/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I can't be of much help, but it reminded me of this.

That's me laying on it, I'm 5'2'' so it needs to be a minimum of 8'6''. I would prefer to have a giant stuffed Golan rather than a sheet with his head and arms on it for my bed to wear because he's so round, I think it would look weird on my mattress. Please help!

Don't do this to your child

Basically, how do I make a giant bean bag with a head, arms and legs?

>>834314
Hahaha, it's actually for me. *shame*

B-but.. it's so ugly. Why?

Sorry I can't help. I'd imagine it would need a lot of material to make.

Love your drawing skillz, though. Really.

>>834318
Ah, really?! Thank you! It was just a quick scribble~
I'm not sure why, but I like his character, and I love the show, though I can agree he's pretty ugly lol.

>>834309
This is a doable project if you know how to sew already and are comfortable with basic pattern making. It's going to take a lot of material. Swag... 8-10 yards? And a hell of a lot of stuffing.

Use is first consideration. Assume it's meant to be a big pillow, not a mattress. If mattress, the insides would be more like a futon, with appropriately heavy cover. As a pillow... softer/lighter material is OK, and fill with polypro batting. Depending on how round, maybe centered around a bean bag chair.

Material... fleece, probably, as it's stretchy, soft, easy to work with, cheap, covers flaws, and works well for pillows.

The body is basically 2 spheres / ovals. Here, you need to decide how thick it will be (more thick = more spherical). Legs/arms/horns are tubes. Basic geometry is your friend here. Fingers are more tubes, rest is sew on decoration. Design the body in sections and attach together.

>>834504
Oh, and with anything this large (thus expensive) would strongly suggest making a scale model... say 1:8 or 1:4, from like material to work out kinks in pattern.

>>834509
I am pretty comfortable with my sewing technique, but I've never made a plush before, I can make the arms, legs, head, horns no problem, but...how do I attach them to the body?

This is what I want to avoid making it look like.

This is how I would like it to turn out, with depth and dimension.

>>834639
>>834638
>with depth and dimension
That's really the tricky part. The guy you drew doesn't have much depth or features though.

So, for head you need to make sure you have a neck... don't just sew chin to chest like cheshire cat. Make an actual head shaped object with an appropriate size neck hole, and a matching one on body, so it's 2 spheres.

Same with arms/legs/horns; the tube ends should go into roundish holes on body vs. sewn flat and into body seam. Arms will be trickiest to get right; the sew together will look like putting a sleeve onto a coat, except there'll be more fabric at top of arm to simulate shoulders (I've no idea what that arm pattern would look like, b/c you need extra for shoulders.)

You'll of course sew all parts up, adding head/arms/etc to body through slit in back last, then stuff whole thing and close it up.

If you haven't gone to /cgl yet, they may be a better resource.

>>834639
Also, this bear's arms are probably sewn closed with stuffing, and pinned to side of body with either rotating cuff or stitch. I don't think that's an appropriate attachment for what you're making. Cat's arms are actually closer, though I'd shape them more.

>>834789
Pardon the vulgarity but I think 'man-boobs' qualify as a feature of depth, also a feature I would like to have present in the completed product.

I'm not sure how, but my sister says I would only have to pinch the fabric from the inside and stitch a line to make a fold like that, is she right?

I can see what you mean about the cats arms; if I turn his palms up when I attach them, then bending his arms in will have the desired aesthetic effect I'm going for.

>>834819
Whoops, forgot to nmfg. *shame*

>>834819
I saw that too. I agree with your sister. Tho a better way may be to cut along the breast line and insert a width of clothe the depth of the breast to make them stand up. It depends on the look you're going for.

>>834842
Actually, as I think about it, you'd have to make that stitch as well as back it with a backer cloth and stuff it separate to make it bunch up. Otherwise I think it will just flatten out.

>>834317
Are you a "little"?

>>834859
I don't know what that means? I've loved to draw since I was younger and I always wanted to make plush dolls of the critters I drew.

When I saw those giant stuffed animal beds I thought "I'd like to do something like that, but there's only one way an adult female can look cool on one of those."

I love the show and the character and he's the approximate size of a large bed, so...

>>834842
You're right, as the stuffing settled under pressure they'd deflate...I see what you mean.

Thank you so much! These tips have been so insightful and I'm feeling a lot more confident now going into this project.

Would you happen to have any ideas on dying white fabric? The colorless fabric is cheap, but as you can see, he's gray.

>>835220
it is an age play thing. for adults. where you do this kind of stuff. like in that picture.

beanbag beans are an easy way to fill it. when the stuffing gets old, just add more beans.

>>835223
Yes. Don't dye fabric. Get it in the color you need and use it.

You're going to need a significant amount of fabric... 8 to 10 yds I'd guess. The space and tub needed to successfully dye the fabric well is onerous... It will end up streaked and uneven like tie dye. Also, won't hold color well in use.

Also, don't cheap out on fabric. If you're going to the effort to make this you will not want to use cut rate materials. You will kick yourself later if you do... Better to not do the project than cut that particular corner.

>>835220
"little" as in little-girl. Age-play is a form of roleplaying in which an individual acts or treats another as if they were a different age, sexual or non-sexually.

In regards to the bed, I'd look up "giant beanbag" for sewing patterns and tips. I would also make the head and limbs removable for easier cleaning, moving, storing.
In this case, you're the little girl wanting to play with a Daddy-Dom. Though you appear to want Golan as your DaddyDom.

>>836034
I don't 'get off' on my pillows or stuffed animals.

I'm an artist, and now that I have my own house I'm going to go with a 'Nightmare' theme. I wasted a bunch of money on designtoscano.com from their medieval and gothic selections or I would have gone to bigplush.

They do custom work which I could wait until my funding inflates to order, but my mom just got me a beautiful antique sewing machine and I'm tired of sleeping on my corduroy.

I appreciate the tips, very helpful and I intend to utilize them but honestly the implication is absurd.

This guy is more my style. Yeah, I fall under that statistic "daddy issues", my dad was a loser and a jerk - like Golan.

If I wanted to be 'dominated' by 'daddy-type' representation, it would be Ralph, because he's actually playing that role...am I the only one thinking 'duh'?

>>837400
Did not mean to offend you. I know many littles, and sleeping on a giant stuffie would be their style. (I also did not mean to imply you get any sexual arousal to your stuffed animals.)

Why would you want to make a plush Golan when you could have a plush Dylan?