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does anyone know anything about plushies that have like,, a slow rising foam stuffing/core? or any suggestions for tutorials/materials to diy a simple (say round or tsum-tsum style) plush covering but for memory foam instead of stuffing? i like to stim both with squishies and by stroking plush fabric and i was wondering if anyones tried combining them before

Oh, anon! I’ve never heard of anyone trying this before, but what an idea! Do you mind if I add this to my list of things to try crafting?

(I’ll just say that I have a memory foam pillow and the relationship I have to said pillow is stronger than I have to certain people. I’ve had said pillow for a couple of years now and I’m still not quite over the lovely, lovely combination of softness and firmness when compared to all the dreadful, normal pillows I suffered through growing up. If other autistics are like me and can’t stand stuffing-type pillows and the way they lump and flatten, do try a memory foam pillow. They’re perfection.)

I went to Google to see if I could find any good tutorials for DIY Tsum Tsums. I do have a dismantled/unpicked Tigger mini plush Tsum Tsum that I’m planning to trace and make patterns from (I want to make myself a duck from yellow minky fleece I have) but I think this sort of thing might be even better in the medium size (so you can wrap your arms around it and squish). I didn’t really find these, however, but if I can cobble together a good pattern I’ll see about enlarging it.

(By the way, if you’re like me and super tired of Pinterest results making it hard to find crafting tutorials and not folks’ pins, add “-pinterest” to the end of your search terms. For example, “cylinder pillow tutorial -pinterest”.)

The least-Tusm-Tsum-like tutorial I found was for these sock sheep on Craft Passion, but their bodies are such that they’d be easy to stuff with a rounded piece of foam pillow. (Tutorial has alt text but does not describe the individual picture, rendering it useless.)

Another variation on the sock theme is this sock Eeyore Tsum Tsum video tutorial by Pink Sugar Cotton. (Annoying music but no voice over and the instructions are captioned, so easily muted. No transcript, so inaccessible for folks who need screen readers.)

Continuing on the sock theme (apparently everybody is using socks to make these) is another light-on-the-sewing video tutorial for an Olaf Tsum Tsum by Budget Hobby. (Identical concerns to the previous video.) Blog The Dorky Din (no alt text) showcases more Tsum Tsums made by using Budget Hobby’s tutorials.

I’ll also mention there’s a child-aimed official Sew Your Own Tsum Tsum kit available at The Entertainer in the UK, currently on sale for £5.00GBP. May be good for figuring out patterns!

For those who can crochet (I absolutely cannot from chronic hand pain) there’s a tutorial for a DIY crocheted Marie Tsum Tsum by @mybackyardmonsters. Their patterns page has links for even more. (Everything is undescribed.)

For tube or cylinder pillow tutorials, you might want to check out a fancier machine tutorial on Pretty Prudent (no alt text), a really simple bolster pillow tutorial on WikiHow (alt text doesn’t describe image, but the text under each image may be enough) or a middling-fancy tutorial on A Beautiful Mess (alt text that repeats the page title, which is a thousand shades of pointless).

Half-moon cylinder memory foam pillows exist (Amazon link for example) so I would look for a memory foam pillow base for a larger version and sew a cover using the above tutorials as a guide from minky fleece (Lincraft link for example) because minky is lovely and soft. For the mini Tsum Tsums, I’d look at cutting up a pillow to shape (note that I have no idea how difficult one might be to shape).

This isn’t the best answer, anon, but I hope it gives you somewhere to begin. Please let us know how you go if you try it, because I’m willing to bet we’re not the only ones who think this an awesome idea!

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