I just want to hibernate. Do you have those days? I do, a lot (thanks depression). I'm upping my vitamin D intake and cranking up the sunlight lamp, but it takes a lot longer for me to get going in the mornings this time of year.
I feel like I never have enough time for anything at the moment either. I get up, I work, I go home, I do not enough crafting and then go to bed to repeat it all again the next day.
I'm slogging through a couple of commissions at the moment that aren't quite catching my attention the way that they should be. They're slow and complicated and more than my tired brain can handle in the evenings. But they're getting there.
Before I get to the good stuff, I have a wee cheeky favour to ask... if you enjoy this inane rambling, could you throw a couple of quid at my ko-fi? I had to buy a new washing machine and new glasses last month, and that kind of ate through any spare money I had, and then some. (alternatively, go have a peruse of my shop, or hit me up if you're interested in a commission)
Anyway, you care about the crafting, right?
Here's a dragon!
This is annoying the only photo I have of it completed, because I'm an idiot, and it was done on a pretty tight deadline.
This is another Choly Knight floppy dragon plush. I freaking love this pattern!
I was rummaging through my sewing room looking for something, and found the piece of black fleece that I was certain I had, but apparently had put aside for some reason and went "yay! I can make a goth dragon" to which R immediately went "can I pre-emptively buy it?" which was mildly annoying because I wanted to put it in the shop, but also yay, money, and it was for a good cause.
So I had 2 weeks to make it, as it had to be done in time for MCM where he was meeting up with someone he hadn't seen in 20 years or so.
And then I got distracted and ended up sewing it in about three evenings!
This is the standard body with the fire dragon wings, the earth dragon eyes and ears and the water dragon horns.
I swear the longest part of this make is cutting it all out; the piles above don't include the facial markings which are done out of felt!
Here they are, cut and fused to double sided interfacing, which doesn't like adhering to fleece, so the embroidery part of this was entertaining!
Contrary to the instructions (mostly because I wasn't in the mood for machine applique) I did all the fiddly body bits first. I actually found getting them out the way and done got me moving a lot faster than working on the head first.
Doing the feet in fleece was a pain in the bum though.
I also managed to attach the wings the wrong way up. They were meant to be black with the purple underneath, but I'm an idiot and was tired when I was sewing, so they were purple on top. No one seemed to mind though!
I feel like I never have enough time for anything at the moment either. I get up, I work, I go home, I do not enough crafting and then go to bed to repeat it all again the next day.
I'm slogging through a couple of commissions at the moment that aren't quite catching my attention the way that they should be. They're slow and complicated and more than my tired brain can handle in the evenings. But they're getting there.
Before I get to the good stuff, I have a wee cheeky favour to ask... if you enjoy this inane rambling, could you throw a couple of quid at my ko-fi? I had to buy a new washing machine and new glasses last month, and that kind of ate through any spare money I had, and then some. (alternatively, go have a peruse of my shop, or hit me up if you're interested in a commission)
Anyway, you care about the crafting, right?
Here's a dragon!
This is annoying the only photo I have of it completed, because I'm an idiot, and it was done on a pretty tight deadline.
This is another Choly Knight floppy dragon plush. I freaking love this pattern!
I was rummaging through my sewing room looking for something, and found the piece of black fleece that I was certain I had, but apparently had put aside for some reason and went "yay! I can make a goth dragon" to which R immediately went "can I pre-emptively buy it?" which was mildly annoying because I wanted to put it in the shop, but also yay, money, and it was for a good cause.
So I had 2 weeks to make it, as it had to be done in time for MCM where he was meeting up with someone he hadn't seen in 20 years or so.
And then I got distracted and ended up sewing it in about three evenings!
This is the standard body with the fire dragon wings, the earth dragon eyes and ears and the water dragon horns.
I swear the longest part of this make is cutting it all out; the piles above don't include the facial markings which are done out of felt!
Here they are, cut and fused to double sided interfacing, which doesn't like adhering to fleece, so the embroidery part of this was entertaining!
Doing the feet in fleece was a pain in the bum though.
I also managed to attach the wings the wrong way up. They were meant to be black with the purple underneath, but I'm an idiot and was tired when I was sewing, so they were purple on top. No one seemed to mind though!
Sewing this in fleece was not the greatest, I have to admit, although it has actually come out looking pretty good. It was just a bit more fiddly as the seams were a bit bulkier, and the fleece had more stretch than the minky normally does.
I did the head in an evening, embroidery and all, and I've got to say, despite not having a grey thread suitable for the eyes or the spots, it actually came out really neatly using the black. Goth dragon all the way!
I got it all stuffed and ready for the last bits of the hand sewing on the Thursday evening, ready to be handed over on the Friday. And I finally found a way of getting the poly beans into the legs without them going everywhere... my iron water flask! It's not perfect, but it's pretty good and didn't make a mess!
And then it came into work with me to be hand sewn at lunchtime! And then it was done.
And that's about all I have to say about it! Quick project, and the first of my quarter 4 finishes!
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