Tag: crafts

  • Completed puffy paws modeled by my partner. For my first pair of ‘proper’ paws I’m very pleased how they turned out, despite having some minor flaws. I learnt so much and now I’m going to make my own pattern for 5-finger paws and experiment with installing finger escapes.

  • The mess of my floss has been the bane of my existance for more years than I can count. I started embroidery when I was about 6-7 years old and have just accumulated threads from projects and thrown them in the top of the boxes or bags. In organising I found sooooo many duplicate colours…

  • Puffy paw construction Pt 4 Sewed up the lining with a straight stitch and a stretch zig zag along the outside to prevent fraying. After cutting off the excess, it was time to clip in place and secure at the attachment points (fingertips, between the fingers, edge of pawpad, and 2 spots along the side.…

  • Puffy Paw construction Pt 2 Combo of machine sewing (claws, toes) and hand sewing (insetting claws) resulting in complete top paws. The bottoms are ready for the beans and pad to be inset into the paw.

  • Puffy paw construction Pt 1 Made some puffy paws for my SIL for christmas. These were all the pieces for the main paws. I used @Kloofsuit paw pattern as I’ve never constructed paws ‘properly’ before and didn’t want to make my own pattern just yet. Previously I’ve built paws over gloves using foam.

  • One day diamond paint. This one is very small, but was very satisfying to do.

  • Had to edit the armholes as well to fit me properly without having weird shoulder overhang. Once this trimming was complete, I finished with bias cut from the same fabric. I also marked out my button holes and button placement.

  • Finally finished this damn painting! I really enjoyed it as it was very relaxing to do after work, I just didn’t enioy it taking up space on my kitchen table as long as it did.

  • Much sewing later, we have christmas stockings! Some of these are heading to our overseas family.

  • It’s almost christmas. Which means I’m about to make christmas stockings in 3 sizes from silly fabric!