Plushie question

No, I don’t mean THAT kind of plushie.

I need a bit of help with something. I’m trying to make a friend a couple of plushie or stuffed animal characters as a gift, and they’re both human characters of fairly simple design.

My question is how to start. Would it be best to draw up a pattern, copy an existing pattern and work with that, or buy a “blank” stuffed human figure and work from there? And if the latter is my best option, where can I purchase such things? Money is not really a problem, and neither is time, for I have a month to complete these before the person’s birthday arrives.

I’d very much appreciate any help or advice in this matter.

I’ve looked for plushie ‘blanks’ but have not found any. :\ Unless you’re highly skilled in visualizing a pattern from scratch, probably the quickest way to make a plushie would be to take an existing (and preferably cheap) one and take it apart with a seamripper and trace the individual pieces on paper.
You should check out the UFO Catcher forum for more info, and there’s a nice little tutorial on materials and a beginner’s pattern for plushies at http://www.babylondonstar.com. Good luck! :slight_smile:

I knew posting here would be a good idea. 8)

Thank you, Trillian! Those links are very helpful!

Oh Dalton, you shouldn’t have.

Jesus fucking Christ, Setz. Do you take every fucking chance you get to spam? Try not posting in every fucking thread you see for a change.

Well, Dalt, if you do end up using Trill’s suggestion of taking a plushie apart the best place to find them is to go to a mall and look for one of those little kiosks that sells them. You can find almost anything from them.

I thought you were talking about PKT…well, moving on…

I have a question…what the heck is a Plushie? Is it like a teddy bear with human appearence, or just a really odd soft animal?