Modesty Studios

I'm the worst at updating. But summer's coming and for some reason that seems to be getting me into my creative groove again. So I think it's almost been a year but I'm still working on my Pony OC plushies. I'm happy to say that I've finished the first "body" of a pony. She still needs a mane and tail, but here's Willow Wisp. The wings are velcroed on so I can interchange them with open wings. The eyes and cutie marks were hand embroidered. ...Yeah...I have to find a better way to do that.  And luckily  I think I have. I found a video that suggested printing on felt which is something I may try. (I did an experiment on batting and it worked decently well.) Which will help speed up the process on other ponies. Seriously, hand embroidering make-up eyes...So much work.  I've taken apart my old Rough Edges pony and recut him in proper minky. He's the other one I had nearly finished but now I have to start over with. :P  ...

I made most of the plushie! I need to attache her head to the neck, put some wire/pipe cleaners/straws into her wings to give them some stiffness. I plan on making them velcro detachable. :) Also need to make the mane and tail. She might be the pony I finish first. :) I've taken apart Rough Edge's head to re-do it. I dun fudged up sewing it together. It got all bunched up. Working on Tender Heart's eyes on and off, but I'm putting my pony project away because my parents are coming next week to visit and I need to clean! These make such a mess!

I've got quite a bit of work done on these. First is Rough Edges: This is the first thing I put together with the pattern. The body turned out okay, the head, I made too big. I used a different head pattern than the one included with the body pattern. I think i may nee to take the head apart and do it again. It's still oddly shaped and I screwed up the ears. I've now corrected the pattern for the other stallion heads I have planned.  Next Willow Wisp I'm actually a little farther along than this picture suggests. The cutie marks and one eye is sewn down onto the pattern. We'll see how the sewing on this one goes soon. I just have one more eye to sew down. I've been procrastinating on that. 

Hello again blog. I'm here again. The sewing table is working out like a dream. It's a great place for snacks AND sewing. :) My current project is going to take me the rest of summer I feel like. (Steam's summer sale has NOT helped with this.) I'm working on plush versions of all my current My Little Pony Original Characters. Which are mostly based on pre-existing characters of mine that I've ponified. Some are new though.  I don't have a machine to do my embroidering. I can't justify the cost of an embroidering machine at this time either. ( I will probably hire someone eventually. ) So for now doing everything by hand.That's the part that's taking five-ever. And I have so many ponies! Here's the list of ponies I've started work on and those I have planned.  Name Progress To Do Creative Burst Pattern Cut, Mane Cut, Tail Cut, CM 10% finished Embroider Eyes, Finish CM, sew body, sew mane/tail, stuff Rough Edges Pattern Sew...