What I did was take 2 pieces of wire about 12 inches long. I bent the first piece in half and slid it all the way threw the body where I wanted the legs to to, then slipped the other piece threw the bend and interlocked them by bending it. Think of it like to U shapes with one dangling from the bottom of the other. I used the piece that was going threw the body to pull the other leg wire inside the body so the join is hidden in the middle. I had been trying to catch the spine wire at first to try and have the legs connected joined over it but I was not able to pin it down the way I was putting the wiring though. I slid the legs onto the wire after I was sure the leg wires where locked together and wouldn't fall out. I took this time to sew the top of the legs into the body.
At the toes, I took the wire, bending one side to the front middle toe and the other to the back longer toe. I bent it back onto itself snipping it just short of the leg section, I found I had about 1 1/2 inch worth of waste wire. I then used my tail end of yarn to pick up the sides of the toe and sew over the wire with a whip stitch closing the toe up over the wire. I made sure to sew up the two front toes in the same manor, and criss crossed over the bottom of the leg to close up the small gap.I did not stuff any part of the leg or toes although in hindsight I could have stuffed the top of the leg with a grape sized amount of stuffing and just rolled the leg a bit to get the stuffing to evenly distribute through it.
I just need to make an other set of legs for the back, then I will get started on all the small things and adding the hair along the spine.
if you had the u-shaped wires ready when you inserted the body wire, you could probably get it through the Us easier than trying to hook the inserted wire.
ReplyDeleteThe next one I make I plan on working it around the spine wire instead of inserting the wire after. So this idea could work, but I think it would be easier to finish the body before placing the legs. It cant hurt to try, so the next one I make I will see if this works, thanks!
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