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A delicious Tuesday!

Today i finished up all the sewing on the pineapple dittos and did the majority of the smores! I still have 3 more sets of smores to do tomorrow, as they take quite a bit of time - even though i machine sew the graham crackers on now, each smore has to have its seam line traced on, graham crackers pinned in place and sewn, and then the whole plush has to be pinned together and sewn!
I'll be cutting these out and stuffing them tonight as well!
Have a good night!

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Pineapple production! 🍍

Hi all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
With the design finalized, today i focused on production of the pineapple dittos! All the sublimation was done and fabric was prepared for sewing. This involves tracing the stitching line onto the back of the fabric, pinning the leaves to the head, and then pinning the front and back sides of the fabric together. I'll be sewing together the pineapples and smores for the first few days this week, and then finishing the week off with a new ditto desi...

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Pineapple ditto! 🍍

A relative or prequel to the pineapple upside down cake ditto? πŸ€” you decide!
This is a new design for my summer ditto series! Featuring felt leaves, which thankfully my silhouette cameo can cut out for me 😀 he can be pineapple scented upon request!
I'm currently shooting for Saturday, July 22 as the shop drop date. If i get behind schedule i might push it back to the 29th!

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Smores sublimation, scents, new baby!

Happy friday eve!
Today i got all the sublimation done for the smores! Since i got the graham crackers cut out last night, I'll be flipping them right side out today. With my new process of making the smores these need to be done before sewing them together!
I also mixed up some scents for this drop - a 3rd scent is there, for a new baby that has been started and will be revealed soon πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

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First summer babies are born!

Happy hump day!
I got a ton of work done today! πŸ’ͺ😀 i finished sewing together all of the watermelon babies and doing the embroidery for all the smores graham crackers.
I made a test smores because i was adamant to find a way to machine sew the graham crackers onto the plush because i hate hand sewing so much 😭 luckily, my idea worked out! I'll share how i did it in a future tutorial post!
Since it worked out ill be doing the sublimation for the rest of the smores next!
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Summer ditto day 1!

Hey all! Hope you're having a good week, and I'm sure some of you have the day off today! I actually ended up taking yesterday off and working today instead πŸ˜†
I started the summer dittos!! I got all the sublimation done for the watermelon dittos which are returning this year! The design is printed onto special sublimation paper using dye instead of printer ink. Then the paper is pressed to the fabric with a heat press to transfer it.
I also began stitching out all the graham cracker...

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Holy packages!

Hope you all have had a wonderful weekend! I spent the day at the beach and then came home and finished packing up the first round of July rewards and burgles! So many packages!! πŸ’ͺ😀 thank you all as always! There are still some burgles left in my patreon shop for anyone interested!
I'll be dropping everything off tomorrow! I need to find a better box before i drop my spaghetti all over the post office...

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July Rewards & Tutorial Post Archive

Here's information on the rewards for this month!

July Patreon shop access

July's Patreon shop password can be found at this link:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/85421361

Ditto popsicle sticker

So hot, but trying to keep a smile on his face 😀🌞

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Monthly catchup!

we're halfway through 2023!! i am already looking forward to fall 😀

what have you guys been up to this month? did you make anything cool? what are you looking forward to?

i'll be starting summer ditto production next week, so i know what my july is going to look like!!

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New month Patreon prep! Schedule below~

we're closing in on the end of the month! that means lots of patreon work for me right now. here's the schedule for the next few days:

Friday, 6/30

Burgle pattern is released!

Saturday, 7/1

July rewards go into effect!

  • Ditto popsicle sticker
  • Sonic & Shadow popsicle plush pattern
  • Cactus Ditto plush (no new slots opening)

The Patreon shop password will be changed on this day, and ditto fry st...

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I am the ultimate popsicle!

How could i resist adding my favorite hedgehog to July's pattern reward? This hedgehog popsicle sewing pattern will come with both sonic and shadow variants!
I'll be streamlining shadow's embroidery a bit to remove the applique on the upturned spines, as it doesnt show too much and results in some tricky alignment that's unnecessary because of the color blocking on the gusset!

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Gotta melt fast!

Today i made the first prototype of July's pattern reward: a melting sonic popsicle!
Clearly the florida heat has been very inspiring to me, because i feel exactly like this popsicle today πŸ˜©β˜€οΈ IT'S SO HOT!!
I have a couple minor edits to make but I'm very happy with this silly fella. The best part is you can put the eyes anywhere you want!
this pattern will come with a 4x4 embroidery file to stitch out the face but it could also be done by hand!

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Stickers & finishing burgle instructions!

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend.
I started the day sending out another round of fry stickers and making some more popsicle stickers for July rewards!
Then i made a tutorial post on sewing opposing curves- very relevant to the burgle pattern that releases this Friday!
I also finished up the video for the burgle instructions which ended up being 30 min long, and the written instructions are 55 pages long πŸ’€ i always get so carried away!
Tomorrow I'll be working ...

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July's ditto plush - cactus ditto! 🌡

a beautiful desert rose, cactus ditto was chosen as july's ditto plush for those in the ditto tier 🌡

she comes with a planter to live in and pompom rocks! each cactus is a bit unique due to the sublimation!

