So I'm still working on my latest plushies (thanks to everyone who helped with the fake fur problem; I got it to work great!), and I've been trying to think how to make the blond one's beige overcoat. Any ideas of a good (and cheaply priced) material to use? I'm using cotton from Wal-Mart's quilting aisle for the suit, so I don't want the overcoat ( Read more... )

So I'm making a couple of dolls/plushies. My subjects are the characters in my icon. I used a doll wig to sew the blond's hair and it worked amazingly. (I'll bring pictures when everything's done!) For his friend, I thought maybe I could use a little craft fur. So I got some Darice Craft Fur, in the 9x12 size. I snipped into it to cut off the ( Read more... )

It's been awhile since I've posted. I'm happy to share some of the products of a pattern I just made yesterday. In conjunction with the various dinosaurs I like to make, I recently designed a Triceratops one.


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I know you guys are leaps & bounds ahead of me in skill & style, but I wanted to share the first plush I ever successfully made, from original pattern to finished product:

[Mr. Bear]
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I posted maybe, hmm, two years ago asking for suggestions on how to go about making a pattern for a plush roadrunner. My dad had dropped hints that he'd like it if I could make him one. I never really got around to the project due to, uh, life, but since Dad is retiring next week I finally got 'er done! The whole thing was tricky, and I made ( Read more... )

His name is BRAAAINNSS


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I've been making aliens :)
No idea what I'll end up doing with them.


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I was looking through Pinterest for ideas for a gift for my Goddaughter's birthday who just turned two and I came across some neat Saint plushies. I thought I'd give a go at my own version of a Saint plushie. I chose to do the Immaculate Heart of Mary from this image. I think for my second "not just sewing in a straight line" project ever on my ( Read more... )