Now this was a Christmas present I made. I was very eager to keep it for myself when it was done, but I gave it away in the end XD
Things you need:
- paper for a pattern
- fabric for the body and the dorsal fin (or whatever that is)
- yarn (don't use cotton! I did...)
- fuzzy wool for the gill rakers
- eyes
- stuffing
Basically I just made a pattern out of copy paper and newspapers based on some axolotl pictures I found.
I bought some really nice and fuzzy fake velours leather and used it for most of the plushie.
I bought cotton yarn, but that was not a good idea since it's not very tear-proof. I noticed that during the stuffing process. So maybe you better stick with synthetic yarn.
After cutting out all the pieces I made the gills from small fabric straps and added the gill rakers by attaching some fuzzy wool at the sides.
The rest is basically just thinking about in which order to sew the parts together.
Axolotl picture taken from here.Be sure to leave a hole through which you can stuff in the stuffing. I'm still not too good at that. Somehow it never becomes a really smooth stuffing, some parts are always crumbling together. Oh well...
Anyway, this is it!
You know you can never grow too old for plushies.
15 comments:
OMG awesome *___* soooo cute! and quite realistic.
Yay, awesomeness! What did Ced say? :D
Lovehimlovehimlovehim!
I want one too! When will I get mine? :)
I think he liked it even better than me XD
Sarracino: Lol, I can make you one if you want... :'D
Of course I want one! How can you even ask ^^ Okay... is there something I could make you for exchange? :)
That would be really sweet :) You're making so many awesome things that I'll have a hard time deciding on one :'D
And I don't know if the fabric I used is still available, so maybe you have any preferences regarding colour and texture you can tell me about or we can look for some fabric together some time.
I would just completly trust your sense of fabric and colour (since I already love this one!) But to look together for some fabric would be cool too :)
Oh snap... I am so glad Saraccino sent me over, this is the coolest darn thing the world has seen since the invention of tentacles!
I think, next a proteus anguinus would be in order. Treat yourself to the German Wikipedia article about Grottenolm, I just went hysterical!
I am quietly hoping for an Axolotl pattern for idiots (all I can sew is to basic shapes of felt together), I can't see how I lived without it until this day.
Wow, thanks so much for your kind words :)
Since I'm going to make another one, I'll try not be lazy and create a detailed how-to and a printable pattern :'D
And the Grottenolm looks so much like an axolotl, except for the long face, hehe. Maybe one day...
@Sarracino: Sounds good, let's do that :'D
AWESOME!
And the Grottenolm looks so much like an axolotl, except for the long face, hehe.
<-- rumor has it, there were even mix-ups on the first encounter
Hey what kind of fabric did you use? maybe want to make a companion cube plushi, but dunno what fabric I should use >_<
god I should learn to read.. velours leather ^^ sorry, but that thing is pure awesomeness btw!
thanks <3
and it was fake velours leather, so it was probably a little cheaper than real one XD I bought it at Karstadt *knüll*
Hi there🙂I know this post is 5yrs old; but do u have a PDF of ur pattern? I want to make one so badly!
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