Fursuit Jawset Tutorial

Introduction

Hello you!
Thank you so much for supporting me and buying this tutorial!
This jaw set looks great and definitely add some detail that although not
necessarily… it’s pretty cool, right?

This tutorial includes both written instructions with pictures as well as a video
explained exactly how to get a jaw set like this!

Anyway! Please make sure you read through the whole of the instructions at
least once /before/ you start on your wonderful creation :) I promise it will help
to have an idea of what you’ll be doing before you go ahead! I also
recommended using the video provided with this tutorial for a better visual!

Please note if you are at all struggling with the instructions or maybe need a
bit of a hand with something, you can always reach out to me :)

Be aware that this document cannot be shared- please

kindly keep it to yourself. I also ask that you do not share
my method with anyone also, instead you can direct them
to this tutorial!
Okay! I won’t keep you any longer!
What you’ll need:

• Teeth & gum material (preferably something with

stretch- I used mochi Minky but fleece and scuba
fabric will work too!)
• Scissors to cut your fabric
• High quality thread (both of your teeth colour and
gum colour)
• Polyfil
• Sewing pins
• A sewing machine (recommended)
• Paper
• Fabric pens
• Masking tape

Video Link
(Please note that in the video I make a makeshift
pattern, it will not match the pattern provided in the
document)

https://youtu.be/V0veOzFajaQ

Prepping your base-

It’s super important you hollow out your muzzle as much as possible! You
need a lot of space in order to install something like this in a fursuit head, if
you want to go for the jowl effect I have, I’d suggest getting the foam as thin
as you can on the sides. Take. Care when doing this! You don’t want to have
holes in your foam :o
 Tutorial
Step one (teeth)

First, we have to make the teeth for the jaw set, personally I use a thread
sculpting method which is why it’s great to use 4 way stretch fabric. I
personally use and would recommend mochi minky but scuba fabric and
fleece also work. You could also use regular Minky, however it doesn’t have
stretch so you won’t get as nice a shape.

1. Use a piece of paper to make your tooth patterns. I

personally did one pattern for incisors and canines and
a separate pattern for the molars, or if you’re using the
practice pattern included you will simply have to print it
off and cut it out.

2. Make sure to test your pattern in your fursuit head to

make sure the sizing is right. (Please keep in mind that
when stretch fabric is used the teeth will usually come
out bigger than you patterned) Your patterns should look
something like this- (The teeth take shape when your
sculpt them so trust the process! )

3. Next, get your fabric and fold it in half so the soft part is
in and the backing is out. you’ll want to place your
patterns onto the back of your fabric and use your fabric
pen or pencil to mark around the outline of your pattern

4. Sew around the patterns you marked with the sewing

machine but leave the bottom open so you can fill it with
polyfil, I would recommend stitching this twice for extra
strength as these teeth will be under a lot of strain from
thread sculpting (remember to back stitch so it’s
secure)

5. Take the sewn teeth out of the sewing machine and cut
around the teeth you’ve just sewn
6. Flip the teeth them inside out, I’d recommend using the
end of a pencil to make sure you get the points of the
teeth out fully

7. Sew the bottom of the teeth with a blanket stitch but

make sure to leave a gap towards the end, around 1cm.

8. Now you can stuff your teeth with poly fil, make sure
they filled well and don’t have any gaps with no filling,
it’s important to have the teeth well packed so I’d
recommend using a pencil to help push the poly fil into
the harder to reach areas.

9. Finish your blanket stitch to close the bottom of the

teeth. You should now have a plush and squishy tooth
shape.

10. Next up is thread sculpting! Thread sculpting is only

needed for the upper and lower teeth, I personally do
not thread sculpt my molars. PLEASE USE THE VIDEO
FOR THE SECTION.
11. Use your fabric pencil / marker to mark your teeth on
the bottom of the plush teeth. Make sure your teeth are
the same size.

12. Next up you’ll want to thread your needle, remember

to use the same colour thread as your teeth. I use very
high quality thread at this stage as it will be under a lot
of strain.

13. You’ll want to start by poking your needle through

one of the marks you make on the bottom of your teeth
and immediately make a knot.

14. Next you will loop your thread around the teeth,
make sure you guide the thread as you go to make sure
the tooth is marked how you want it.

15. Poke your needle back through the marker, check

once more that your thread is in a good position

16. Pull and tighten the thread to sculpt the tooth, do not
pull it too tight, if you feel too much strain you may break
the thread.
 17. Loop the thread around again, it should be easier this
time as there will already be a groove make from your
previous sculpting.

18. Repeat these steps until happy with the shape and
happy with reinforcement.

19. When you are finished with the sculpting, do a single

blanket stitch at the bottom and knot your thread at least
twice.

