She’s Ready to Dance! Teenage Sock Monkey Girl

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

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  • Natasha says:

    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
    X

  • Tamara says:

    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

  • nick says:

    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 :)

 

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