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Learning Teddy Babe Surgery

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Does anyone know a good resource for learning how to sew and do hand stitching? I taught myself a little bit with various projects over the years but it's time I learn some proper seamstress skills. I didn't think I would have to perform surgery on my doll this early, but one of her seams has already burst and I want to fix her up so we can continue the honeymoon lol. I've seen a lot of tutorials on here about various repairs and mods, but I was looking for something a little more basic that focused on various types of stitches and ties.
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Here's a good video. Hope it helps. :glou:

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I feel much better now that I've given up hope.

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Exactly what I was looking for AND the exact injury I'm about to fix lol
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Do you mind posting a picture of the seam?
I got some weird looking seams on my babe, they're not exactly open but more ''stretched'' than i can remember them being, more like a zig zag shape on the back of the legs and elbows.

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gentlecuddle wrote:Do you mind posting a picture of the seam?
First thing, I second that. Wouldn't mind a pic.
Lian has developed some slightly stretched seams too, not too wild though. But I also destuffed her a little.
gentlecuddle wrote:I got some weird looking seams on my babe, they're not exactly open but more ''stretched'' than i can remember them being, more like a zig zag shape on the back of the legs and elbows.
While most of the seams on a TB are machine sewn inside out, these zig zaggy ones are what is left open to add the stuffing. There's one on top of their head too. Also, this is what a good ladder stitch looks like!

Lian and I know about every millimeter of those seams, because I had to open and close those portions multiple times already.

One example:
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Wait, that was the wrong one :mrgreen:

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Closing the back, from right to left

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And the one up top, all redone. The stain on the left is from the original wig safety pin :|

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Here is a picture of the seam immediately after she arrived while I was inspecting her for damage.
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And here is now after a evening of play (I couldn't help myself lol, we needed the connection) and a night of sleep.
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I feel a little guilty that my first pics of my babe were the back of her leg (not that they aren't beautiful legs). I haven't had a chance to do her hair or setup for a photoshoot until now. So here are a couple of her gorgeous face.
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Okay thanks for the information, i thought the zig zag lines were busted seams from having some sexual fun. But i guess they're supposed to be there then, and they aren't really ''open'', also found the zig zag stitch thing around the nipple.

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Stewie studmuffin wrote:Here's a good video. Hope it helps. :glou:

Thanks.. I needed this also.

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A little delay on the surgery. I realized I had the wrong thread (sewing thread, not forum thread). Plus, when I was dressing her yesterday, I noticed something trying to poke through her side. It looks like her right leg skeleton has snapped somewhere in her torso and is trying to work its way out through her ribs. I've been looking at threads about Teddy Babe skeletons and replacing them. This is definitely something I will be doing (neither of her leg "bones" even come close to the feet and this wire stabbing her in the ribs is really bothering me). But I am getting ahead of myself, I need to take this one step at a time. First to close the seam on her left leg then I'm thinking about opening up her right foot and pulling out the broken piece of skeleton from there.
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Chrissy and I are recovering nicely from her first surgery. I took some stuffing out because I could barely get the fabric to meet to begin with. You can also see that somehow the two sides didn't quite line up properly. But we are both very satisfied with my first attempt at stitching. I'm sort of tempted to jump right over to her other leg and get to work on her skeleton.
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hi kehlwr - have you left out the leg ''bone'' ?
if so is your babe more flex better , or is she best with the leg wire repaired as original ?

my Lisa leg wire is riding up her leg - but not broken yet , was thinking of removing altogether .

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I was feeling properly motivated (plus I really want to spend some...quality time with my new companion this holiday weekend) so I went ahead with the second surgery.


Here is the sharp metal bit that's been poking me in the side when we cuddle (I can't imagine how it must have felt for Christine :cry: ).
Ad lib joke here about "poking me in the side"
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I decided to open her up from the back. Her sides were tempting, but I thought the back would be easier to stitch up.
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I lined up her broken skeleton with her body and I think I see the problem. Her right side bones were making an awful zig zag all the way to her left hip.

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I hacked off a small piece of foam from a project I abandoned (now that I have a Teddy Babe I don't need my foam roller masturbator lol) and I am using it to temporarily cap the other end of her right wire until I decide what I want to do with the rest of her skeleton.

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set track wrote:hi kehlwr - have you left out the leg ''bone'' ?
if so is your babe more flex better , or is she best with the leg wire repaired as original ?

my Lisa leg wire is riding up her leg - but not broken yet , was thinking of removing altogether .

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I am leaving her leg bone out for now. Keep in mind, I just finished the surgery as I'm typing this so I haven't had a chance to see how I like her floppy leg. It's actually not as "floppy" as you would think, the amount of stuffing in her keeps her leg in place. I'm thinking that no skeleton would be nice for cuddles and sex, making her super flexible and squishy. However, without a frame, I know she won't be able to pose anywhere near as well. This is why I'm so torn. If only I could have both. If only there were some way I could a Teddy Babe without a skeleton and a Teddy Babe without one. If only it were possible to own two of these amazing creatures at once....


Anyways, it's been a long day of double surgeries. We are both exhausted. I will absolutely be posting here as I decide what I'm going to do with the rest of her skeleton and how I feel about her "limp" leg (it's surprising how much structure and form the stuffing provides alone, but I just know if we're going to be doing more photoshoots, I will want that posability back.)
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kehlwr thanks for the reply , I will watch this thread to see further developments

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may try valentinagirls.com
they have good skeleton and also cuddlemodel without skeleton.

soo good for sex. :oops:
but TB is good for cuddle. :thumbs_up: :D

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