Adam, thank you so much for all the help you have provided and enriched within the puppet building community. You probably won't see this since it's been a while since posting but you are an inspiration to us all and I hope the whole kreu and baby Fred are healthy and safe during these strange times. Thank you
Adam, thank you sooooooo much this tutorial is great! I’ve made a lot of puppets in the past thanks to you. You got me started into puppetry thanks again.
Thank you so much for your videos - probably one of the best "how-to" videos for anything I've seen on RU-vid. Everything is so clear, easy to understand, to-the-point, and super informative. THANKS!
Hi, I am new to puppet making and am enjoying your videos. I am making puppets for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. ;D I felt like leaving this probably overkill technique here because it might help someone out. I used to make pillows and sew pictures on them by hand, and I have always loved using the loop stitch which is designed for tension and stops your stitch from coming undone while sewing and the purpose was to make it survive being machine washed. I found out about it from a very old sewing manual. It's a whip stitch but before closing the stitch you run your thread through the loop before continuing. It uses more thread, but I have found it could hold a lot of weight before tearing because you're almost weaving your stitches.
I use ladder stitch to seam handknits, although I mostly knit in the round and occasionally make fake seams lol. Thanks for all I've learnt from you. I finally got the courage to tear into the folkmanis ferret whose seams were so cobbled up his head was at a 35° angle. Now starting the process of pinning to make sure I alter him properly. Thanks again.
Adam , could you please do a small video on the close whip stitch technique.. maybe explain spacing distance between needle insert.. live your work and you have inspired me to join the world of puppetry :)
We love your channel Adam! We used your patterns and followed your videos to create Curtis for Our RU-vid show.. Thank you from your good friends, Natalie & Curtis !!
Hey Adam I’ve noticed in your videos when you sew you use one piece of thread and tie a knot on one end and leave the other side loose. Could you show a video more in depth sometime in the future on why that’s a good technique and why it works best for you?
Thanks Adam ! I actually made a pretty neat Asian puppet. If you have an email I can send you a pic. YOU were my primary source, along with a book called "Foam patterning and construction techniques." But again, your videos were the groundwork. Thanks a lot !
Hey Adam thanks for the amazing tutorials you helped me had fun building my first puppet. 😊 I'm almost done all I need to do so far is her hair for now. Can you do a tutorial of making a puppet body with sleeve cover plz.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GSnVHQ2soYA.html This is his body video. There is a "sleeve" that attaches the head/neck to the bottom of the body.
Adam what color thread? Are you using clear/transparent in order to make it look seamless so you cant see it? Or for the purple puppet did you use purple? Please advise
Hi!! Thank you so much for sharing!! My wife is REALLY into making puppets. What kind of sewing machine do you use? She said yours is computerized. I want to buy her the EXACT machine that you have as a surprise for our anniversary..Thanks.
I remember when my sewing teacher got mad at me for sewing too slowly, when she wanted our seams hidden...I was doing a whip stitch (not what she taught) but the girl who sat across from me was impressed at how hidden my seams were! When I switched to the stitch she taught us, my results were MUCH worse. I also was rushing through trying to get my seam done...
I tried using the whipstitch for puppets before, but I just wasn't satisified with the results . . . I don't know, maybe I didn't do it right or something. I ended up developing a stitch I'm most comfortable with, which sort of combines the baseball stitch and the Henson stitch, but it doesn't work for everybody - I really only use it because I prefer to sew the covering directly over the foam shell. I tried your method of sewing the covering separately, then "stuffing" the inner shell into the fabrice, like in your videos, but I ended up with really sloppy and messy results that I couldn't fix. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
The baseball stitch is okay. Great for when you need to butt two edges flush like stitching foam. It can be tougher to hide seams depending on the materials since you are entering the top and bottom of the material. It’s a little stronger than the slip stitch. You just want to make sure you have an especially strong stitch in those stress areas.
Ok, I just finished the sewing video. my question is, how do you tie the end of a stitch to tie it down, so no loose ends make the seam fall apart? Is there a section of the video I missed or is there a relative video that can help me?
So you whip stitch ears and arms and such to the puppet? According to the end of the video that is how I understand it. How do you hide those stitches, please?
For ears I use the ladder stitch since they are not structural. For arms the whipstitch is hidden in the armpit which does not show anyway because of the clothing or fur.
Don't make puppets. I make costumes though. A stitch im used to is the blanket stitch! Also never knew THAT was a whip stitch! Every time i did it, i just thought i messed up a blanket stitch! Much thanks for the tutorial c: love your work!
I've watched this video so many time i think i can talk for you and yet the whip stitch intimidates me, funny i'm an engineer from Stanford University, so want me to build a robot to fight in war, got you, want to build a puppet for my 5 yr old grandson, 2 months later, moving slowly. I'm building a 3 stooges three headed puppet, yes i know very hard, but i'm moving slowly, used your free pattern for the head. Hope you're doing good.
My whip stitches always stretch out, so I can see all the threads from the front. The result is ugly and not very strong. I’m not sure what I’m missing. I have much better luck with the ladder stitch, which seems stronger and easier to do.
The whipstitch has to be done from the inside. There is a point when sewing up the back where you won’t be able to reach your hand inside anymore. Once the opening is smaller than your hand you have to close it up with the ladder stitch.
tokiya brown It does make sense. If you do the whip stitch from the outside, the seam with be poking outward and it’ll be impossible to hide. The ladder stitch is used for hiding seams sewn from the outside. But the ladder stitch isn’t that strong.
My age makes it difficult to sew by hand and therefore I usually use a sewing machine... is there a sewing machine that is capable of making these stitches that are not going to break the bank?
