Lets get to building the tail!!!
No we already made a prototype earlier from foam, we have a perfectly ready pattern to do this in about 2 days.
The colourway is purple > blue > teal > green with a golden accent. We will also use the red leather for pincers and 'legs'.
I will be using craft foam as the sturdy base for the shell parts, and we already have the pincers carved out of 1in foam. So this is gonna be smooth sailing.
You've seen me cut fabric before so I won't bore you with it again. Everything's sewed up on the machine now! How nice and easy and straightforward.
Now we shove the craft foam into the shells, and blanket stitch them shut so that the foam is in there securely. At first I thought id have to hot glue the fabric down to the foam but honestly Im fine with not doing that at all.
Now to sew the fluffy underside. Which. Well it was a challenge now that the foam was in. I couldn't exactly invert the fabric now and put it under the machine. Looking back I probably should've put the foam in last LOL. So I did the portion I could on it and the rest I blanket stitched together- remember blanket stitches dont need a massive seam allowance, they're actually stronger with less of it! I usually go for 5mm.
I always have some error to my sewing though, especially as the dart came out a little wonky on the fluffy bit with the way it slips around, So i had to sew an extra bit on to completely close up the sides. I got plenty of scraps though so they come in handy. And its long fur so its not gonna be seen.
And now we just have a triangular hole left.
Next update because I only have a 10 image limit: making the tail have an invisible buckle strap.
