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Make Plushie Patterns with Play-Doh & Paper Towels

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So, you want to design a plushie! ("soft toy", if you're English) And not just a flat, two-pieces-of-cloth plushie. No: you want three D's. To do that, you first need to transform a 3D surface into 2D pieces, to cut into fabric & sew together. The two most common methods are: 1) be a wizard and do this in your head, or 2) use a 3D modelling software, i.e., be a wizard. I ain't got time for that, and neither do you! But recently, I was inspired by this designer's tutorial, where she wraps fabric around carved foam. I wanted cheaper/easier materials, so I made a variant where you wrap…

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