Oy! So behind! Here’s the Robo-naut. It turned out much larger than expected, but not bad.

I have also since finished another Deputy. What’s next? Maggots Maggots Maggots! And maybe another Ballistic Trauma?

Hooray for Renegade!

Whoa. I did the math and I have to make 1 piece of plush a DAY every day until Renegade in order to fill my 25 plush quota for the show (without fudging and using plush from my Etsy shop).

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Now, this is all well and good, but I’ve got a full time job, and an hour and a half in the car each day. Where will I get the time? Will I make it? Oh – the suspense!

Here’s the result of the past 2 days:

I just love those deputies. But they take TIME. The moustache, especially.

And here’s the iconic PterodactylPants piece – the Maggot!

There will be many happy Maggot owners all over Chicago when this Craft Fair is through!

What have I got cooking now? Stay tuned for my new, original, and exciting Robo-naut. (That I will hopefully complete before I pass out on my pincushion!)

Hello all! Where have I been? Working on Renegade…or feeling bad about how little work I’ve been doing to prepare for Renegade. Three weeks away! I’m going Maggot-crazy!

Here’s a little something new I whipped up to break up the pre-craft-show monotony.

My original sketch depicted an unfortunate monster, glancing down in horror at his colorful bullet wound.

As you can see, the bullet penetrated both sides of his body. The final product did not really look scary or gorey, or bullet-wound-y at all. Let’s be honest. It looks like a neck pillow.

But the “eye ball” (above) looks pretty neat. And, really, the eyeball (below) looks neat, too.

Maybe I’ll try this one again someday, with the intention of making it a bit grosser and more creepy. But for now, here is a cute, cuddly, monster faced . . . neck pillow. Enjoy!

A Hypnotic Haiku:

What was that you said?

You’re getting very sleepy?

Stop looking at me!

Preppin’ for the big show.

A baby maggot. (As you can see) I had to hand stitch all the panels together, because the pieces were too small for the machine.

Happy family. I have another, larger, 5-section maggot to make today to complete the series.

I’ve decided on Maggots and Deputies to bring to the Renegade Show, As I can only bring 25 pieces and I want there to be some continuity. What do you think? Have any favorites? let me know!

for the Plush Team! I can’t help it! They’ve welcomed me with open arms, and it’s so great to have a group of fellow plush-lovers to talk plush with. The challenges have been fun, as well (you remember the Crystal Ball of a few posts ago) and here’s another – PT Stitchy, the Plush Team mascot. He’ll be up for grabs in me Etsy Shop tomorrow, and 20% of proceeds go back to the team. It’s the least I can do!

Some of the finer details. You can see NervousOnion’s drawing of PT on the side of my page – I tried to be as accurate as possible.

You can see he is quite stitchy.

A Team Spirit Haiku:

Worlds of stitches

Parlay from your fingertips.

I gobble them up!

(It’s poetry, people. Don’t hassle me about the “parlay”!)

This was the hardest part right here. Teeny letters stitched in a teeny fashion. Yikes.

Not too shabby. What’s next?