Happy Halloween!

I never made any clothing before but I wanted to make a costume for Halloween and make it so I could wear it at other times too so it was practical.
I've also wanted to make a Totoro hoodie for ages.
I bought a hoodie pattern off Fitz patterns but had to redesign the hood to make it easier to do the ears. I also redesigned the sleeves to include mittens which I then added claws to. The sleeves have a hole at the back so you can get your hands out to do things.
The ears turned out a bit too floppy, and I would have done the teeth slightly differently if I did it again, but for my first costume and first clothing I love how it turned out.
It was a lot of hand sewing tho so I won't be doing a remake! XD"


My dad got me a massive pumpkin this year. It made 8 portions of soup, me and Tao and Zen ate the seeds and I also carved it into this:




It's Daruma-san. Maybe not the most traditional Daruma but, I like how it turned out.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Project 52 - October

Not the best month but not a complete disaster either.
This was the best of the 4 tho:



You can see the rest and the other Project 52 paintings at Flickr

You can buy the best of them at RedBubble.
And, you can now buy a 2010 calendar with my selection of the very best 13 Project 52 paintings in it so you can enjoy them all through the year.

Project 52 - September

All 4 paintings this month turned out pretty good I think.
Not perfect, but not too bad at least.! XD"









You can buy prints of these and other paintings from the project at RedBubble.

Fiona Dionaea

Fiona Dionaea was my entry to this years Jungle themed puppet contest at Puppet Project.
Sadly she didn't make the top 10 tho.
You can see the top 10 and vote for the winner at the Puppet Project site.








Fiona Dionaeaâs parents cultivated her talent for singing and acting from a young age and her talents quickly grew. Plucked from her jungle home just as her abilities ripened, she made a name for herself starring in some of the greatest movies of the 30âs and 40âs including numerous Tarzan films. She was always first choice among directors for the roles of lead carnivorous plant, and stood out from the crowd when placed among other exotic plant extras. She put down roots in Hollywood where she remains firmly planted to this day. Her career has blossomed although her talents have wilted in more recent years. She puts her continued youthful looks down to regular pruning and a strict diet of liquid plant feed with the occasional insect or small mammal that wanders too close.

Tiny Fauna

Here's all the gang of Tiny Fauna together.
You too can get them all together now by buying all 4 patterns in one package.
And best of all you'll save $5 compared to if you bought them all seperatly! \^_^/

Go to the Sewing Patterns section of my Etsy to find out more.

Tiny Fuu

Last in the 'Tinys' collection comes Tiny Fuu!



Tiny Fuu was rather more complicated than the previous Tinys, but don't let that put you off because he's also the cutest! X3

The sewing pattern is avaliable from Etsy now!



And remember, Tiny Fuu is also avaliable as a phone charm and on t-shirts at red bubble.

Tiny Ele Plushie

Close on the heels of Tiny Lion comes Tiny Ele!



Make the whole trio of Tiny Tora, Tiny Lion and Tiny Ele from my PDF patterns avaliable now at Etsy.



And don't forget the t-shirts from Red Bubble.