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July's sticker - ditto popsicle!

popsicle ditto is here to welcome summer 🌞 as a floridian, i've been feeling like this ditto for a month now 😫

popsicle ditto remains one of my most popular ditto designs, and he has been on my list as a sticker reward ever since i decided to make a sticker tier! i hope he can bring a smile to your face even in the heat πŸ”₯

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Beginning burgle pattern instructions!

hey all, happy monday and happy juneteenth! i hope some of you got to enjoy a long weekend.

the burgle instructions have begun! i'm about halfway through the written instructions. when i'm done with those i will work on the video instructions!

since that means a boring WIP week, be on the lookout for the july ditto plush & sticker reveal! πŸ‘€

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July rewards & HALLOWEEN pins!?

hey all! happy friday eve!

yesterday & today were mostly about july rewards for me! i designed july's cactus ditto yesterday and well, let's just say, i nailed it first try πŸ‘€ i don't think i've ever done that before! here's the only preview you get until the full reveal, which will be sometime next week, ehehhehe 🌡 i also started the july stickers, which will also be revealed next week!

the embroidery on the july dittos takes a long time and my silhouette cameo cuts out ...

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Minky burgle!

Happy Tuesday! It is SO HOT omg its already over 100 here in florida😩
Thankful for my AC, I made the minky burgle today! I like to have a mochi and minky example for my patterns. Of course, mochi will make the roundest and squishiest burgle but minky is very cute too!
I'll be working on the July dittos next!

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Macaron turtle!

A new sugary friend! Macarons are one of my favorite desserts so i couldn't resist making one!
This macaron turtle was made with my burger turtle pattern by mixing and matching different pattern pieces and using a sherpa fabric as the feet of the macaron! I'll include brief instructions in the pattern to make this fella, on top of all the detailed burgle instructions!

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Post archive

hey all!

since patreon's method of navigating old posts is so bad, i've created a post archive of all of my tips & tutorial posts at the bottom of the monthly rewards post. it's organized by subject.

this archive will be updated as i post new tips, and it will be copied over with each new monthly reward entry.

you can see the archive at the bottom of this post here! even if you ar...

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Finished burgle footage!

I did it! I met my goal of finishing up the footage for the burgle instructions today. I'll be making one more out of minky to make sure it looks OK, but then I'll be moving on to the July rewards!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I have a friend coming in from out of town so I'm very excited! πŸ₯° have anything fun planned?

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Burgle pattern work continues!

hey all! the last couple days i've continued work tweaking and recording footage for the burgle pattern instructions. i record videos and take photos and use a combination of both for the instructions. i hope i'll be able to finish all that tomorrow! then, i'll work on the written & video instructions throughout the rest of the month.

for all those interested in buying a burgle, i'll have a few for sale in july in my patreon shop! i will announce the date and time when it's determin...

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Packing orders, burgle photos & pattern

hey all! this morning i packed up some koala cookie keychain orders - thank you so much to everyone who has checked them out so far! πŸ™

i ordered burgers for lunch so i could take pictures of the burgle with a burger, too! 😌 πŸ”

after that i continued work on the burgle pattern!

making patterns is a lot of work for me. some people not familiar with plush patterns may think, "can't you just scan what you used and release it?" well, i could, but no one would be able to f...

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Happy Monday! Koalas & burgles

hi everyone, hope you had a wonderful weekend!

i packed up some more sticker mail today, and also listed a bunch of koala keychains on my patreon shop, which i finished up this weekend! they will remain in my shop through the end of the month. any leftovers will be moved into my public shop at that point.

i also started digitizing the burgle pattern, which will be released on june 30 to ...

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1st of the month! Patreon changes, more rewards sent, sticker production & shiba post!

Hello everyone and WELCOME to all new patrons! So happy to have you here!
It's the first of the month so its always a busy day for me switching patreon benefits over to the new month! The patreon shop has been switched over and i will stock koala cookie keychains in it soon. I'm a little behind where I'd like to be on getting them finished! πŸ™ˆ
I packed up a bunch more june rewards for those with early renewal dates, and made some more cosmic brownie stickers for the shop since i was l...

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June Rewards & Tutorial Post Archive

here's information on the rewards for this month! it's a fast food theme! πŸŸπŸ”

June patreon shop access

june's patreon shop password can be found at this link:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/83870970

Ditto fries sticker

golden brown and delicious~

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"Final" burgle! Koala ITH reward released & first June rewards shipped

Hey all!
First of all, the koala ITH pattern was released to $5 tips & tutorials patrons and higher today! Check your messages and email!
I also dropped off a bunch of June rewards at the post office.
Burgle got his final prototype today! I was able to work through the issues i was having with the cheese and lettuce, hooray πŸ₯³ I'll be sharing posts on how i patterned him throughout june, so look for that detail during the series! I think I'll make a very small tweak to him for ...

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Monthly catchup!

another month flies by πŸ’€ i definitely took it easier this month than last one! i continued doing a ton of gardening in my free time and i'm really enjoying it. it's so rewarding! and i was super happy with the fast food themed rewards coming up for june, and i hope you all enjoy them! i'm looking forward to more coordinated themes like that one.

how was your guy's month? anything exciting to share?

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Finishing koala ITH deliverable, packing rewards & more burgle fiddling

Today i finished up the deliverable for the koala cookie ITH pattern reward which will be released tomorrow to $5 tips & tutorials patrons and higher! Reminder i wont be sharing the link in posts anymore, so check your messages and emails tomorrow. Please make sure your email connected to patreon is up to date!
I also packed up the first of the june rewards and will be dropping them off at the post office tomorrow!
Finally i continued to tinker with the burgle pattern for June. I am...

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Order up! Nuggies & fries 🍟

Hey all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend (and potentially a long one with today's holiday in the US!)
i decided to pack up june's plush and sticker rewards today since my husband was off from work for memorial day and i could do all this while hanging out with him. Thursday is also his birthday so I'll be sending out the first batch of rewards for those with early renewal dates on the 31st! Hope you're hungry! 🍟

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