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Before the Holidays of December my friend Diana told me about The Custom Toy Show event they were hosting at their store Dream in Plastic. And of course I had to be a part of the fun! Inspired by one of Diana's birthday cakes I decided to make a decapitated Unicorn.
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But since I dislike making my life easy when it comes to my craft I added a cloth doll, Kuriketto, to the mix.
I started with Kuriketto first since I had to order the fabric for the Unicorn and it takes about 2 weeks to receive. I worked with a current doll pattern I developed and modified it slightly.
First step was to start with her face. I did a rough sketch as seen below.
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After I got the shape I wanted I rendered them out in Illustrator.
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I printed them out and got them ready to be ironed on. Thankfully my printer decided to play nice.
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After her face was set I started spooling her hair and sewed her completely up.
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Then I filled her with my favorite polyfil made by Fairfield World.
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At this point she needs her nose, which I hand tack on and her skirt. Her hair is not styled.
While in this week long plus process of finishing up Kuriketto my Unicorn material arrives. I have been working on the pattern in between constructing Kuriketto. Normally a new pattern, like the Unicorn's, will take me up to 2 weeks to develop before going to final fabric. Here is a picture of the Unicorn being sewn.
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With his new innards.
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Now to the hand glittering. This is by far the most favorite thing to do... I think I have a glittering problem ;D
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The glitter can take up to 16 hours or more to dry. Especially on fabric. At this point I was starting to panic because the show was only days away and I still had so much to do to finish Kuriketto. I spent an entire day detailing her hair made of yarn and putting on last minute accessories.
I'm happy I got the piece finished! It's currently being shown at Dream In Plastic in Beacon, NY
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I saw Kuriketto and the unicorn at the show - they're fantastic!
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