Tentative Booths

So sorry I haven't been updating this blog. I have been SUPER busy. I reopened my Etsy store but I don't have all my inventory up there because A) that would be really expensive and B) I'm trying to keep up stock for two tentative booths that are going to hopefully be happening in December. I'm really excited about them. Anyways, I have made a prototype giraffe that my mom utterly destroyed verbally with things that needed fixing. Here are some pictures. I named the giraffe Pumpkin.

She's a working progress and I'm hoping that my second attempt at the pattern works better. For now I'll keep sewing.

Making a crocodile

So, last time I only finished the lizard and got nothing else done. But now I'm working on the crocodile. I'm using the same pattern as the lizard, I'm just moving the eye placement and seeing how it looks. If I don't like it I'm going to find or create a new pattern. Anyways, off to work!

So, I've been a bit more that a little bit crafty these past few days but I made a promise to myself that I would sew more. So today I made Grover the lizard.

Isn't he cute? I just love him. I found the pattern a while ago but it's in Japanese I think. Anyway, I found the instruction page to the pattern and everything made a lot more sense so I decided to try it out.  Here's both pages:

For those who skills do not lay in the area of sewing I will be selling some of these cuties in my store when I get it open. I'll be sure to let you know when that is.  Anyway, Chou! 

Baby Octopus

So here is the pattern for my baby octopus. It's really simple and I don't mind if you try to copy it.

I just doodled it out in boredom. So here is the pattern cut out in cloth

Then it pinned together

I don't have a picture of one sewn together but not stuffed so the next picture is the finished project

All done. I'm going to make tons of these and put them in a bucket or basket on the table when I do a booth. They aren't really worth putting up in a shop.

Bear

Here again. Yesterday I was very productive. I made that manatee that I already posted and I made a blue bear that I'm going to show in this post and I made a baby octopus pattern and stuffie which I'll do a separate post about because I want to show you every step of production. Anyway, here is the pictures of the bear:

The patten is here. I didn't make it but it works really well.
http://twoowls.typepad.co.uk/two_owls_design/polar-bear.html 

Manatee

So instead of doing one of the things on my list I made a manatee. It was also on my list but kinda far down. My psychiatrist is in a group that watch manatees so he's been kinda bugging me to make a manatee plush so that I can sell some to his group. It's a sound business venture, I know he's going to buy at least one. Anyway, I accidentally put one flipper on upside down but it's just the prototype and my mom has claimed it for herself so I don't mind. However next time I'm going to be more careful about that sort of thing. Here's the pictures, they aren't that good. I can't find my camera so I had to take them with my phone.

The pattern on the manatee if a flower and I used a soft purple that matched one of the flowers color for the belly and bottom of the flippers. I used a base pattern here

but made a lot of adjustments on the height and length of all the pieces. Plus rounded out the tail a little bit more. All in all I think it was a successful pattern and plush. Probably I will put the plush in my store when I get it up and running.

Doing to much

I have nothing new to show. I feel like I have been doing, or at least trying to do, too much and failing at everything. So I'm working on a elephant pattern (my own design), a giraffe pattern (also my own design), a elephant for my mom (with an older pattern), and working on learning how to crochet. And that's only my craft stuff. I've also got to work (I babysit a little boy every weekend for all of Saturday) and school plus I do like to do things that aren't crafts. I'm also am trying to expand my business by painting little wooden storage boxes that you can get at craft stores. Luckily I just finished my summer class and won't have another until the fall semester. Maybe then I can focus on some of my many projects. I want to learn how to make amigurumi stuff. I'm really excited.