Life Sized Book Rocky Plushie Guide/Walkthrough Part 1 - Main Body
So I made a life sized Rocky plush and I thought I'll post a walkthrough/guide to how I made him!
The specific sizes listed are suggested, I based them off of Rocky's description in the book to make him as size accurate as I can, but you can definitely make him even bigger or smaller. So feel free to adjust the sizes as needed! :D
Part 2 is not out yet and will be about his shirt. I will update this post the moment its available with a link to it.
Now without further ado, let's get into the guide!
Colour Coding:
- book canon used
- personal choice
- mathematical conclusion
Materials Needed:
- Sewing machine (to save time but you can just sew it all by hand)
- Thread and needle for sewing by hand (I used an embroidery needle and thread because of the fabric I used)
- about 2 meters of fabric of your choosing (if using my measurements)
- Plush stuffing
Measurements Used:
NOTE: when cutting the fabric, leave a 1-2cm margin for sewing
Top Main Carapace (1x):
- Pentagon shape
- 40cm widest point (Rocky is 45cm wide in the book but due to the stuffing, his top carapace needs to be a bit smaller)
- 25cm sides
Sides Main Carapace (5x):
- Trapezoid shape
- 25cm upper side attaching to the Top fabric (same length as the sides of the top fabric)
- 13,5cm lower side attaching to the bottom fabric
- 22cm Height (Rocky's carapace is around 22cm tall in the book)
Bottom Main Carapace (1x):
- Pentagon shape
- 22cm widest point
- 13,5cm sides (same length as the lower side of the Sides Main Carapace)
Top Vent (1x):
- Pentagon shape
- 16cm widest point (2.5 times smaller than the widest point of the top main carapace)
- 10cm sides (2.5. times smaller than the sides of the top main carapace and 4 times smaller than the widest part of the widest point of the top main carapace)
Vent Sides (5x):
- Rectangle shape
- 10cm long side (same length as sides of top vent)
- 3cm short side
Upper Arm (10x):
- Rectangle shape
- 20.5cm long side (whole leg is 50.5cm, because Rocky is described to be around the same height as a labrador, which get around 50cm tall, split the legs up however you like)
- 12.5cm short side (I made the diameter of the leg 8cm, and since the leg is basically a tube, the fabric has to be cut to the circumference of the "circle", so you have to calculate the circumference based on the diameter you choose for your arms and then divide it by two and use that for the short side. Also, the circumference is equal to the upper side of main carapace side piece. :D)
Lower Arm (10x):
- Trapezoid shape
- 30cm Height (because the whole leg is 50.5cm long)
- 12.5cm upper side (same length as the short side of the upper arm)
- 9.5cm lower side (more math! :D since his lower arm narrows towards his foot, I chose a smaller diameter for the lower side. This diameter will also be the diameter of the middle of the foot. Calculate it as seen above.)
Foot (10x):
- 9,5 length of claw from middle of foot (same length as lower side of the lower arm)
And that's it for the patterns!! :D
Now that we got the math out of the way, let's get sewing B)
Sewing Main Carapace:
Sew the Top, Sides and Bottom of the Main Carapace together. I used a sewing machine for this.
Don't connect the sides together yet and only connect the bottom to one side for now. It'll make the next steps easier (I didn't do that Dx don't make the same mistakes I made)
Sewing Vent and Connecting It:
Sew the Vent sides to the Main Vent (We will sew them together soon)
But first, embroidery!
I just used a pen to mark the spots and made them a tear drop shape around 2cm away from the edges. Any shape works really.
Close up it might look a bit messy (didn't use an embroidery frame cause the fabric was too thick) but from further away its barely noticeable.
Next up, sew all the side together! (this part I sewed by hand)
And then go back to the main Carapace and cut a hole in the middle of the top carapace fabric around the same size as the Vent.
And sew it onto the main carapace (ignore the leg already being sewn in the image, it made things a bit harder to sew and could have been done later)
(I sewed the Vent to the carapace by hand)
Sewing Legs:
Cut a hole into half of the feet fabrics and pair them up together with the "non-holed" ones.
Then, sew the feet, upper arms and lower arms together in pairs so that the feet create a sort of pillow and the "arms" a tube each. (I sewed those with a sewing machine)
Stuff the feet with plush stuffing before sewing both parts of the arm to them.
Personally I stuffed the segments as I sewed them together by hand.
Connecting the Legs and Finishing up the Plushie:
Line up one of the legs with two wall sides of the carapace so that the leg is at the top of seam. Then sew it together so that the seam of the leg is also on the inside of the plushie. Do that for all sides until the "walls" are closed off. (from here I sewed every by hand)
Flip Rocky over and stuff him with plush stuffing to your liking. If you want to make the shirt for him (which will be the part 2 to this post) you might need to understuff him for now, so that he manages to slip into the shirt without any issues.
Afterwards sew up the bottom to the sides and BOOM!
YOU HAVE YOURSELF A BOOK ROCKY!
If you have any questions about the progress feel free to send the questions into the comments, my inbox or in my DMs. I will do my best to answer all the questions as best I can and add anything I might have missed! ^^
Credit: @8roadsigns for helping me with calculating the legs and @josephyarn for emotional support. Love you guys!! <3
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