the girl with the tattoo makes a dragon - part three...

In spite of myself, progress is being made with our little dragon friend. I have been wondering what I am going to name him when this labor of love is done, and am contemplating making him a sister with the reverse coloring. I should probably be concentrating on finishing this little scrap first but that's not my way. It is fairly likely I will start dragon #2 before this one is hatched.

The rest of the sewing has been pretty uneventful, with the exception of the wings which was largely due to my ineptitude with the sewing machine and its myriad of stitching choices. In the end I went for more is better and just sewed over my ugly stitches with thicker ones. This fits in with my usual plan of action that when you screw up a bit, just do it again and again and then it doesn't seem like such a big deal.

Dragon feet are a pain in the ass to sew, despite some good advice on making pretty feet provided by http://www.funkyfriendsfactory.com/2010/10/21/put-your-best-foot-forward-how-to-sew-perfect-plushie-feet/. My feet are not perfect plushie feet, but I have reached the point of abandoning perfectionism and just being glad that the body parts are recognizable.

I am impatiently awaiting the arrival of the mini-kit I bought which contains the joints and eyes for little dragon man so I decided to go ahead and stuff his head and tail. I had to make a little heart to sew on the end of his tail, as my crap seamstressing is already apparent and when I turned and stuffed it there was a lovely little hole right at the tip. Of course I could have said I was just using my creativity to make it my own, but it's too late for that lie now.

So here he is, looking a little like a cow but still dragonesque. He's giving the thumbs up despite looking like roadkill, having a lumpy tail and one foot considerably larger than the other. All adds to the character I say.

 

 

And just when I was feeling pretty accomplished for getting this far, patterns have emerged for an egg from which to hatch your dragon from, a layette for him to wear, and now there is talk of unicorns and seahorses.

I'm back to feeling like a 12 year old might be better at this toy-making malarky.