Ezekiell's Playground

September 17, 2020

This is the second shot at doing a dtd. The first one wasn’t done as well and warped/stretched when I had to be cut out quickly due to overheating, so it was shit trying to pull a pattern from it. This one is much better (although I am disturbed at how much my legs hyperflex!).

Some tips for making a dtd: NEVER wear long sleeves, ALWAYS do it in a cool room, double tape the legs straight after you’ve taped up so you can release the calves for ventilation, ALWAYS leave the arms to last, and always remember to mark points for knees/elbows/belly button/tail/midline/waist/pecks or boobs.

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September 14, 2020

More work on the feetsies! I carved out the toe shapes using the dremel and sanded smooth, before using my gas stove to heat seal the foam again. Claws were made from apoxie sculpt, sanded, and glued into the toes. Hot glue is along the toe bottoms as an extra safeguard against toe tears, and also as a kind of ‘sole’ for the toes. Apoxie sculpted scutes were then sculpted over the claws to ensure they stay secure and to smooth the claw into the toe form.

Next steps will be to glue this assemblage to the shoes and then put on the rest of the feet details prior to priming.

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September 13, 2020

I’m making up a prickly shirt for my fiancé. I am very pleased with how the pocket and enclosed seams all turned out. I am displeased by the collar as I had to basically make it up as I went since the pattern was poorly explained and I swear missing steps. There is visible stitching across the back from where I attempted to finish the collar according to the pattern, I’ll have to unpick and finish by hand :s

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September 12, 2020

Sculpting all the vanes on the tail feathers. This really hurts the fingers!

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September 10, 2020

Forgot to take progress photos of this project. I needed something for the top of my upright piano, so I decided to create a quilted runner with sashiko panels. Fabrics are a mix of standard quilting patterned fabrics and traditional woven japanese fabrics. Top stitching was done following the borders of all the rectangle blocks. Binding was made using my new Clover-brand bias maker.

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September 7, 2020

Started work on the birdie feetsies. I spent hours (of frustrated) experimenting to get to this point as #rah-bop ‘s tutorial pattern didn’t really work with my BigW shoes for this project. Eventually figured out I needed to squish the shoe fabric top down to get an accurate pattern outline for the foam to sit evenly, and the outer toes needed an extra layer of foam to be flush with the shoe sole.

Next task is to sand down the underneath layers to sit smoothly over the fabric, and sculpt the toe shapes.

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September 5, 2020

Finished stitching up an orange slice. Pattern from #StitchYourDream on etsy. I want to adjust the colours for a blood orange and frame as a pair for my kitchen.

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September 3, 2020

I’m only doing a partial fursuit so I made a dtd with shorter arms and legs. Then taped it up to pull a pattern. Many things wrong with this including being too tight/small and the side zipper placement is wrong. More work to do!

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August 31, 2020

Made up the pattern and cut the foam feathers for the tail, shapes based on a raven’s tail. I also carved the pygostyle nub which the feathers will be inset into and the nub will be covered in fur. Next up is sculpting the feathers!

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August 30, 2020

Made some donut fabric weights for my future SIL, then decided to make myself a large set too.

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