Finger Puppets: The Woodsman -- TUTORIAL

Here's the final character in my Red Riding Hood Finger Puppet series:

The Woodsman!

(Find Red Riding Hood here, Grandma here, and Wolfie here)

SUPPLIES:

~ fleece scrap for his body
~ plaid fabric scrap for his shirt
~ finger of "one size"-type glove for his hat
~ yarn for his beard
~ twig for his ax
~ grey felt scrap for his ax

STEP ONE: Create his basic body by sewing around the person pattern on a piece of doubled fleece. (Basic instruction can be found in step one here.) I made my woodsman's arms a little extra wider, and stuffed them, so he would look a little more manly.

STEP TWO: Print shirt pattern (see end of post) and cut one from your plaid fabric scrap.


STEP THREE: Turn one inner edge a scant 1/8" and topstitch. Continue stitching around the half-circle. Stop before reaching the opposite straight edge.


It should look like this.


STEP FOUR: Sew the underarm/side seams. (I chose not to hem the sleeves, because I wanted to roll them up, but if you do, hem them before doing the side seams.)


STEP FIVE: I really should have done this before sewing the side seams, but forgot. I cut a small square of plaid fabric and pressed all the edges under to create a pocket, then sewed it onto the front of his shirt.


A little bit torturesome, but it's such a cute detail!


STEP SIX: Hand stitch the front of the shirt closed, with the finished side overlapping the unfinished side. Roll the sleeves (if you decided not to hem them) and stitch in place.

At this point he was looking a little, well, like a rap singer. So I gave him a little temporary bling and had him sing a little Eminem before moving on.

STEP SEVEN: Sew a yarn beard as shown. Handstitch his finger-glove hat to his head.

I created his ax using a twig and a scrap of grey felt, then stitched it to his hand.

DONE!

Red Riding Hood Finger Puppets