Fabric crib figures

[Stillcountingthewarlocks]

I want to sew my own. Does anyone have any experience of this or know of any patterns?

I want them to be quite tall and modern in design (like an elongated triangle) but I'm not quite sure how to make them sturdy enough to stand up. Reluctant to go down the loo roll root as I don't want them looking too "folksy" ... I wonder if lentils would give the basic form enough structure?

Or should I just stuff them with ordinary Kapok-type material and weigh that down with coins or those leaded tapes you get for curtains???

Any ideas or advice anyone?

bump???

Sorry I can't help on patterns,

but a basic cone shape, with added head, arms etc would work,

stiffen it with heavy fusing/interling & stuff tightly with capoc of similar (cut up tights old cloth etc etc) you could stuff from the bottom up 7 finish off with lentils or barley to weight it down, to help them stay upright

hope that helps :)

Thank you so much rockinhippy! (I'm sorry to be so late in responding btw - computer had a meltdown yesterday!)

Your suggestion is exactly the sort of thing I have been thinking about over the last couple of weeks - but it hadn't quite "gelled" in my mind - so that's really helpful. Particularly like suggestion of stiffening with fusable interlining - brilliant idea!

Thanks again!

thinking about it, I am a bit surprised there aren't any patterns available as they exist for every single other craft item ....

glad to have helped, :)

& there may well be patterns out there, I just wouldn't know as I've never looked, as I make my own (my trade) but I think I have an old book somewhere (70s) on making soft toys & theres a section in the back on stuff like this if I remember rightly, so I'm pretty sure they will exist, i just wouldn't know where to suggest

I have just looked for a sewn nativity scene and there is absolutely nothing. Knitted now, there is tons of stuff and I have two patterns myself.
Sorry not to be of more help.

There's a tutorial for sewn figures here which might be useful to others.

Stillcountingthewarlocks - it sounds like you probably want something a bit more contemporary. I'm sure I've seen a tutorial for figures that could be adapted for a nativity that might be more what you're after. I've not been able to refind it yet. Will keep looking

Thank you so much for all these helpful responses.

Again, I'm so sorry not to have come back sooner to reply ... rl has been a bit hectic of late ... .

Thank you again Rockinhippy ... I have a similar book and it contains everything BUT crib figures unfortunately but that's a good idea about adapting others ...

DutchOma - sadly I'm a pretty hopeless knitter (scarves are my limit!) but hats off to you for being able to tackle all those intricacies with knitting needles! I'm going to have to stick to needle and thread. Thank you anyway!

Tyler80 Yes, I saw that tutorial when I was searching ...it is a bit too folksy for what I had in mind but there are some good ideas in it which I intend to adapt .. so thank you for the link. Please, please DO keep me posted if you find anything else ...!!

Thanks again everyone!