The Zippy pattern is a medium size puppet designed for faux fur with fleece arms and legs. You will learn how to make fabric covered eyes, textured horns, and an animal (pickable) nose.
This is a WASHABLE puppet with no foam or contact cement needed.
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The chapters or sections of this video are divided based on steps in the Instructions document for this Puppet Sewing Pattern. That way you can quickly find the steps you’re looking for.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:42 Supplies
00:09:06 Pattern options
00:11:15 1 Prep body
00:13:32 2 Prep Mouth
00:14:43 3 prep Limbs
00:15:51 4-6 glue mouthplate
00:18:22 7 Limb Sandwich
00:19:24 8 Stitch Limbs
00:21:24 9-12 Turn Limbs
00:26:44 13-16 Stitch Body
00:31:17 17-19 Insert Mouth
00:35:10 20-24 Stitch Mouth
00:37:59 25-31 Bottom band
00:42:34 30-31 Back Seam
00:44:15 32-33 Stuff Limbs
00:50:39 34 Arm Rod
00:52:51 36 Feet
00:56:19 37-38 Brain
00:59:28 39,41,46 Sew Tongue,Nose,Horns
01:02:08 40 Tongue
01:03:18 42-45 Nose
01:07:47 47-50 Horns
01:11:11 52-54 Eyes
01:13:32 55 Eyelids
01:14:09 56-58 Ladder Stitch Face
01:16:11 59 Pupils
01:19:37 Outro
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