Attempt the second

So I was feeling quite accomplished having achieved something quite OK and even if I thought it had some faults my friend was extremely happy.

The next two plushes were requested by work colleagues who promptly started arguing about who got to have theirs done first. I tried to choose whoever had honestly asked me first but who really knows if I was right.

He wanted Black Widow from the Avengers movie. He kind of wanted Scarlett Johannsen but really there are limits to what one can do in a plushie. He also said she had to have proper boobs and I thought, what the heck.

So I started working on a planning sketch. By which I mean something that is not a great drawing but helps me work out what I need to do.

First problem was I didn't really have red hair colour, but he seemed happy with a more pillar box read so I got started.

 

I decided I'd make the curls more obvious with embroidery and although not entirely accurate colour wise her bullet bracelets would be a sort of shiny maroon.

 

I some ways she was way easier than 10. There was no separate coat, and to make my life easier and as she was technically in an all in one suit I put her body in one piece with the belt embroidered on.

She also came out slightly more cuddly than 10 and with rather more forehead than planned but I still liked her. All in all one happy PG.

He liked it and his daughter (under the age of 1 year) apparently kissed it, which she doesn't do really.

One satisfied customer.

I don't really need another blog but..

....here I am writing another post for the first time in years. I am thinking it is a good place to waffle about my latest sewing commission.

Things I'm going to write : about my plushies, about fakeness, and geek girlness and online misogyny and then I might get bored. So there you go.

So for etage numero un (a small bit of French for no reason) I will let you know how I ended up with a list of plushies to make, that is a bit long.

Currently I have been commissioned 11 times. Six have been made, one I'm not sure what they want yet and I'm at a standstill because of a missing fabric.

It all began way back when a friend asked the universe (well twitter anyway) if someone would make her a Doctor Who Quiet book. I woulda but it had no pattern at the time and it was kind of huge. So then she found this 10th Doctor / Castiel plushie pattern and I foolishly said I'd make her one.

If that was all I wouldn't have a list of 5 more plushies to make right now.

 The first thing was I decided to make it with fabric scraps, not entirely felt. It makes it more fiddly but also more interesting for me.

I decided to use embroidery where possible and also, most foolishly, not follow the instructions and make it inside out and then turn it right way out. This lead to a slightly skinnier plushie than I'd actually planned.

But he was still pretty awesome

 And when she got him, I think she was pretty happy.

He's since had adventures and everything.

But I had started something. Two friends immediately asked for other characters. And then finally someone actually asked for one for a child....