All-fleece fursuit?

[gypseecrush]

Hi there!
I'm working on an all-fleece pokemon suit soon (well, all fleece except for the mane, which I'm using faux rabbit fur for) and I was wondering if anybody had any tips are far as how to make it all look clean?
This is the pokemon:

Comments

[merrycalliope]

The blanket stitch is a pretty specific stitch usually used to finish edges (usually visible edges) or in embroidery. It's not typically the best choice for actually fastening two pieces of fabric together.

What you need is the Jim Henson Stitch aka puppet stitch which is very similar to a ladder stitch. As you might guess by the name, this is the stitch used on Muppets to minimize the seams on Antron fleece. From experience, it works pretty darn good on polar fleece as well.

Quick video tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiRmlJo3ivM

Related Suit PhotoBucket

[technoaurora]

I am working on a Lucario like this Starting Fairly soon im going to replace the Blue Fleece with Lime Green, I would do Blue but #1 I want to stand Out #2 the first suit this guy did was a Red Lucario.

But this bucket should give you an idea of it

In my opinion i would go glue and stretch and hide the seams by cutting into the head foam, and stitching or gluing the seams in the slits

[rebeccaannoying]

I'm not sure if it's the best way as I've only done it once, but I made a Typhlosion mask that was pure fleece. First and foremost, it's important that the foam is as smooth as possible because any lumps will show. To make the fleece pattern, I draped the foam with tape--the same technique you'd use for fur. I didn't feel comfortable trying to stretch the fleece because I wanted the seams between colors to be accurate and clean. I simply straight stitched the panels together and trimmed the seam allowance to just over 1/8 of an inch. Then I put the fleece skin on inside-out and marked the loose bits. It was really important to make sure the fit was absolutely perfect or it looked bad. It took three rounds of adjustments, but everything fit like a glove after that

[mactonight]

I use antron fleece for my fleece suits. I've never used any other type of fleece, but the antron fleece has a slightly fuzzy pile so it practically hides your seams after you pick them and your foam doesn't need to be 100%.

I sew my fleece inside out directly over my base since it's symmetrical. After it's sewn I pull it off, turn it inside out and pull it over the base.

Antron fleece only comes in white so you can dye it any color you want. It's perfect for getting exact shades of color!

Here's some WIP pictures of my recent Beetlejuice head. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14925932/

[mactonight]

Some sources for antron fleece. It's a little pricier than normal fleece, but it's so much nicer and more convenient to work with.

http://www.outoftheboxpuppets.com/index.php?_a=product&product_id=45

http://weirdkidstore.com/products/antron-fleece