The Ongoing Poppet and Punkin-Along

[DizzerSpinninRound]

I've used tissue paper and love it because it's so easy to tear off when you're done!

[Lia-Sae]

Hi everyone ! I had already been on crafster some times (mostly looking at Geeky projects relayed by a retro-gaming craft blog), but only found out about Poppets a few days ago.
The next day, I signed up and PMed ghilie ^^ (which I'd like to thank some thousands times for this pattern by the way)
Anyway, have a patchwork WIP to finish before getting some fabric and starting, but will definitely be in !
I wonder how good Avatar's character Neytiri would look as a poppet ... ?

[DizzerSpinninRound]

Hi everyone ! I had already been on crafster some times (mostly looking at Geeky projects relayed by a retro-gaming craft blog), but only found out about Poppets a few days ago.
The next day, I signed up and PMed ghilie ^^ (which I'd like to thank some thousands times for this pattern by the way)
Anyway, have a patchwork WIP to finish before getting some fabric and starting, but will definitely be in !
I wonder how good Avatar's character Neytiri would look as a poppet ... ?

Welcome to the addiction"^.^" I can't wait to see what you create!

[kinoni]

luckily the needle got so gunked uup after about 15 stitches, so i was able to pull most of it out!

[Eliea]

I use either freezer paper or notebook paper. I find tissue dandruff more difficult to pick out of my stitches.

[kinoni]

okay, i do not get it, do i need several wefts?
so about say, 15 small ones that i sew on individually to make sure that the poppet doesn't have bald spots?

turns out the machine (can't call it my machine, since technically it's my sisters.)  can go through the yarn without anything to stabilize. Luckily i also found a roll of blank receipt paper from when my dad owned a bakery so i can use that.

[Seraphina_de_Sangre]

Yes, if you want your poppet to have a full head of hair you need several wefts. I usually make one super long one and cut it.

[AlwaysInspired]

I also make 1 long one and cut it into a few. I like to do one across the head at the seam and then maybe 2 behind that. Depends on how thick my yarn is. You can also put the wefts on different ways for different hair styles.

[MommyTheMaid]

For Priscilla I put one weft right down the back head seam where you stuffed and then closed.  Then pulled all that yarn into the high pigtails on her head.  Then I stitched two more wefts in a straight line across her head to cover the bald spots that were made from pulling the hair up and to give her some thickness. 

[ilsepielse]

Oh, how did you do that hair? She is awesome.

Her hair looks great huh?! I was pretty pleased with it too, even more because it is supereasy! It is just a bit of fake fur I found in the scraps-bin at the fabricstore. Just cut it to shape and sewed it on. It's purple with black ends, cool effect!