Month: November 2024

Ugh. I thought the secondary materials would be less of a slog. Good thing I’m used to being wrong. In any event, the prep work

Up until CJ’s t-shirts, it had been a long time since I quilted anything. A 550 sq ft apartment just doesn’t have the space for

After years of throwing myself into other crafts, my sewjo has finally decided to ascend once more. Don’t it figure. I’m suddenly inspired to pick

I should have put more (any) thought into the tail, but I find the gather rather endearing. Less so the three or four raw edges

Only enough batting for one side and the tail. Found some leftover blanket binding, though I cannot for the life of me remember why I

A little stitch-witchery to baste the scales down for quilting; front and back of the tail fin assembled. Hopefully I have enough batting to keep

Too much green in the precuts and not enough patience in me. More time in layout would have been well spent, but basting would likely

Rethinking the approach. Now that I have proof of concept, starting with putting together all of the first wave scales and arranging them after. Basting

They went faster than expected, hastily clipped curves and all. Had to cut reinforcement solids, but hoping to keep up the momentum for the b-side.

I think all my scales are finally situated, if not stitched.

I forgot how exhausting traveling can be, but turns out my niece is a fan of Disney gingers. I think I have enough scales to