Yippee I finished my first plushie!!
(Bo (Dragon Quest))
Finally learned to upgrade from sewing [to repair] clothes to learning how to make plushies and I like how this first* attempt went =)
*Some ramblings abt the process under the cut:
So of course this wasn't first first try. But it is my first plushie project :L
I've been wanting to do this for a while, but I didn't really want to have to hand sew a plushie and I was too scared to learn how to use a sewing machine, so for a while I didn't really learn.
BUT we just got a new sewing machine so this was when I was like "ok I'll learn how to use it now and finally work through my plushie ideas list"
Here are the different attempts for making Bo. From left to right:
1) This one was hand sewn just so I could get the feel of making a plushie and making a pattern. As you can see it was awful lol
2) The tiny one was my first time using the sewing machine properly (past testing on sample fabrics and whatnot). Kept it small since it was basically the same as the first one for the most part, but I modified the pattern a bit too
3) First time embroidering, and also tried to change the pattern to have a more drastic "dip" like the She-Slime lamp I have. I didn't really proceed with that since I don't think it really looks as good as the more teardrop-y shape the Rocket Slime art uses
4) Switched to minky here (I was using fleece beforehand). Also switched from embroidering the scleras to just using minky for that as well.
It doesn't show as well in this pic, but the eyes kinda bulge out and the outlines were done too thin for my liking (plus I didn't have heavy enough stabilizer for minky so I think the face kinda deformed a bit there too)
5) The final version!! Pattern was exactly the same as 4, the only change really was just better embroidering (I think) otherwise I'm really proud of how she came out =)
Only note is that I'm still kinda torn on choice of fabric. I *do* like how reflective the longer pile (is that the term?) is, but maybe I should've gone for the less reflective, shorter pile to make her less furry? Idk I just flip-flop whether I like it or not but I don't think it makes her look any worse to me :P
Got sidetracked with my current project and remade the "Yeah" button from Miiverse in 3d. Did not take all too long and gave me an excuse to finally make a YouTube channel for video uploads!
youtu.be/Xg-eX6g_c7E
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