I’ve post up my Internet Explorer voodoo doll in a few places and have gotten such a great response! It’s beautiful to see how many of us are united in our hate for this browser T-T
I’ve also had quite a few requests to sell them, but for several reasons this probably isn’t a good idea. So instead I’ve made a nice easy tutorial for you to make one of your own. This pattern is very easily and doesn’t have to be neat, so if you’re thinking making your own IE plush to stab is too meduch work just think of how satisfied you will feel maiming it when it’s done!
Difficulty: Easy!
Time: ~30-60mins, depending on how fast you can hand-stitch
File: download pattern (pdf)
Size ~8x8cm
You will need:
- The pattern, printed and cut out
- Some blue felt (I got some cheap-and-nasty felt for this purpose from Crazy Clarks for 60 cents, for all you Perthies)
- Threads - blue and a contrasting colour
- A needle
- Reasonably sharp scissors
- Something to draw on the felt with
- Something to stuff the voodoo doll with (I’m just using felt scraps)
Trace the pattern onto the felt using a marker, then cut it out. If you’re lazy like me just trace on the pattern once then fold the material and cut both sides out at once.
The middle bit is a bit hard (well I thought it was anyway), but its easiest to just fold the material in half and cut it out that way, then tidy up as necessary.
If you’re like me and just like to put faces on everything, this is the time to do it. Grab the needle and white thread and sew on a nice dead face. To do this, I just bring through the needle from behind so that the knot will be hidden later, and stitch the eyes in two big crosses, going over them twice so they’re nice and bold. The mouth is just a big line with some smaller stitches on each side to emphasis the sad face. Obviously you don’t have to follow the same facial expression as mine, just make sure you don’t make it too cute to stab or it will defeat the purpose!
Now for the main stitching. Start with the inner part of the ‘e’ first, so you can do the rest in a continuous thread after. This type of stitching (which probably has a name, I just don’t know what it is) is really easy and fast to do. Just bring the thread through both pieces from behind, then bring it through again a few millimeters further across and pull it through, so it creates a loop over the edge of both pieces. Ideally the stitches should all be parallel to each other like |||| or \\\\, but since you’re making this guy to stab and maim it doesn’t matter too much. Personally I think that the dodgey construction simply enhances the metaphor.
After you’ve done the middle part, get a nice long thread and stitch the outside. Start somewhere along the left side of the ‘e’ and go almost all the way around. When you get to about 5cm from where you started, stop.
Now for the stuffing. I’m just using leftover felt scraps, but it is a bit tedious to cut up so if you’re stretched for time it might be best to just get some stuffing wool. If you are using felt scraps remember to cut up the pieces quite small or it will be hard to stuff and will end up really lumpy rather than nice and fat and stab-able. Some parts are a bit hard to get to so use something thin like a pencil or the back of a paintbrush to get it in.
Once you’re finished stuffing just sew up the gap using the same stitching method, and you’re done!
And because by the time I finished it was too dark to take a decent photo, here’s one I made earlier:
Good luck! And if anyone actually does this tutorial I’d love to see photos of how it turned out :)
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Al
Awesome, as much as I can see myself somehow sewing it to my hand, I will give it a go :)
Myles Eftos
Oh yes. I have just found myself a project. You Rox.
Þórr
but why does it look so fleecy !
Chisa
Because it’s felt :)
Þórr
aahm, sounds consequential :-P
Andrea Vascellari
hahh! Pure creativity!
Let’s hope that this voodoo trick will ‘stimulate’ IE…
Andrea
kowallke
hehe, funny :D
meee
and sacrifice a chicken!
p2ky
Cute!
Jen
LOVE this
Aoife
Mine looks like this
Thanks for this great idea 8)
Mint
I think Mint and Boehs very much make no sense speak also!
We love tables.
IPA-IBA
Awesome! Now I need to stick this next to my firefox poster and everything will be in it’s proper place.
PAbs
Love it!
Erik
///// or ||||| stitching is called “whip stitch.”
Jason Beaird
Brilliant! While I can clearly see why selling these outright might not be good, somebody -cough- could auction them on Ebay. They’d make great Christmas presents. If not, I might just have to pick up a needle and thread for the first time since a button fell off one of my shirts 4 years ago.
Ken Seals
Hate is such a vehement word to use. And stabbing? Well, that’s just downright brutal. But, it’s IE.. and what could be more deserving of such treatment? So, on that note, this is bloody awesome! Now to see if I can talk my girlfriend into making this for me. I kid ;)
fanfan
ahhh!!!
no wonder IE sucks so badly.
for the sake of the ignorant masses please stop making that doll!
plus firefox still needs the competition to stay excellent
fenderflip
nert.
Chisa
Hey, don’t blame the fact that IE sucks on me! I was terrible before I even decided to try and kill it through voodoo =P
PoPoDomains
Very Creative!!! PoPo
Zammtronic
FINALLY Something to help me embody my rage fir IE! Thank-you!
P.S. If you have an exceptionally vehement hate for IE, I suggest the cute face .\/.
Jorge Duarte
wow!
WilliamG
I made one yesterday. Even though I’m a total arts-and-crafts-n00b, I found it quite easy. Stuffing it was a pain, but for a first attempt, not bad.
Gotta make me another one for at home.
laba
^^
FZ
wow! thats incredible, its so big the hate for ie… i prefer Opera and FireFox!
Mr Picante
Yay, I’m a dork.
Eze
ajaj ... good work. you are a realy people who hate IE
Oscelot
that is absolutely AWESOME. I would love to sell these. btw, the type of stitching would be a whipstitch if it actually went around the edges
xj
muuuuaahahahha ;D
nightman
Hi, I’ve used Your tutorial to make my own voodoo plysh: http://team.centrologic.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/p1080728_1.jpg . I’ve liked it so much that I’ve wrote about Your idea on our blog: http://team.centrologic.com/programming/internet-explorer-voodoo-plush-tutorial .
Thanks!
Stuardo -StR- Rodríguez
The web designers team will love it here.
Sarah
um how is this a voodoo, dol when its a E
bailamj
muy bueno ... ah! ... quiero decir: very good :P
truths untold
I love that idea! Thats really cool! Btw, pm me on gaia. My user name is truths untold.
Maggie
I just lol-ed so hard milk came out my nose! Good Job!
Rayne
OMG, I just love it! I am going to have to make me one and maybe some others like it (maybe a Mac apple and such). When I do I will be sure to send pics.
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