So I'm sewing a plush toy as my gf's bday present

[Howard]

to create a "blueprint" for the fabric cuts? i.e. I create a 3D shape and then tell the program to flatten (while retaining surface area and whatnot) it out into 2D so I can cut it from the fabric and fold/manipulate it back into the original form.

Here's a pic to satiate those of you who wouldn't help without it. Then again, those who could help me probably wouldn't require a pic anyway.

The one on the left

 

[Howard]

Would I be better off buying a sh1tload of burlap and figuring it out by T&E?

 

[Anubis]

i read that as " So I'm SCREWING a plush toy as my gf's bday present"

and i was liek WTF is going on in here

 

[Mo0o]

hotttt

yeah the big burlap sounds good

 

[Bootprint]

I didn't think burlap was a good material for a cute and fuzzy toy.


Hmm, make a burlap Suit Jacket.

 

[cherrytwist]

<insert homosexual reference here>

 

[eakers]

do you have a specific design in mind? it might be in your best interest to go to a fabric store and find a pattern you can use as a base and then alter for what you neeed to do.

 

[Xionide]

shens

 

[Phoenix86]

You can sew?

edit: can you help me out with the three sea shells?

 

[edro]

I use Solid Edge at work. You can make one out of sheetmetal then make a flat pattern out of it... Solid Edge is like a million dollars a seat though, and it's tough to find illegally too.

 

[Nebor]

Sewing a plush toy as a present? That's strange. I don't even know what to say.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: eakers
do you have a specific design in mind? it might be in your best interest to go to a fabric store and find a pattern you can use as a base and then alter for what you neeed to do.

Yeah, there's a certain type of bear that I want to make.

Originally posted by: Xionide
shens

 

[Bootprint]

Cheat and drop over to Build-a-bear at SquareOne in Mississauga.

 

[biostud]

Give her one of These

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Sewing a plush toy as a present? That's strange. I don't even know what to say.

You don't have to say anything.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Cheat and drop over to Build-a-bear at SquareOne in Mississauga.

That's too far away.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
I didn't think burlap was a good material for a cute and fuzzy toy.


Hmm, make a burlap Suit Jacket.

I'm not making the thing out of burlap. Burlap is just cheaper to experiment on, and if I find the right shape, then I can use that as a template on the actual fabric.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Sewing a plush toy as a present? That's strange. I don't even know what to say.

It's obvious that at best, he's extremly "metro."

 

[FleshLight]

http://vermontteddybear.com

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: Nebor
Sewing a plush toy as a present? That's strange. I don't even know what to say.

It's obvious that at best, he's extremly "metro."

Sewing a stuffed animal is beyond metro. It's just creepy. And strange. Even gay guys don't sew.

The only acceptable sewing for a man to do is sewing his own stomach back together using a mirror while in enemy territory.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: Nebor
Sewing a plush toy as a present? That's strange. I don't even know what to say.

It's obvious that at best, he's extremly "metro."

Sewing a stuffed animal is beyond metro. It's just creepy. And strange. Even gay guys don't sew.

The only acceptable sewing for a man to do is sewing his own stomach back together using a mirror while in enemy territory.

Ah damn. I know how to sew.

 

[Last Rezort]

Originally posted by: Howard
to create a "blueprint" for the fabric cuts? i.e. I create a 3D shape and then tell the program to flatten (while retaining surface area and whatnot) it out into 2D so I can cut it from the fabric and fold/manipulate it back into the original form.

Here's a pic to satiate those of you who wouldn't help without it. Then again, those who could help me probably wouldn't require a pic anyway.

The one on the left

Hey nice catch buddy!

 

[biostud]

I've heard human skin is extremely soft if tanned the right way.

 

[Howard]

It's obvious I'm not gay (bisexuality hasn't been ruled out but I think I can safely say that I'm not bisexual). She doesn't want me to spend a lot of money, I don't want to spend a lot of money, and I figured something "thoughtful" would score me a lot of points.

Besides, even if she doesn't like it, I can take it back (it's fvcking Kon from Bleach).

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: biostud
I've heard human skin is extremely soft if tanned the right way.

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