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Step 8Fabric-ize
now you need to cover the whole thing in fabric. We used some plaid stuff that 'ducky boy' found at wal-mart.
Body:
Measure out a bit of fabric that can wrap around the entire thing once, with a bit of overlap. Cut it out. Now turn it inside out and sew it on the sewing machine (or by hand). Turn right-side out, slip over torso/body and hot glue.
Cut a bit of fabric for the top, and glue on.
Now just stab some holes for the arms and clean up the edges.
Arms:
Cut a piece of fabric that will wrap around the arm. Turn inside out, sew....etc. Turn right side out and do the old gluing trick. Once you've done that, glue the hanging over bit to to the edge of the foam. Try to make sure this is flat-esque.
To hold the arms on, I sewed a thin strap from some folded over scrap fabric. I hot glued this into the arm so that Ducky Boy could hold on. Once you've done this, glue on the end-plate.
Now cut a piece of fabric and glue it to the end of the arm.
We also made little button-thingies like you see on armchairs and such. We wrapped some fabric around bits of cardboard and glued firmly shut, then affixed to the end of the arms.
Legs:
If you did it correctly ( I hope) , then you will find yourself with a foam leggy thing, with two panels on the front, two panels on the back, and two panels on the side (left or right, depending on which leg).
For the front, bend the leg at a 90 degree angle, and cut a strip of cloth that fits from the top of the leg to the bottom, leaving it *slightly* loose, maybe a quarter inch, half inch?
Hotglue the top section to the foam, and hotglue the bototm section to the foam as well, leaving most of the cloth on the joint loose and not hotglued to anything.
However, for stability, hotglue a line near the bottom of the joint...
For the side bits, cut two squares of cloth to be hotglued in place on the foam, as seen in "A Square and Another Square" in the pictures. :)
To cover the joint, as nobody would like to see your hideous ( jk) leg from the side, cut a quarter-circle type thing that will cover the gap between the bottom of the top and the top of the bottom when the lef is extended, leaving one to two inches of space.
Place it and hotglue it on the bent leg, completing its awesomeness.
Repeat for the other leg.
Body:
Measure out a bit of fabric that can wrap around the entire thing once, with a bit of overlap. Cut it out. Now turn it inside out and sew it on the sewing machine (or by hand). Turn right-side out, slip over torso/body and hot glue.
Cut a bit of fabric for the top, and glue on.
Now just stab some holes for the arms and clean up the edges.
Arms:
Cut a piece of fabric that will wrap around the arm. Turn inside out, sew....etc. Turn right side out and do the old gluing trick. Once you've done that, glue the hanging over bit to to the edge of the foam. Try to make sure this is flat-esque.
To hold the arms on, I sewed a thin strap from some folded over scrap fabric. I hot glued this into the arm so that Ducky Boy could hold on. Once you've done this, glue on the end-plate.
Now cut a piece of fabric and glue it to the end of the arm.
We also made little button-thingies like you see on armchairs and such. We wrapped some fabric around bits of cardboard and glued firmly shut, then affixed to the end of the arms.
Legs:
If you did it correctly ( I hope) , then you will find yourself with a foam leggy thing, with two panels on the front, two panels on the back, and two panels on the side (left or right, depending on which leg).
For the front, bend the leg at a 90 degree angle, and cut a strip of cloth that fits from the top of the leg to the bottom, leaving it *slightly* loose, maybe a quarter inch, half inch?
Hotglue the top section to the foam, and hotglue the bototm section to the foam as well, leaving most of the cloth on the joint loose and not hotglued to anything.
However, for stability, hotglue a line near the bottom of the joint...
For the side bits, cut two squares of cloth to be hotglued in place on the foam, as seen in "A Square and Another Square" in the pictures. :)
To cover the joint, as nobody would like to see your hideous ( jk) leg from the side, cut a quarter-circle type thing that will cover the gap between the bottom of the top and the top of the bottom when the lef is extended, leaving one to two inches of space.
Place it and hotglue it on the bent leg, completing its awesomeness.
Repeat for the other leg.
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