Skully : Instructions de couture

Étape 1 : Les fléchettes

Il y a six fléchettes qui doivent d’abord être fermées. One on each, forehead (2), head2 (4), and head3 (5) parts. Épingle et couds-les pour les fermer, puis élimine l’encombrement en taillant les pinces et donne-leur une bonne presse. Repeat for all six darts.

Étape 2 : Les yeux

Sew together the sides of the eye (9), so you will make a cone. Élimine tout ce qui est encombrant. Répète l’opération pour l’autre œil.

Étape 3 : Le nez

Like the eyes, the nose (12) too has parts that need to be sewn together. There are two of these sides that need to be sewn together. Cela permet de créer deux cônes reliés entre eux. C’est très délicat, alors prends ton temps.

Étape 4 : La tête

Lorsque tu couds les différentes parties, tu réalises les deux moitiés du crâne.

Il est préférable de coudre les yeux et le nez aux parties des joues et du front à la main. Tu devras aligner les différentes encoches sur celles qui leur correspondent sur l’autre partie.

L’arrière de la bouche supérieure n’est cousu à rien. Il est juste là pour assurer la stabilité.

Seams 1 and 2: Sew cheek (1) to forehead (2), matching the dot notch to the dot, and the cross notch to the other cross.

Seam 4: Sew eye (9) to eyeTop on forehead (2) and to eyeBottom on cheek (1).

Seam 5: Sew top of cheek (1) to cheekbone (6)

Seam 6: Sew the other side of the cheekbone (6) to the bottom of the forehead (2) – this is the side that has the dart on it.

Seams 7 and 8: You now have the cheek (1), cheekbone (6), eye (4), and forehead (2) all sewn into one piece on each side of the face. Sew the two sides of the face together at the front, from the top of the forehead to the top of the nose, forming seam 7. And then from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the cheek, sew the two cheek halves together as well. The top of the face is now complete, leaving a hole for the nose.

Seam 10: Take the nose (12) and sew the openings of the two cones (nostrils) into the space mentioned above. One cone (nostril) will go on one side of the face, and the other on the other side.

Seam 11: Sew the backOfMouth (10) to the underside of the upperMouth (7). The backOfMouth (10) in particular will be visible in the finished Skully, so you should sew the right side of lowerMouth (10) to the wrong side of upperMouth (7).

Seam 12: Join the two halves of the lowerJaw (11) with this short straight seam.

Seam 13: Sew the curve of the lowerMouth (10) to the lowerJaw (11), taking care to sew on the line marked ‘mouthBottom’

Seam 14: Sew the top of the lowerJaw (11) to the bottom of the upperMouth (7). This seam starts from the line marked ‘not sewn’ on the upperMouth. First you sew across the piece rather than sewing at the edge – see the dotted line on the pattern piece. Then the remaining part of the upperMouth is sewn onto the down-curved part of the lowerJaw (11).

Seam 15: Sew the lower edge of the lowerJaw (11) to the jawfloor (8) to form the base of the whole skull.

Seam 16: The cheek (1) has edges marked upperJaw and mouthTop. The upperJaw needs sewing to the corresponding markings on the upperMouth (7). The mouthTop needs sewing to the front (narrower) part of the upperMouth piece. At the end of this you have a complete face with open mouth and the jaw beneath it.

Seam 17: We are now starting to put the back of the head together. The head1 and head2 pieces are sewn together to start to create a curve.

Seam 18: Join head2 (4) and head3 (5) – these are the two sides with darts. You will now have a strongly curved half of a head (head1, head2, head3) – seam 19 is at the top of the composite piece and seam 21 runs along the bottom. Repeat to create the second half of the head.

Seam 19: Join the left and right halves of the head along the top of the head and all the way down the back of the head to the base. Make sure to leave seam 21 for last – but you are nearly there.

Seam 20: Now you are joining the front half of Skully (the face and front of the head) to the back of the head. You do this inside out, matching the two notches that are at the bottom of head1 (3) with the corresponding notches at the back of the cheek (1). Seam 20 is mostly on the forehead (2) but the very end of it is on the cheek piece as mentioned.

Turn it right sides out.

Étape 5 : Les cheveux

Now is the time to add hair to Skully. Lorsque tu mets le fil à broder, assure-toi d’ajouter des nœuds à l’intérieur, sinon il sera très facile d’arracher les cheveux de Skully plus tard.

Étape 6 : Farcir

• Remplis le jouet en peluche de bourre par l’ouverture que tu as laissée, en veillant à bien remplir toutes les parties . Les zones situées à l’avant sont les plus difficiles à atteindre.
• Slipstitch or whipstitch the opening closed.

Étape 7 : Ajustements

Tu peux utiliser la longue aiguille de tapissier pour ajouter quelques retouches à Skully. En ajoutant quelques points pour attacher l’arrière des yeux au coin des coutures 14 et 21 à travers le crâne, tu éviteras que les yeux ne ressortent et tu contribueras à donner plus de forme à la tête. Il en va de même pour le nez.

C’est aussi une bonne idée d’ajouter des points entre les coutures 5 et 14, sur la longueur des deux coutures. Cela rendra les os des joues plus prononcés et ajoutera à la forme générale du crâne.

Étape 7: Profitez-en!

Voilà, tu as terminé. Commence à planifier quel bateau de couture pirate tu rejoindras !