Finally, a new post

Read previous post - City Head on Youtube - here.

And a new - ish - puppet. The last couple of weeks I’ve been scrambling to get ready for the big beta launch at work. Which is supposed to be happening right now… Only my boss is sick at home, so it may be happening tomorrow and not today. Very disappointed, because I decided I would save wearing my new iPuppeteer t-shirt for the launch. It seems silly I know, but I was so looking forward to it.

Anyway, my employer wanted to use Doc, Amy and Jeff from City Head for a new web ad they were making, so I spent pretty much all of my spare time for the past two weeks getting everything ready. I had to make new hands and rods because the other ones were too short to use for filming, plus a new costume and wig for Amy.

So here she is (click on pic for larger view):

She has a nice new pink sack dress, made with help from my free puppet costume ebook. The dress is pretty much made in three stages:

1. Sew two pieces of the dress material back to back (top and bottom sides sewn only). Turn inside out. Sew other two sides. Join those same sides together, and you create a tube of material.

2. Sew two ’sleeves’; each sleeve is a rectangular piece of material sewn right sides together, turned inside out.

3. Attach each sleeve to each side of the shoulder of the tube of dress. (See following pic)

As you can see, I’ve also given her a ribbon for her waist to give her body a bit of shape.

Her wig is some brown thick wool, with the middle of each thread sewn to a piece of calico. The calico is then pinned onto her head, over her old hair.

I also gave her some sandals, but they aren’t pictured here. They were just two brown felt pieces cut into the shape of her feet, plus some felt straps sewn strategically in place.

Here’s a close-up of the shoulder, where you can see the sleeve a lot better. I also added some nice pink buttons just for an extra detail. Click on the pic for a larger view.