How to make a Fumo

Updated as of Feb 12th 2025: Apologize for my awful narration (turn on subtitle) and dry humor. Also, I made this video despite my severe lack of knowledge on terms and things of sewing, so I'm sorry if this video is cringe and/or incomprehensible.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:32 Preparation (before sewing)
5:48 Anchor technique
7:21 Making face
11:31 Making head
18:50 Making torso & connecting to head
22:46 Making lower body & completing the body
25:45 Making outfit
29:50 End

Correction:
At 08:21 (filling the shiny part) and 9:00 (normal eye outline), the name of the pattern is Satin stitch (and the pattern should not be zigzag).

At 01:32 I said something about fumo material. Um, please don't 100% trust the names I gave. The lady selling the material to me called it "soft felt" (I directly translated it from my native language); I found "faux suede" while looking for "common plush toy material" on Google. I recently just watched    • Advanced Fumo making: A Tutorial Documentary   and found "micro fleece" at 24:22. But anyway, what I really recommend is going to your nearest silk market and looking for what you think is correct for your fumo, not too stiff, not too fuzzy, correct color,...

Instead of calling it "dart" like professionals, I called it "V-shaped gap" over and over like an idiot. Sorry.

Template:
   • Fumo template  

Music used:
Carefree - Kevin Macleod
Cipher - Kevin Macleod
Life of Riley - Kevin Macleod
Hope - Tobu
Wallpaper - Kevin Macleod
Cloud 9 - Itro & Tobu
Higher - Tobu
Infectious - Tobu

You might want to check these videos before you make your fumo:
   • Fumo tutorial   (Other approach that seems to be really good for maintenance)
   • 自制吉吊八千慧fumo,DIY玩偶   (Timelapse video (super well made fumo here, oh my god), check this if you want to make tail or ears or horns for characters like Reisen or Suika. Also look how this guy made detachable outer hair.)
https://fumo.systems/posts/custom-gui... (A very useful website about fumo)