While our government plays, I've been keeping myself busy with work. Be it selling dog food, or willing my sewing machine not to skip stitches, I've been pretty busy. One of the sewing requests took me from my realm of safety, as they wanted a Manticore that was 20 inches long. After a couple of weeks figuring out how I would do it, once I got down ( Read more... )

Why aren't I in bed?! Oh, that's right, because CREATIVE SURGE ( Read more... )

My sister the educated art student had a tablet she no longer needed, so in an odd way we're doing a trade; I get her old tablet, she gets my old sewing machine. Somehow, we'll both gain more skills in an area the other is better at. Somehow. (This also means more space under my sewing table once I give her my beloved Kenmore.) It's taken a few ( Read more... )

On the rare occasion I sit down to game, I really enjoy the Miiverse aspect of the Nintendo WiiU. I don't always use it, but for some games it really adds a lot. If your console is connected to the internet, you can leave comments for other players to see, and vice versa. Given that the Gamepad has a nice screen on it complete with stylus, it ( Read more... )

A few weeks back I had the thought that, seeing how I already had a mascot I made for business cards, I really ought to try and draw the other critters I've sewn. It was a bit weird that I ended up sewing so many of them without really drawing anything beyond a basic idea. Seems a bit backward. Anyway, I did some basic doodles on my iPad, but it ( Read more... )

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The time has come, at long last, to make a better dragon plush that what I had previously. I guess the good thing about continuing to sew new creatures is that it expands on my abilities to try new things. The bad thing is that I look back at the originals and I see how basic (and bad!) they are. At least to me. Trust me, it's normal for any artist ( Read more... )

Lucky for you all, it is plushified and simplified, so aside from "flesh" colored fabric, there's not anything to get worked up about:


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To continue the May theme of spending most of my paychecks to keep my car running, this morning I spent two hours at an auto glass place to get my much abused windshield replaced. (I blame you, Idaho weather!) I couldn't sleep last night and ended up doodling some ideas for more plush critters, so while I waited I drafted patterns for a more ( Read more... )

So I have been playing Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon for the 3DS, and of course I LOVED it because Luigi is the best (Nintendo) character ever, and I loved the polterpup in the game. Seriously, just look at this guy:


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