Adventure Time ornament tutorial 6
demonstrating whipstitch to hold pieces together
7. Now all that's done, time to start sewing! First, details that overlap are going to be sewn to each other; i.e., you work from the top down in terms of layers. I like to do it this way and then sew them to the head, because it's easier to go through fewer thicknesses. If you have trouble, you can sew the black pieces to the head first, and then work up.
8. We'll start with Jake's eyes. Each white piece is sewn down on top of the black piece. Most of the time the white part of Jake's eyes aren't centered, so if you look at the illustration you'll want your white piece to be slightly more towards the "inner corner" of the eye, with more black showing on the outside. You can use one of two types of stitches*** to do this. I've used both, depending on the piece, for visual variety mostly. You can use a running/straight stitch, or a whipstitch (see the illustration). In the picture I'm doing a whipstitch.
***NOTE: Some people use a blanket stitch on felt, but it's more complicated, so I'm not using it for this Instructable. If you know how to do it, you're welcome to!
Adventure Time ornament tutorial 6
demonstrating whipstitch to hold pieces together
7. Now all that's done, time to start sewing! First, details that overlap are going to be sewn to each other; i.e., you work from the top down in terms of layers. I like to do it this way and then sew them to the head, because it's easier to go through fewer thicknesses. If you have trouble, you can sew the black pieces to the head first, and then work up.
8. We'll start with Jake's eyes. Each white piece is sewn down on top of the black piece. Most of the time the white part of Jake's eyes aren't centered, so if you look at the illustration you'll want your white piece to be slightly more towards the "inner corner" of the eye, with more black showing on the outside. You can use one of two types of stitches*** to do this. I've used both, depending on the piece, for visual variety mostly. You can use a running/straight stitch, or a whipstitch (see the illustration). In the picture I'm doing a whipstitch.
***NOTE: Some people use a blanket stitch on felt, but it's more complicated, so I'm not using it for this Instructable. If you know how to do it, you're welcome to!