Fraggle-ish Muppets

[kumakami]

quick queston..what stitch did you use?

 

[JacobsBest]

I go with a simple whip stitch on the "wrong" side (puppet turned inside out). The trick (for me) is to maintain even tension/spacing between stitches and to the edge of the fabric.
Also I do not try to go all the way around in one shot. For a smaller mouth I do it in halves. Top to bottom on each side meeting together at the bottom. I have also done it in 1/4 for larger mouth. Top to corner / bottom to corner on each side. At any rate the mouth is such a huge focal point you really have to give it some effort. In this picture you can see how even the mouth looks with this method.
http://s1243.photobucket.com/albums...&current=410d28273104ea0ff2d09d66a5aceb69.jpg

 

[Rymoore21]

this was my first attempt at using the Henson stitch on the mouth but I rushed through it. I think I have improved (see my Kermit avatar's mouth.)

 

[kumakami]

JacobsBest: I love that puppet!
Rymoore: JB has it more or less right, I tend to do wrong side up and either a whip or locking whip, aka a button hole stitch. The seam on a mouth is ok to see, as theres an rather visible color change. So in there end you can't really hide it all that well

 

[JacobsBest]

You're Kermit's mouth looks great! And thanks Kumakami
I have to add some pics of the completed project to that folder.

 

[kumakami]

please do

 

[Rymoore21]

I have been rebuilding one o

f my old puppets. I am not completely finished attatching all the parts but here is my progress. Before and after: