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Spent most of a morning cutting out all these many pieces for the bee inspired tail. This giant puff nub goes with the paws I was making earlier.
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Got all the pads sewn in, lined, & stuffed. I’ve stuffed all the claws but I really want to just attached the ones on the middle fingers to be super reminiscent of bee claws…but I know doing that means it won’t sell well 😔
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Success with the plug! It fit perfectly and there’s still an appropriate amount of give for movement & padding. Bonus is the zip tape width lines up perfectly with the plug edge & zip tooth placement line; so my plan is to hand stitch the edge of the tape then machine lightning stitch to the…
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Got a lot done on the bee themed paws. Machined lining/claws/pads, installed & stuffed palm pads, completed side seams, & even did all the finnicky finger web seams (my least favourite bit).
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Went to the CraftAlive craft fair today. Was rather disappointed at how small it was compared to previous years but I’m super happy with my haul.
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Finally finished altering the bone tail! This was absolute HELL of an alteration as the belt kept getting in the way of machining the zipper, whilst the extra fabric from the zip tape made it extremely difficult to pass the needle through when closing. And lets not forget I had to resew the interior straps…
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First pass of hand sewing on these paws is now completed. Next I need to do the machine sewing of the pads before they can be installed.
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Completed pants. This is such a lovely wool check, warm yet breathable.
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The sleeping bag zip miwaks bodysuit maker found for me unfortunately proved unreliable when I stress tested it with the actual tail. I spent time last year hunting down YKK continuous zip tape & fittings to custom a length, which involved carefully removing teeth from the tape. Then I removed the tail sheath, whip stitched…
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I’m making up a new paw/tail set for my shop, mainly to get rid of some of the fabric stash. The set is going to be inspired by the Australian blue banded bee. Here I’ve cut all the bits needed for the plush paws.