Blog Seven: Just for fun: Ba-ba-ba-bwaaaaa! Presenting the Earl of Lemongrab! (Adventuretime)

The second toy I made my brother for Christmas was the Earl of Lemongrab from Adventuretime! He was a lot harder than Oglethorpe and I really struggled with making his arms and legs.

 

Here’s the pattern I used:

I cut his body out of yellow fleece, and his clothes out of black leather-like material. His eyes and mouth are just cardboard!

Sew the two pieces of the body together and stuff it. The place I chose to stuff it was under the arm, a very small hole, then sewed that together. Then I sewed the legs of the suit up, slipped his legs in, and then sewed up the back of the suit. Then I sewed the sleeves into tubes, slid them on, and then attached them to the shoulders of the suit.

What I’m happy with: His expression. It freaks me out.

What I could improve on: the arms, legs, and the suit. Very hard to make and so I didn’t make them as well as I could have if I were a more patient person.

Now THREE HOURS DUNGEON! 

Blog Six: Just for fun: Oglethorpe of Aqua Teen Hunger Force

This was one of two presents I gave my brother for Christmas. One of our things is we watch the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie over and over again. We love it. I can’t tell you why, I can’t even explain. It’s completely stupid and we love it. And probably our favourite character from it is this guy, Oglethorpe. He’s an angry alien who speaks with an Austrian/German accent.

Oglethorpe: Aqua Teen Hunger Force

This was SERIOUSLY the easiest toy to make! All I did was made a simplified outline from a screenshot of him, choosing only the biggest triangles that jut in and out of his profile. And then I.... STICHED IT ALL TOGETHER! Soooooo easy, especially compared to the other toy I made my brother. And don’t forget the small band of white material for his ‘drool-band’. The hardest part was probably the face, to be honest. I tried to embroider it in, like I did with Kyo-chan’s mouth (see Blog Two). But it is impossible to embroider eyes... at least for me. So I cut all that off and just hot-glued cardboard eyes and a smile on.

“Yay!!!”

I’m happy with: How happy he looks!

I’m not happy with: How I fudged up on the embroidery experimentation. You can see some dirty black marks from where I used the sharpie. Bleh!