Ernie Build

[dhowellowl]

Well, I just had to do Ernie since I did Bert. This had to be my quickest build. I somehow only spent 4 days from start to finish while only working at him at night. I think with me finally not making as many sewing mistakes has helped drastically with time. I still claim to have no clue what I am doing, and I learn something new and a better way to do it every time.
I will say that making puppet characters that have clothes is just quite the pain, but honestly it's an awesome learning experience and I recommend trying it if you haven't.
I'm here to help others build, so ask me anything. I also wrote up a full image guide on how I built him here: https://www.puppetstitches.com/ernie-build/
I am trying to be better about capturing everything during the journey as I hope someone out there finds it useful or gives them that spark to try.
Thanks, all!

 

[TlNA]

Hello again! I'm in the process of my second Elmo thanks to you! They turned out really good. I'm on TikTok as @muppetpuppetmaker if you'd like to see him,
Now onto my actual question,
I'm thinking about making Ernie, and I was wondering how many yards of shirt fabric did you need for yours? Thank you!

 

[dhowellowl]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing! For Ernie I purchased only 1 yard from SpoonFlower.