u/snowleopardalps

Or not...Merp!

At Anthrocon 2026 having a blast debuting my fully handsewn bodysuit, 99% handsewn rest of the suit!! Head is fully handsewn, tail is too except one reinforcing straight stitch along the length since it was the first piece of the suit I did, and hand paws are fully handsewn except the pawpads to the fur which was machine sewn to look cleaner!

My fully handsewn bodysuit for my gal is SO CLOSE TO DONE AND I AM SO FRICKIN HAPPY!! Anthrocon here I come!

Rose gold options I've looked at tend to be way too coppery. What would be the best way to go about color matching it?

I have a slight feeling I need to redo this zipper a bit further down the leg...But I can still get in the suit, so that will be last priority after I finish the bodysuit 😂

This is the detergent I have at home and tested it on a little swatch for my paws a while back ran through my washer on cold. But I'm not sure if it would work the same in a Little Green Machine and how much I would use. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Gonna be giving my suit a nice Little Green cleaning for the first time before Anthrocon, since I didn't have one before

All things considered with a pretty janky way of putting the padding together since I didn't pattern the bottom, I am super happy with my leg padding so far. However, there is one problem: the thigh and heel padding is not concave on the back and instead puffs out too much from the polyfil stuffing. Removing stuffing then makes it too flat. Any pointers on how to make the back concave so it connects to my leg better? The red lines are where I want the padding to cut off at the side and anything below I want to be concave to form to my leg. Thigh padding test fit on the last slide showing the shape is great except for the puffiness on the back

That feeling when your hard work is finally starting to pay off!! I am so frickin hyped with my gal so far, and her hip marking being complete is bringing things together even more!! I have more progress I will show in the next day or so once it's more complete. But for now, enjoy the happy purple chez's fully hand sewn top bodysuit with accidentally perfectly matching shorts lol

Many hours later, and Grace's fully handsewn bodysuit is coming along SO WELL!! I am so excited to continue working on her during my vacation and sharing the progress with you all!! The whole top of the bodysuit is officially fully sewn!! Leggies are next! SO happy with the result so far!

Very happy with how the tail is connecting with the bodysuit now that the back part is almost fully hand sewn. After work tomorrow, I will be moving on to the sides and front. After that, leggies!! 💜

My padding pattern on these foam pieces only covered the top and sides of the padding, so how can I do the bottom and make sure it fits right?

It's a little more snug and covers the whole top too but is just very hard to show with one hand

Don't mind the lighting. I haven't had power for 3 1/2 hours and I have been using a little motion sensor light to sew this whole time lol. Already swapped it out for another once

The videos I've watched have confused me. For example, I've seen "use smaller scraps and cover them in a fabric to get the general shape" and am like "Okay but how am I supposed to figure out how to shape and place them and shape the fabric if I don't have a solid piece?" I'm just getting super confused. I know I am aiming to have pillows for the pattern at the end, but I just cannot seem to wrap my head around how to make the shape the way I am going for, but built it out to be 3D

I worked on saran wrapping, duct taping, and patterning this section of the DTD today. 3 hours later, and the pre-padding markings are done!! Now to start digi padding and continue working on the feetpaws!! And with plenty of time till Anthrocon 2026!!

Down the line I want to make a fursuit for my birb, and seeing this suit up video by tentailedwolf with his suit by thatsfurredup made me INCREDIBLY inspired to make my wings like this so I can choose if I want to use normal wings or have paws too. How would this be made to be seamless like this?

I rushed on this cheese prop last year because of con crunch and didn't even finish it. The fabric isn't even sewn, just glued on, and it looks awful. I want to save the base I made though since I am super proud of it. Is there any way I could soften the hot glue and take this off while saving the base as much as possible, or do I need to completely redo it?