dogthing becomes real NOW

so the other night i really, really, really got stuck on the idea of making a plushie.

i've made a plushie before - poorly sewn but full of love, i made a shiny umbreon plush for my girlfriend one year - but i wanted something larger, simpler, and representing myself in some way.

now, you might think i'd have gone for a plushie of toby; after all, i use a stand-in ravenpaw plushie as my image elsewhere, to the point that people tell me they either didn't know or forget that it's meant to be warrior cats merchandise due to how often i associate with it.

the initial drafts did include toby, however, i ended up deciding to make a simpler dogthing first, both because i couldn't locate my black faux fur and because i wanted to do a test plush before i dove in.

after the drafting, i cut out some shapes, then used the shapes to cut out more shapes but this time out of fabric. and then i turned on instructional VHS tape rips for background while i went at it.

i sewed the body together, then added paws.

the next night, i put together the head using three lemon-wedge shapes and took a first pass on attaching the ears (which i would end up re-arranging two or three more times afterwards).

and now today, i attached the head better, attached the tail, finished the ears, and added details - the eyes, the pawpads, and the little scarf (a last-minute addition to better hide some ugly stitching around the neck ROFL).

thennnnn... well, i was finished! i went ahead and took photos.