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| I want this book! |
I picked up another hobby! I was looking at all the neat felt dolls people make based on comics, TV shows and video games and I just wanted to be able to make that stuff too. Only catch is that it involves sewing. Last time i really sewed anything hand or with machine (besides my crochet projects lately) was back in 6th & 7th grade Home Ec. class. I decided that I can learn via You Tube videos (I love You Tube for learning things like this!) I wanted to start with making things out of felt, but as luck would have it I ended up starting with "regular" fabric.
My awesome Husband got me a sewing machine for valentines day! I didn't use it on this project though as I was worried about the fur fabric clogging up the machine. It's a Brother CS- 6000i and I can't wait to start the projects I have planned for it!
I found a simple
pattern online
. I wasn't able to find corduroy fabric at Jo-Ann's so I got a yard or so of a brown fur type fabric. While at Jo-Ann's I also bought supplies for sewing. I bought pins, needles, threads, fabric scissors, a seam ruler and ripper, etc. Lots of stuff needed to start sewing! I then started with the Chewie project. I printed and cut out the pattern then pinned it to my fabric and cut the pieces out and started to sew. I think since this fabric was so furry, it was able to hide most of my mistakes since you can't see the seams due to so much fur being in the way. It was a fun first project to get back into sewing. I made mistakes and worked with them to figure out ways to fix them and I believe it turned out decently. I'm excited to work on my next project!
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| My work space. |
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| Waiting to be stuffed. |
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| Decided to make a felt C -3PO. |
