plushies! C:
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oh man, i had the pain of trying to figure this out by myself awhile ago! Luckily i got it to work decently enough, but I had to make many a patterns out of paper first, ehehe.
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It's always best to figure it out on your own! 
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Yeah! It was a tedious but entertaining process. |D
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This is really nice, like wow. I've been waiting for this for so long.
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