Plush toy pattern design software

I am not sure how much would be acceptable, just in order to make little larger and fewer islands. Any idea how much distortion would be acceptable if any at all? Then the panels are glued together edge to edge. If you made this object with fabric, sewed it together and stuffed it, it would curve into the teardrop shape.

The distortion question is a very good one. Software like Plushie or Easy Toy look like they get better results because the models are very high poly and so very well detailed, but when the UV islands are separated there is inevitable stretching. Many softwares like Rhino flatten the mesh and then indicate visually how much stretching is going on.

If you model a high poly object in Blender and then flatten it into UV islands you will get the same effect using Show Stretch checkbox in the properties panel of the UV editor. That might be a very good way to go for you, after you get good at estimating how much stretch is acceptable.

I would just rather go with zero stretch even though the model is low poly and looks ugly, I know how the foam will behave. Model the object in low poly actual size panels that will be easy to cut out and sew, and use the subsurf to better visualize the final product.

Ok, thanks a lot for advices. I would also absolutely love a Naga plush pattern from The Legend of Korra, if possible. I love your work and I would like to know if by any chance you have a pattern for a giraffe.

Please let me know. Thank you for the kind words! Hi, I have a suggestion. With the new Loki series is it possible if u can make a Loki plush or the crocodile with Loki horns. If not can u make any marvel free sewing patterns.

I just finished making Appa, from Avatar, for my sibling who is obsessed! I understand you get a lot of suggestions, but I would love it if you look this into consideration! Not sure if you are familiar with the show The Owl House, but there is a beloved character in the show that I think would look great in your style of plushes!

His name is King! I would absolutely freak if I saw that you made one, that would be the best! Maybe can you do a Hollow Knight plush? I would really love to see either grimm or a mosscreep in your style. Your patterns are wonderful! Have you ever done anything for Dragon Ball Z? A Shenron plush would be amazing! Thank you! My 6yo loves your patterns!

He browses through them all to see what I am to make him next, and we are growing quite a collection of Mummy-made animals. It was too big to scan all at once so I had to cut it into a few pieces. To test the accuracy of your pattern, cut out the paper pattern pieces and trace them onto a new piece of fabric. Cut the fabric pieces out right on the line and sew them together in order see step 5 tip , leaving your normal seam allowance. Cut off any exterior corners, then snip into interior corners and clip into the seam allowance along any tight curves.

This will allow your seams to remain smooth and eliminate bunching inside your plush when you turn it inside out. Open up a inch hole in a central seam with a seam ripper and turn your plush inside out. Poke out any tight spots or corners with a chop stick, a capped pen or a high gauge knitting needle.

Use larger, looser chunks of stuffing for bigger spaces to keep things cuddly. Sew up the opening with a ladder stitch and rejoice! Video here. If you have additional pieces, you can drape them onto the finished body. I just sewed those on by hand, again using a ladder stitch. In this case, you have a couple of options. It also lets him sit upright without support, which is great for something that will live on a shelf.

Then I printed it out and sewed it up into Mitch 2. Here he is:. The Neon Monster crew really liked Mitch 2 enough that he traveled to toy fairs all over Asia , but they also wanted to try out a version with longer arms and more eyelid folds. I made another copy of the pattern and added those changes.

So were most of the folds of his lower lid. Thus was born Mitch 4, the ultimate Mitch. Here is Mitch 4, gazing pensively out my window. For more photos, you can see my earlier post celebrating his creation. He is due to be released this October, in time for the holidays.

To cuddle Mitch 3 in person or to sign up for the release, you can visit Neon Monster at Castro Street on the corner of 22nd in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. Thanks to anyone who made it all the way through this massive tutorial! I will post any photos you send me with your permission. Also, please feel free to post any questions or comments below. I promise to respond to all of them. I am going to attach them through a slit in the body pieces.

With a marker I mark the location of the slit. I pull off the pattern piece and cut the slit. Then, I slide the edge of one ear into the opening in the right side of one body piece, pin it in place and sew across the opening, trapping the ear in the seam. The ears on my mouse ornament pattern also employs this technique if you'd like to try it. I'm also going to trap the top of the tail in the seam so that it will be machine sewn in place.

I place the tail inside the body with just the tip sticking out past the edge of the pattern. Pin it in place so that it will be trapped between the two body pieces when I sew around the elephant. Now pin the body pieces together and stitch around, with the freezer paper still attached so that you can accurately stitch the outline of the pattern.

Here it is all stitched up:. Clip the curves. Turn, stuff, close the opening with a neat ladder stitch. If you need to add any other embelishments like embroidering a mouth or making a yarn mane, you can add them now. For the elephant, I am going to use some fabric glue to attach felt circles for eyes and little rounded triangle of pink felt for a mouth. You could also stitch these in place if you wanted to. This is the kind of toy that even a child could make — in fact making simple softies with you children is a really fun way to spend an afternoon.

If you decide to design a simple outline toy like this with your children, felt is a good fabric choice. Kids can handsew with a running stitch around the right sides of the outline because felt doesn't fray. A glue stick is an easy way to quickly add any embelishments before kids' patience runs out.

Or take one of your kid's drawings and use that as the outline! Make them a unique toy based on one of their original designs. So, have you made a simple outline toy?

Do you have any thoughts or ideas to add?