Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 9

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 9

In this blog I am going to concentrate on securing the Rough Body parts with extra material.

Pin Material

 

I have decided to start with the Arms. I take a strip of the White material and pin it underneath the Hand. I then tack it in place.

Sew Sides of Hand

After tacking underneath the Hand I do likewise on the opposite side. I have now unfurled the material along the Arm so it doesn’t get in the way. I proceed to sew both edges of the material on the Hand together

Hand in Pouch

The Hand should now be in encased in a rough Pouch.

Sew Pouch

The next thing to do is to fold the edges of the Pouch in such a way that I can sew them together and follow the contours of the Hand.

Wrap Arm

I then carefully start to wrap the rest of the material around the Arm. It reminds me of an Egyptian Mummy.

Sew Contours

After wrapping the Arm I sewed in any pieces of the material that were flapping loosely. I then sewed tightly at the Wrist and Elbow to help give the Arm more shape.

Once I was satisfied with the definition of the Arm I began to work on the other Arm following the same process.

Pin Material to Foot

Now the Arms were finished I began work on the Legs. However having an idea overnight I was going to try and cover them in a different way.

The first thing I did was get some strips of White material only this time I made sure they were wider than what I used for the Arms. I pinned the material to the Top of the Foot NOT THE BOTTOM.

I then made a few tacking stitches to hold it in place. I then went and did the same underneath.

Wrap Material over Foot

Instead of making a pouch like I had for the Hand this time I folded the material across the Top of the Foot.

Wrap Other Side

After I tacked the first wrap in position I repeated the fold on the other side and also tacked that.

Sew Along Leg

Next I folded and pulled the Foot material together and proceeded to sew up as far as I could. When the material became too far apart for me to sew together I fixed and cut thread.

I re-threaded my needle and began to sew the material from the point I had stopped. However this time I sewed the material directly on the Leg. I then repeated the process on the other side of the Leg. As you can see in the photograph the Back of the Leg is now completely covered.

Top Layer of Leg

I took another White strip of material and gave it a rough hem on both sides the length almost to the Top of the Thigh. I then attached this to the Top of the Foot. I folded and sewed alongside the Ankle on both sides.

I put a pin in the centre of the Leg to stop the material moving whilst I positioned and sewed the Top layer of material.

Sew Both Sides of Leg

I sewed one side of the material to the Inner Leg making sure that I wasn’t pulling material away from the Outer Leg. I sewed nearly to the Top of the Thigh then stopped. I repeated this on the Outer side of the Leg.

Sew Top of Thigh

At the Top of the Thigh I had excess material. At the Back I trimmed and hemmed the material at the Top. On the Front I trimmed a little material then folded on both sides.

Cricket Pads

When I was satisfied I tacked the folds of material in place. I did not however tack it to the Body material. It was left loose and formed a pocket. It reminded me of Cricket Pads.

Both Legs Contoured

The only thing left to do to the Leg was to add the contours. This was done exactly the same as with the Arms. I then repeated and finished the other Leg.

This second method seems to give a much smoother finish. If I have enough material I may recover the Arms. However for now I will have to leave them. I need to go on to covering the Body.