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Of all the things I’ve made on my channel to date, this one has turned out the closest to what I had in my imagination when I first thought of the idea.
I’ve made many different projects for my channel, and most have turned out pretty ok; Some better than others. But the Chewbacca Domo had just the right amount of Chewbacca and the right amount of Domo for me. I even impressed myself, which is harder to do than you might think.
Enough about how good it is, and onto how I made it. I had a look around a real fabric store, and as soon as I saw the material, I knew immediately that it was the right one to use. From there I found a couple of packs of silver beads, and a ribbon for the sash. All totalled, it came to about $35 not including the cardboard, felt or assembly materials (thread, glue etc)
For those who want to see the entire process (sped up to run 5 mins long), check this video out:
The last few times when making a plushy, I winged the entire thing, and then built a pattern after the fact (for boo at least). This time I wanted to be certain that I started with a pattern so that what you see on the video is **exactly how yours would look if you followed along. In order to build the pattern I thoroughly examined the domo that had previously adorned my toy shelf. I didn’t take it apart, but I did use it as a guide for general construction when I was creating the pattern.
The only real place that needed adjustment was the piece that connected the front and the back (“The side”). This turned out to have an extra inch on it for some reason. I’ve removed that much from the pattern, so hopefully if you make your own you won’t have that problem.
It was a real treat working with actual fabric instead of felt. It held together better than the felt did, and really made the finished product seem more professional. I’ll definitely be hitting up a fabric store the next time I build a plushy.
The only new addition to the toyshelf this video is the paper tardis from last video. I’ve also swapped out the old domo with the new Chewy-Domo; It’s starting to get a bit tricky to find new places for things.
**For a given value of “exactly”
This is adorable, and I’d love to try making it, but I’m not entirely sure how or where to attach the toes or the armpits as I couldn’t really see that part in the video. Would it be possible to clarify it a little? Possibly using a diagram?
Thanks
The toes are pretty straight forward, they fit right into the bottom of the legs. If you look at page 4 of the pattern, you can see that the leg has a rounded part that’s half as wide as the whole leg. That’s where the toe fits.
When you’re sewing the circle part of the foot, you should be stitching the leg for half, and the long part of the toe for the other half.
As for the armpits.. that’s a little tricker to explain, but I’ll do my best 🙂
If you look at page 3, the top part marked left pit (the round part) attaches to the bottom arm parts on page 5. The top of the part marked Site A (also the rounded part) attaches to the “Arm top” parts.
As for stitching them on well, that’s just a “do your best” to get them as closed up as you can. The actual stitching will be hidden under the arm, and with all the fur, you won’t see any parts that aren’t super perfect.
I hope that helps out a bit. If not, let me know, and I’ll see what I can do about diagrams (I’m not super quick at making diagrams, but I can definitely give it a shot if you’re still stuck)
Thanks for watching, and best of luck with your chewydomo 🙂
By the time I was done it looked like a squirrel had exploded in my living room, but…
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/563584_10100949316813460_629354924_n.jpg
Made for a friend’s birthday. The pattern was PERFECT. Thank you so much.
I also may or may not have put his legs on backwards.
Also for anyone else looking into this a few bits of advice…
-A sewing machine is just not going to work. Get ready to handstitch everything.
-Do not give yourself extra room around the pattern–it’s actually incredibly accurate
-One exception, do give yourself a little bit of extra fabric in the feet circles. My legs ended up being stitched a little too wide so I had to fold the fabric in for the pads of his feet.
Again, awesome pattern.
The only place where a sewing machine may help speed things along is the front and back pieces. I’ve since made one more of these, and used a machine for that, and it worked pretty well.
Thank so much for sharing your picture of your chewy-domo. I’m glad my pattern worked so well for you. And I know what you mean about it looking like a squirrel. So much mess 🙂
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Very cool. Thanks!
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