Sew your own Instructables Robot Plushie! by jessyratfink
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In this instructable I'll teach you how to handsew your very own Robot plushie.

You know you want one.


Don't know how to sew? Not a problem. I can teach you! - http://instructables.com/id/How-to-Sew./
 
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Step 1: Shopping for supplies.

For this plushie, you will need:
  • 1/2 yard of yellow fleece (get more if you're nervous.)
  • yellow all-purpose thread to match fleece
  • sewing needles
  • nice scissors to cut the fleece
  • a felt tip pen for marking out the pattern (a sharpie, if nothing else.)
  • pins for pinning the pieces together
  • fiberfill or another sort of stuffing
  • patience
  • felt for decoration/features - I chose red, yellow, gray and black.
  • embroidery needle and yellow emboirdery floss.
  • craft glue, preferably a fabric kind, quick drying.
  • optional - a bit of cardboard to reinforce the butt.
  • a nice, comfortable place to sit.

If you're unsure about what any of these are, please ask.
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craftpro says: Feb 14, 2013. 12:41 PM
this is so cool! i don't know if i have the patience though!!!
ginga2778 says: Jun 24, 2012. 9:08 PM
Very cool Im going to give it a go!
HMice says: Jan 15, 2012. 1:39 PM
COOL! In the first set of pictures, on the last one, there's a weird guy under his armpit........
pivana says: Nov 27, 2011. 10:13 AM
I am making one right away! Congrats Jessy! Supercool!
Celine1107 says: Jul 19, 2011. 11:45 AM
Awww cute! If only I had that skill LOL
apdog4 says: Jun 11, 2011. 10:44 AM
If you cant sew, you could always try doing this the cheap mans way, with a hot glue gun xD
djsures says: Feb 27, 2011. 9:41 AM
Can you build me one? :) JK I bet you get asked that a lot!!! He's absolutely wicked. My robots need a plush toy company lol. I wish i had sewing skills right about now
CameronSS says: Dec 19, 2010. 9:19 PM
I got most of this guy done in a late-night sewing session with my sister last Christmas, and then never quite finished. All of the embellishments are sewn on, I didn't trust fabric glue in the long run. The wheels are stuffed gray felt, I'm planning on sewing hubs on once I find some white felt.

This was a great project for teaching me to sew. I'd never done anything more complicated than a button before this. Yay for learning new skills!

Here he is chilling in front of the 1992-1994 NatGeos with his new pals Pilot Bear and the TARDIS.
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jessyratfink (author) says: Dec 21, 2010. 7:28 PM
He is beautiful!!! :D
pinky252525 says: Feb 9, 2011. 8:02 AM
you should sell these
CameronSS says: Dec 21, 2010. 7:45 PM
:D Thanks! I rather like him sitting on that shelf, he's smiling happily at me anywhere I go in my bedroom.
GorillazMiko says: Nov 8, 2010. 2:53 PM
After all these years I still want one.
That one, specifically, because my sewing skills are weak.
Screamo says: Sep 27, 2010. 6:52 AM
Best instructables robot toy/plushie i have seen :)
zachninme says: Sep 9, 2008. 6:14 PM
I think you broke the ratings... it only says 4,105. I think you went over the upper limit! :P
jessyratfink (author) says: Sep 10, 2008. 3:24 AM
I wish I had. But no! Wall-E is still beating me. The jerk. :P
GWJax says: Jan 29, 2009. 6:12 PM
Come on now.. 4mem8 is a great guy, but at least you finished yours and we are still finalizing the program for the Wall-E. But I think my Elvinator Project still has the most instruction on the site and I'll be adding to it very soon. Oh by the way I love your robot! or is it you I'm talking about haha just kidding. Jax
jessyratfink (author) says: Jan 30, 2009. 6:11 AM
The jerk bit was only in jest. ;) The Wall-E ible is actually quite amazing. I can see why it's rated so high!
mashedpotato13 says: Apr 18, 2010. 7:02 PM
Yeah, saskview has (currently) the best instructable on the site!
GWJax says: Jan 31, 2009. 7:35 AM
I know it was, I just wanted to bust your bubble a bit. We do this all the time in good fun, so don't think we are mad or anything like that.. Like I said it's all in good fun and soon you will over take the Wall-E ible and be the Queen of views. Jax
MirandaC says: Feb 2, 2009. 6:53 PM
Thank you so much for this instructable! I learned so much from it & had loads of fun :). This is my adaptation of the plushie. Mr. Coffee (as I will call him) is actually a star in the Wrigley's Extra Commercial found in Australia (Link found here: http://www.atwinthing.com/extradouble.html ). The artistic concept was created by (one of my favorite artists) Morten Rowley of Munkmotion™ (If you ever read this Morten, ty & <3!) (Conceptual link found here: http://www.munkmotion.com/ver4/projectsPage.php?id=00003&img=00050 )
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jessyratfink (author) says: Jun 14, 2009. 8:04 PM
Awww, that's so cute! You did a great job! :D
Plasmana says: Nov 8, 2008. 1:26 PM
was your instructable the highest rated instructable on instructables?
jessyratfink (author) says: Nov 9, 2008. 7:53 AM
Nope, I never got above Wall-E since it came before this one. But maybe one day. :D
Plasmana says: Nov 11, 2008. 2:17 AM
Maybe... At least you are the second highest...
jessyratfink (author) says: Nov 11, 2008. 4:49 PM
Pfft. Your plasma speaker is doing well! I need to take a picture while I'm still in second, haha!
Plasmana says: Nov 12, 2008. 3:02 AM
Nope... My plasma speaker is doing very bad... :-( It has ratings of 3.89 now... And look on the ratings list, you will be very surprised...
jessyratfink (author) says: Nov 12, 2008. 5:17 AM
What in the world is going on with the ratings? All of the ones that were the highest rated are still there, but now I'm #1, and there are four K-Nex instructables after mine, and then Wall-E and the Butler Robot, etc. Very, very weird. You were #3 just yesterday!
Plasmana says: Nov 13, 2008. 4:04 AM
The site was probably hacked...
But it is all fixed now. :-)

I think that was the strangest thing I ever saw on instructables... (I have seen other less strange things on instructables.)
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mashedpotato13 says: Apr 18, 2010. 6:56 PM
5.22*????
cowscankill says: Dec 20, 2008. 9:03 AM
I think I have an image of one of my ibles that are wierd... Lemme look. Found it. Sorry if my image is large, haven't seen it and don't know if it's edited
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Plasmana says: Dec 22, 2008. 1:41 PM
Holy s***! That is really weird...
cowscankill says: Dec 23, 2008. 7:36 AM
Yeah. Me no comprehndo. It messed up the page too because numbers were going off screen.
Plasmana says: Dec 26, 2008. 3:59 PM
Haha, yeah...
bassclarinet23 says: Nov 21, 2009. 6:52 PM
Now I need to learn how to sew even remotely well so he won't look like Frankenstein monster... :)

Nice (informative and cute and cool) project.
knex_mepalm says: Jul 10, 2009. 3:57 PM
AWW! So cute!
2high says: Mar 19, 2009. 9:32 AM
super cute :)
Applejuice11 says: Mar 6, 2009. 3:04 PM
SUPER WICKED! One of the BEST instructibles yet!
jessyratfink (author) says: Mar 6, 2009. 6:14 PM
Thank you! :D
Plasmana says: Jan 29, 2009. 1:52 PM
Okay, your instructable is the second highest rated... (Again) :-)
JesusFreke says: Jan 10, 2009. 7:27 PM
Very cute! (oh, yeah. the robot too :D)
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