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Studio update

Bounced around on different things today. Tiny bit of work on Blues’s hands. Started on his padding. Sewed in his zipper and neck liner. And then finished up attaching his tail.

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Back soon!

Thanks so much for sticking around while I’m on vacation! Excited to be back to work soon working on cute critters 💜💜

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Hands and feet for Blues cut out. He’s also getting 2 sets of feet.

I’ll be going on vacation tomorrow and returning the 23rd! Sorry posts will be quiet for a bit while I am away.

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Got Blues sewn together. Cute nub tail!

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Wow these spots look so cool!

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Blues’s body cut out! Giving him a long corgi body, it’s going to be so cute!

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saber finished!

what a king! complete with his crown <3


photos by Cassius as always! 

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It’s a little hard to show pics but sabers zip off tail worked great! Can’t see the zip from the outside. The tail is partially foam core so it has enough structure to stand up like a husky tail, but I also wanted it removable for easy washing of the body.

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Both sets of paws for Saber done! Just need to finish his tail and some other small details

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Working more on sabers feet paws. Tried to make some little labels for the right and the left. Doing anything with the sublimation printer always takes me so long even though it looks simple there is such a learning curve. But each time I learn something for the future.

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Finished cutting out sabers feet paws and started sewing the toes. Cassius also cut out foam pieces for 2 heads

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Installed Saber’s zipper and neck today

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Saber’s paws sewn! Still need the inner finger bean padding

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Started sewing together saber’s hand paws

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Sabers head finished!

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Saber glued and getting shaved!

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Used more iron on stabilizer for a gold tooth. Saber is almost ready to glue!

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Working on sabers nose. Used some foam iron on stabilizer to help keep the shapes sharp. Turning that nose ring right side out was quite the task!

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Sewed saber’s fur together today. Still need to do all the inner bits and nose

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These are just practice with the prints that came out too brown but AH! So cool. The left one got dog hair on it somehow haha will have to make sure to avoid that for the real prints

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Ahhh so excited about these sublimation eyes. Left was first print which came out a bit brown, after some help from tech support Cassius we got a much better print. Will try transferring them to the eye mesh tomorrow!

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This guy is trying to kill me with these ear markings!

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Ready to cut out fur!

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Did a bunch of slight adjustments to saber’s base, he’s coming out good!


I usually like to save the head for last but I’m waiting on more black fur to arrive for his hands and feet. I didn’t realize I ran out!

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The angry eyes are always a “trust the process” kind of situation haha. Still going to do some adjusting

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Rough carve for Saber. Wanted to give a little tip about the cheeks, I always carve out a big chunk on the inside of the cheek piece. This will reduce the weight of the head, helps the user hear better, and prevents pressure on the user’s ear when wearing it.

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Glued together the head pieces and started on a muzz

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Claws for saber and head prices for saber and the jackal. Stuck if I should make the jackal angry or happy with optional eyelids

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Cut fingers and toes for Saber (he will be getting 2 sets of feet) and put in a quick label I printed in comet’s suit

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Parts for the Jackal premade. We have paws done by splitgrapesoda for this guy! She used our pattern to sew them a little while back. Finishing this guy should be a breeze now, very thankful for the help!

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