Table of Contents
Dedication/Acknowledgments 4
About This Book 4
Chapter 1 Getting Started 5
Chapter 2 Basic Skills 12
Chapter 3 Straighten Up and Stuff It 18
Project: Mr. Roboto 25
Chapter 4 The Eyes Have It 30
Project: The Spooky Crew 36
Chapter 5 Stitchy Situations 40
Project: Tall Paul 45
Chapter 6 Crowing Things Out the Seams 50
Project: Silly Bean People 55
Chapter: Getting Curvy 60
Project: Clyde the Curvy Monster 64
Chapter 8 Tails, Fairy Wings, and Things 70
Project: Gus the Grinning Gator 72
Chapter 9 Getting More Curvy 78
Project: Harry the Round-Bellied Bear 79
Chapter 10 Having a Ball 86
Project: Percy the Round Piggy 88
Chapter 11 Get to the Point 94
Project: Pea Body the Penguin 95
Chapter 12 What a Bunch of Squares! 100
Project: Roland the Die 101
Chapter 13 Fat Is Good: Adding a Gusset 106
Project: Henrietta the Hen 108
Chapter 14 Fancy Stuffing 112
Project: Wallace the Whale 113
Chapter 15 Sewing Tricky Curves 120
Project: Jake the Jester 121
Chapter 16 You've Been Fleeced! 128
Project: Leif the Huggable Tree 129
Chapter 17 Fur-tastic! 136
Project: Balthazar 138
Chapter 18 Make It Reversible! 142
Project: Belle the Caterpillar/Butterfly 143
Chapter 19 Zip It 152
Project: Zeke 153
Chapter 20 Design Your Own 160
Project: Anything You Can Imagine! 163
Resources 167
About the Authors 168