Thingamaplush Robot

Step 10 Sew up the Head and Body

If everything is squawking and beeping as it should, you may now stuff the body with stuffing. When you do this, make sure the battery clip remains accessible - the battery will be inserted after the stuffing. Make it's good and tight; the body should be relatively stiff (though still squishy). Reattach the battery, stuff it in, and sew up the access hole with an appropriate slip stitch. It works best if you fold over both seams and pin them in place as you sew.

Do the head last. Pack more stuffing into the lower half of the head only - there's no need to put any stuffing between the perf board and the PCB. Make sure you fill all the tight corners. When this is done, pin the flaps in place and sew the head shut with a slip stitch.

The final step is to attach the knobs. Loosen the retaining screws and slide them on. Then re-tighten the screws. If you use the same potentiometers as I did, beware of the shaft length. The shaft on the switched pot was longer, so I had to cut about a centimeter off the end to make it equal to the other pot.

And that's it! Add embellishments using fabric paint if you like, or just leave it plain. Your Thingamaplush is now ready to be enjoyed. :)