Plushies: Giant Takara, Seapony Minty and Starcatcher

[pinkkittywinks]

Hi ponies,

I have been busy with my sewing machine lately

Firstly Giant Takara, made using Rhini's pattern! This pony was a combination of a few things I wanted to try. Firstly I wanted to see how the Takara pattern turned out if you enlarged it. I increased the size of the pattern by 50%. She stands at 10 inches tall compared to the regular 5 inches tall. The other thing I was trying out was using velvet instead of Minky. While Minky is lovely and comes in a variety of colours and textures, it is not shiny and I have been hunting for quite sometime for some plush glittery fabric. Well I found a bundle of it at the fabric shop I go to and I decided to use this purple for the 50% Larger Takara. I'd say the only thing I'm not happy about if the floppy wings, I should have either stuffed them or added interfacing to stiffen them.

She is kind of Twinkler like

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Nest is Seapony Minty: I have not had chance until now to make Seapony V 2.0. The head is ValleyViolets pattern and I created the body and mane pattern myself. I made my first Seapony last September and there were a few little things I wasn't happy with, but I have straightened them out I think

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Lastly we have G3 Star Catcher. I made her for Tilas in the plushie swap I picked her as I knew she would be a bit of a challenge, but also it would allow me to try out some new things. She has to be my most detailed plush to date and I am delighted with how she turned out.

Her body and head were made using ValleyViolets pattern. I made the mane, tail and wing patterns myself. I have not done a striped mane or tail before, so that was something new for me to work on. I didn't want her to have regular Pegasus wings, I wanted her to have the shiny blue wings like the G3 figure. Her wings were made using felt, overlaid with a shiny organza and machine embroidered (I don't have an embroidery machine, so I used the free machine technique). I discovered that I needed to add some wire into her wings to give them support or over time they would start to droop (so sad!) I machine appliqued her eyes and the symbols heart and hoof heart. The swirls and other details are all hand embroidered. I also added tiny star sequins to make her more shiny and to represent the glitter which is on the G3 figure.

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Love pkw xxxx

[teacher316]

Those are beautiful! Great job PKW!

[CoonhoundBetty]

I love all of these! The Takara looks awesome in a larger size, and I really like the shiny fabric. Minty Seapony....I am in love, and definitely cannot show DD haha. Starcatcher is phenomenal--Tilas is probably drooling all over her I love love love the details you put into her.

[Griffin]

They are all adorable but Star Catcher is my favourite, wow! The details are spot on, those wings are absolutely perfect.

[Whippycorn]

Cool plushies.  I can't imagine having the skills required to sew a plush. 

[shintoji]

these are all so amazing!! i hope to be as great as you in making plushies someday

[pinkkittywinks]

Thank you

I think anyone can have a go at making a plushie you just need to be able to follow a pattern and time

Love pkw xxx

[Roogna]

love the faces in minty and starcatcher. such a cute pattern
the purple looks great too...love the stars

[Teddy]

Holy cow, WOW!! Those are all amazing! I especially love that seapony design! I've never seen a plush seapony before, and she looks fabulous! ^-^

[hathorcat]

Ohhhhhhh! I adore your sea pony, PKW! She is so beautiful.

[pinkkittywinks]

Thank you all

Roogna ~ I do like ValleyViolets pattern as it is reliable. I've also found you can sew the nose slightly differently to create different looks

Love pkw xxx

[shelvesofwhimsy]

These are soo cute!

[Saja]

OMG I Went drool all 3 times. they are friggen epicly awesome, SPECIALLY star catcher she blew me away!

[pinkkittywinks]

Thank you

Love pkw xxx

[ZennaBug]

They're all super cute, but I looooovvvveeeee your sea pony!  That body is perfect!