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Dream Eater Jacket
Admittedly this idea has been in my head for a few years now, since I came across this almost-new jacket at a Savers when secondhand stores were still, you know. Affordable and not super trendy. (That's not even old person talk, that's just a thing that's happened the past few years.)
REGARDLESS, I'd wanted to smack a Dream Eater symbol (ala Kingdom Hearts) on the back of this beautiful soft dark maroon-ish microsuede, but didn't quite know... how. I finally decided on "holographic dot (polyester) velvet", which was incredibly stupid. These are two very thick, very tightly-woven fabrics, one stretch and one not, so I decided it was going to be "easier" hand sewing. Maybe it was, I couldn't say for sure, but I didn't break a needle, so... success! Such as it is. The symbol got sewn in place with regular black thread, then I decided that I really wanted it to pop (yeah,I know) so out came the rainbow "holoshimmer" thread. For obvious plastic thread, I have to say, it actually holds up incredibly well and doesn't knot or kink too dramatically as long as you take your time... so I had mostly no problems.
Of course, patches were necessary. The official Loungefly Oblivion Keyblade patch was admittedly from Hot Topic, oh... I have no idea how many years ago. Many, unfortunately. The"press triangle to Sora" patch made me laugh, so I had to buy it from Dead Cute Pins.
And now we will all sit back and pretend that I'm not seriously tempted to embroider a particular phrase along the bottom in Scala ad Caelum text.
Elegance and Expletive
Naturally, the moment I found out that the Kingdom Hearts fan community had actually cracked the Scala Ad Caelum language/font, and it was based on the English alphabet, I knew that what I really needed to do was take this elegant writing (based on the font openly available here) and use it for a beautiful expletive. It started some experiments with stenciling, and while the result here is a little rougher than intended, it is obviously human-made and I liked the look of it enough to follow through and finish it in... a relatively simple way.
Yes, the word is all-caps "FUCK" because I am predictable and in "Riku colors" because I am always mentally in the "Let Riku say 'fuck'!" space while I'm playing the games.
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Elegance and Expletive
Naturally, the moment I found out that the Kingdom Hearts fan community had actually cracked the Scala Ad Caelum language/font, and it was based on the English alphabet, I knew that what I really needed to do was take this elegant writing (based on the font openly available here) and use it for a beautiful expletive. It started some experiments with stenciling, and while the result here is a little rougher than intended, it is obviously human-made and I liked the look of it enough to follow through and finish it in... a relatively simple way.
Yes, the word is all-caps "FUCK" because I am predictable and in "Riku colors" because I am always mentally in the "Let Riku say 'fuck'!" space while I'm playing the games.
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Dandelion
Dandelion quite joyfully embraces what she calls "the finer qualities of weeds". She's also kind of really interested in dandelions as snacks, so it's a good thing they're relatively easy to grow.
The simplest of desires were latched onto this year: 1.) RAINBOW, 2.) using up some old yarn and using a lot of other materials I've had around for quite a while. Alas, this is mostly acrylic yarn, but the beak and feet are a wool acrylic blend. Stuffing is polyfil because shredded cotton was a little too heavy for what I had in mind, and the glass eyes are positively ancient by anyone's standards. Tail, primary feathers, neck, feet and toes are all stainless steel wire armature, the jaw opens and closes, upper and lower beak moving independently for a few possible expressions, and the primary wing feathers can be tucked in or arranged in various stares of openness. Lots of posing options! There's a little something new with "softer" back toes, because I'd noticed the balance could be thrown off way too easily when the back toes were a little too rigid. This way she's much more easy to "shuffle" into a more sturdy standing position.
I also decided that I couldn't let her go without an accessory, so I did some stainless steel wire wrapping on an amethyst heart. A little bit of "fire in the heart" as a concept-ish. Of course it's possible to remove and put on another cord or chain, she wouldn't mind sharing.
In all, she is 11.5 inches to the top of her crest, has a full wingspan of 11 inches, and from chest to tail is 6 inches. ...We will not discuss whether she will fit in the shipping box yet, but technically yes.
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Flower and Cross
I felt like I'd been keeping the majority of the shiny components together for more than long enough and I really needed to do something with them. The decision to use satin ribbon was a bit of a last minute one that came with starting at the two tiny belt-style clasps I'd been holding on to as well, but I really enjoy the way it turned out.
Sold.
Flower and Cross
I felt like I'd been keeping the majority of the shiny components together for more than long enough and I really needed to do something with them. The decision to use satin ribbon was a bit of a last minute one that came with starting at the two tiny belt-style clasps I'd been holding on to as well, but I really enjoy the way it turned out.
Currently both are available for sale.
Shades of Control
Well. I got the urge to revisit one of my old FFVII SOLDIER logo designs... and then decided I also really wanted to tack on a couple of very subtle Shinra logos. They might actually have turned out a little too subtle unless you know what you're looking at, but that's also kind of perfect.
Because I am me, a few new things were tried on the "floating steps", and I did get the hang of something that's technically a little easier on both my fingers and the beads themselves... but it left a couple of slightly loose-looking beads framing the negative space and it annoys me. Greatly. Not that it affects anything but me personally, but still. Now I know how to avoid that for next time, anyway.
Currently available.
Shades of Control
Well. I got the urge to revisit one of my old FFVII SOLDIER logo designs... and then decided I also really wanted to tack on a couple of very subtle Shinra logos. They might actually have turned out a little too subtle unless you know what you're looking at, but that's also kind of perfect.
Because I am me, a few new things were tried on the "floating steps", and I did get the hang of something that's technically a little easier on both my fingers and the beads themselves... but it left a couple of slightly loose-looking beads framing the negative space and it annoys me. Greatly. Not that it affects anything but me personally, but still. Now I know how to avoid that for next time, anyway.
Currently available.