My FIRST ever attempt at making a puppet...

[Kermieuk]

Hi fellow puppet fans and builders.

I have had the butterick fraggle rock gobo and Red sewing patterns for many years and keep thinking I must have a go at making those!!
I didn't want to just copy the patterns I wanted to tweak them to make them more Fraggly.

Anyway I bought all the stuff, wire, foam, feathers,fur and course antron fleece. My attempt at dying the fleece yellow failed and I ended up with a baby pink colour. While waiting for the proper dye to arrive I thought I might as well practice with the pink fleece. I had never tried the Henson stitch before!!
A few days later the yellow dye arrived and I managed to dye some antron yellow. But as I already started my 'pink' fraggle I bought I may as well keep going. All practice to attempt Red and Gobo.

Here is what I ended up with, it took about 4 weeks.

I have never ever attempted to make a puppet before! This is a poser and not a puppet.
Let me know what you think?

Chris

 

[downunderbatman]

Wow absolutely incredible, your first puppet is certainly better than my first attempt. I'd be proud of that. You must be pretty happy with the results.

 

[Bridget]

It's- Pink! How lovely! Thanks so much for sharing, I think it's fantastic for your first!

 

[charlietheowl]

It looks excellent! Definitely captures the wild, fluffy hair and fur of the Fraggles from the show.

 

[Schfifty]

Looks marvelous! I especially love the tail! Would be cool to see what it looked like with the yellow AF skin.

 

[KermieBaby47]

Looks perfect Chris!! Excellent craftsmanship there. I know your future Fraggles will look just as nice!

 

[MuppetDanny]

Nice one Chris

 

[Muppetboy09]

Come on, really? All of us try to make our first puppet, and it turns out like a ball of felt and fleece. You make your first puppet, and *BOOM* the character looks like it is straight from Fraggle Rock. Very nicely done!

-MB

 

[BoxGhost]

This is AMAZING! My first puppet certainly didn't turn out this good! Great work!

 

[TML]

She's wonderful. Beautiful craftsmanship. What's her name? She looks very thoughtful, like Mokey.