20. Repeat these steps for each marked tooth for both
the upper tooth set and lower tooth set.

21. You should now have something like this!

Repeat this for the other set of teeth

Molars-

1. Just like last time, fold your fabric in half so the soft side is
on the inside

2. Trace around the molar pattern onto the backing of the

fabric

3. Sew around the drawn outline but leave a gap small gap to
fill with polyfil later

4. Turn the molar inside out and stuff with polyfil, once again
using a pencil to get into the harder to reach grooves

5. Use a blanket stitch to sew up the hole

6. Repeat until you have 4 molars

 Gums –
Please be aware this process is the most tricky! It WILL take a lot of time
and patience, but you’ve got this!

1. To create your own pattern it is simply a case of placing

your teeth on a piece of paper (Start out by marking
your top tooth set as follows)

2. Now mark out each tooth with a dot

3. Each dot is going to be your “point” in the gums, create

an arch between each dot. (Refer to the video for a
better visual)

4. I would recommend now positioning your teeth in your

fursuit head so you know where you want them, it helps
to pin them in place as you will have to take a couple of
measurements. (A: the gap between your upper teeth
and molars and B: the length you want the gums to
extend.)

5. For measurement A, I personally found my thumbs

width to be the perfect sized gap.
6. From the measurement you made, leave an equal size
gap on your paper pattern before you mark out your
molar, this gap can just be a straight line.

7. Once again, mark out your gums over the molar in a

smooth curve, adding a “point” in the gums if you want it

8. Finish your pattern with a long line. If you are making a

pattern for yourself I’d recommend creating a long
rectangle. Use measurement B to determine the size of
this rectangle (refer to pictures for better understanding
on how to use these measurements)

9. Cool! Now you have your gum pattern

10. Much like before, take your gum fabric and fold it
over onto itself, keeping the soft side in.

11. Trace around your pattern

12. (This part is optional but I find it very helpful) run the
long straight edge of the rectangle through the machine.
DO NOT SEW THE PART THAT WILL ATTACH TO
THE TEETH. (This sewn line will help keep the pattern
together for the next step)

13. Carefully cut around the whole pattern, take your

time on this to ensure you get the gums perfect

14. Once it’s cut out, pin the gums to your teeth (watch
your fingers, it’s very easy to get stabbed. Personally I
just pin through the “points” in the gums
15. After the gums are pinned, you will have to ladder
stitch the gums to the teeth, make sure you use thread
that matches the colour of your gums. This will take
awhile.

16. Complete the stitching on both sides

17. Using the opening on each side of the gums, fill the
gums with polyfil, make sure you do not a over fill the
gums, if you fill them too much they will become round
and look strange, you just want enough to add shape :)

18. At this stage I would recommend putting the gums

into your fursuits mouth, position them how you want so
you can make sure they are filled out how you want.

19. When you are satisfied, sew up each opening of the

gums.

20. Place the gums into your fursuit head again, this time
use your fabric marker to mark the mouth opening, so
any excess fabric can be removed. The pattern supplied
has already done this.

21. Go over your marked outline with your sewing

machine then trim the excess

22. And once again pop the gums back into the mouth,
now you have to pattern the roof of the mouth (this is
already done on the practice pattern)

23. Use masking tape to map out the gap in the gums,
get this as close to gums as possible.

24. Remove the tape from the mouth and use the to get
a smoother, more refined pattern on paper

25. Take your gum fabric and like you have before, fold it
over so the soft side is inside and trace around your roof
of mouth pattern
 26. Go around this in the sewing machine, leaving a
small gap

27. Lightly fill this with poly fill, just enough to give some
slight shape.

28. Sew up the gap that was left with a ladder stitch

29. Now you just have to sew the roof of the mouth piece
to the rest of the gums using a blanket stitch!

And with that, your jaw set is

complete!
 Installation & Tips and tricks
To install the jaw set into the mouth while keeping the jowls as pliable as
possible can be a bit tricky, but I do have some tips!

Hot glue dries hard, you want to avoid this. The goal should be to use as little
glue as possible, this is why you will ONLY glue the roof of the mouth on the
jaw set to your head base.

In order to achieve this, I personally taped the entire inside of the mouth with
masking tape, as if you were lining. Then place your jaw set inside the mouth.
Very carefully trace around the top of the gums to leave an outline of the jaw
set.

You can then take the jaw set and the tape out of the mouth. And cut around
the outline you made. You can discard the part that sits above the roof of the
mouth. The other piece will be your “jowl” piece.

Use this piece and trace onto your gum fabric, cut this piece out and sew it
onto the roof of the mouth.

This way, when you install the mouth by gluing the roof of the mouth alone
you won’t have to glue these jowl pieces! You will only have to sew the ends
to your muzzle fur :)

I hope this helps!