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Welp, to cope with stress I have gone ahead and started designing a plush pattern for Glisten. He's kinda designed to work like a fashion doll where I can make him clothes and accessories. Think I'll make him jointed too.

Right now im using adobe illustrator to plan out the pattern since vector graphic make it easier to edit things and adobe lets you measure the length of lines in inches which helps with scale. (If yall know an alternative that can do the same thing please let me know).

Figured id keep yall updated on the plush making progress, right now glistens hair is stressing me out, im planning on using a technique similar to The-Crafty-Kaiju's method on Deviantart wish me luck, definitely gonna test it when i can.

Finished Liam's zippers btw, ill post a pic or video when i can.

One of the events in the kirby series that made me realize that there was more going on beneath the surface of the games.

Ey, it’s the legendary Dragoon!

Surprise! I'm making a Liam Plush that also (hopefully) works as a mini backpack! This is the progress I have so far but I started the project awhile ago. I'll be posting updates! Notes under the cut:

Part 1 The Front: embroidering the face was pretty fun but the pocket was one of the things that held me back for a while. Layering the edges of the fleece and zipper (you cant see it but its there) made it difficult to keep the whole thing steady and centered. I had to redo it a second time. If I were to do this again i need to find a better way to sew the pocket on. Part 2 The Back: The back is reinforced with a thin and flexible foam (as will the bottom) to help keep it sturdy but hopefully still plush. The strap that's attached behind the back straps wasn't part of the original plan but I worried that the straps could rip off. So I took a pause to cut out another strip for the bottom back straps that will be attached later.

Another delay was caused because I realized that the back straps wouldn't be long enough and i couldn't find my spare belt strapping by that time (Thankfully i found it eventually, hopefully the new bottom straps will be long enough so the backpack fits). Part 3 The Top (and technically the sides of the backpack): I was going to make the zipper a double zipper but it didn't work out and I didn't want to buy more (I have another solution in mind). Still need to sew on the other side but I'm proud at how the zipper is sewed for now. The pieces are larger than what they're supposed to be because I couldn't calculate how much fabric I should cut so I'll just cut it to it's proper size when I'm finished sewing everything to the zipper. There was quite of bit of planning and prototyping before I started this project too but maybe ill show it off another time.

Here's Top Hat and Sketchpad, love the goobers, hope they overcome evil with the power of friendship. I love having them in my room. Top Hat was a fun challenged to make, Sketchpad really only challenged my likeliness of developing carpal tunnel, dude is tiny.

Hey, hey you, Watch the Nightly Manor by Allenmations, its not lon-WAIT A NEW TEASER, HOW DID I JUST FIND OUT

I thought I uploaded this somewhere but I can't seem to find it so here it is. A Professor Layton OC named Mr. Nothmahn who is a professor in Cryptozoology who just kinda showed up to Gressenheller University. At least you still get credit taking his class.

Reference and Comic under the cut.

I sorta think of him having the energy of Brian David Gilbert. Lady is an oc my sis made.

Next progress pics! I just cut the lining for the inside of the backpack too so i think we're getting closer to the end of this project!

So I finally attached the back straps onto the back. The original ones i made were too small so I just used the rest of the material and cut it in half and sewed the end with a x box stitch. I then sewed the other end onto the actual backpack and sewed a strap of fleece on top to secure it better (hopefully).

For the bottom piece, I sewed it onto foam since it'll be dealing with the weight of whatever inside it. For the limbs I wanted to use actual parachute cord and knot it so I got to learn how to do a monkey fist knot for the hands. Forgot one knot I used for the feet lol but then i painted the ends black. So I attactched the oversized side pieces to the zipper and sewed a flap with the excess fabrice and then trimmed the rest to proper size to fit the bottom piece. I couldnt calculate how much I'd need to sew the fabric onto the zipper and the flap so it was easier to just use larger pieces and trim afterwards, though im started to wonder it i should have added the lining to the side pieces before sewing them onto the zipper but ill just have to wait and see.

So with all the major pieces done, I cut out the lining. I stilla have to finish the edges and take care of a few adjustments but i think im close to finishing!

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Some shading practice void design inspired by @witchypuffball

Got a pattern for glisten down! still need to test it but I'm super happy! Can't wait to put it together and see how it goes. I still have to properly break down the pattern into a printable file but ill worry about that when i know the pattern works. Gotta also worry about his accessories but we're getting there!

More details under the cut!

decided to make glisten's foot in 3d to make a better pattern piece out of it, then sent it to adobe illustrator and traced it and adjusted it to make sure the pieces fit correctly. Gotta make sure it works though cause i only used plushify for 3d models, im worried it wont come out right

the rest is merely a matter of breaking down the pattern into front and back pieces so its pretty self explanatory.

besides that my main concern is making the joints functional but stable. theres also the thickness of the head compared to the body (since the body is only a front and back piece. but i imagine its an easy fix cause i can trim the side head piece. also the seam allowance might be too big but trimming should fix that.

already have the fabric ready for it too. I was gonna prototype it but im kinda impatient plus i imagine the adjustments ill need to do are minor so we ball.

im looking forward to finishing this project. Glisten is a huge comfort character to me and i wanted to make something that i can share with other fans and encourage sewing as a hobby. the pattern still needs some work i think but i look forward to sharing it with yall for free.

that said, please dont spread this around (yet) or try to profit off it. if you want to try out this pattern as it is right now, just be sure to credit me and let people know that pattern isnt finished and redirect them to this post (or some of my other ones) if they're curious. thanks yall