Sock Monkey Fun

She’s Ready to Dance! Teenage Sock Monkey Girl

September 3rd, 2008 by Tamara

This little sock monkey is off to make friends with a Sweet Sixteen.

on 29 Sep 2008 at 10:22 am Natasha

Hi Tamara,

I am such a huuge fan. I think your monkeys are absolutely amazing. Your sewing skills are the best.

I hope you don’t mind giving a few tips to monkey
making newbies like myself as I have a few questions.
1/ how do you get your ears sooo equal?

2/ how do you make your stitching look soo invisible especially on the mouth area and the arms. You can hardly see how they connect.

Help!

Keep the monkeys coming!

Natasha
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on 29 Sep 2008 at 11:26 pm Tamara

Hi Natasha!
Thank you so much for your kind words.
I am always happy to help other monkey makers!

1/ how do you get your ears sooo equal?
I have templates made from card stock that I use to trace the ears on the socks before I sew them.
I can sew the rest of the seams with no markings, but trying to sew an even circle without a line is beyond me.

2/ how do you make your stitching look soo invisible especially on the mouth area and the arms. You can hardly see how they connect.
The key to this- make your stitches very small and close together. This of course makes the sewing take a lot longer, but it will also make the joins much stronger.

Hope that helps!

Thanks again for the nice post.

Tamara
on 09 Nov 2008 at 12:54 pm nick

Sorry about the vulgar comments. My little brother got on my computer. I think your sock monkeys are great! Please delete the rude comments and keep up the good work