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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.…
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Puffy paw construction Pt 3 The pattern I was using said to applique the pads but I hate applique. So I made each individual pad, stuffed, then cut out the space it was to sit, and sewed it in place. After attaching the wrist piece it was time to sew both sides together.
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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.
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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.
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Completed summer pinafore. The buttons are non-functional, but I did put in manual machine sewn button holes for the oversized buttons if needed at a later stage.
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Final major tasks for the pinafore was attaching the pockets, sewing everything together, and some top stitching around the collars to prevent rolling. I’ll finish it up later…
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Constructing a summer pinafore. It’s delightfully simple, although having to ease 4 seperate collars was irritating.
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Completed hungry caterpillar shirt (slightly crumpled after being worn). I’m very pleased with how it turned out and I feel I learnt so much about tailoring.
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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.