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Pretty patty burgle!

A beautiful blue baby ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿข๐Ÿ’™ because i can't ever be happy with anything, I'll be making a few more tweaks early next week! But we are getting there slowly but surely ๐Ÿ˜ค

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Pretty patty burgle, shiba work, and nuggie cases!

Today was a variety of different projects for me!
I worked on the shiba plush for a post for tomorrow, finished sewing the linings to the nuggie cases, and began work on the pretty patty burgle! I had so many blue mochi colors that i couldn't resist using that color scheme!! I hope the edits o...

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Add some lettuce to the burgle ๐Ÿ”

Today i modded the 3rd burgle prototype to shorten the back legs, remove the extra strip of fabric on the top bun, change the cheese, and add some lettuce! I plan on cleaning up the features a little on the next iteration, which I'm thinking about making a Pretty Patty inspired one ๐Ÿ‘€

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Happy world turtle day! ๐Ÿข

What a great time to be designing the burgle!
Today i enlarged the pattern to make it less finnicky to sew. He's all machine sewn, so some of the little pieces were pretty tricky at the smaller size! But he still has a lot of issues to fix - he's still too tall! Adding a layer for the bottom o...

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Color burgle prototype ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿข

Today i made the 2nd prototype of the burger turtle with accurate colors! I needed to split the gusset into segments to get the parts of the burger included so i figured i might as well use the right colors. Well, he came out WAY too tall and he was way too fiddly to sew at this size, which means...

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June sticker: McDitto's fries!

continuing with the fast food theme, june's sticker reward is a set of McDitto's french fries ๐ŸŸ

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June ditto plush: McDitto's nuggie!

here comes a McDitto's nuggie, with a special surprise inside ๐Ÿ‘€ sound on!

he's made from special sherpa fabric for that thick nuggie look, and comes with his own McDitto's box!

there is n...

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Beginning June pattern reward!

Here's a preview of the first draft of the june pattern reward: a burger turtle, aka burtle? Burgle? I can't wait to get him made with real colors, i think he will be a cutie! ๐Ÿฅน

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June rewards photoshoot & next shiba post!

happy hump day! today i took the photos for the june plush & sticker rewards, which will be revealed this weekend! let's just say i had fast food for lunch today... hehehehe ๐Ÿ‘€

i also worked on the next shiba patterning post, which will be going up tomorrow!

i will be starting w...

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Stickers & koala ITH instructions ๐Ÿจ

hey all! today i continued production of the june stickers. i also wrote up the instructions for the koala cookie keychain ITH pattern releasing at the end of the month. despite it being a beginner friendly ITH file, i still somehow managed to make the instructions almost 20 pages long ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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Back to koalas!

Hey all! Hope you had a wondeful weekend! Mine was a mix of gardening and Zelda. We built a small bubbler in our backyard for the birds! It was surprisingly easy besides when i accidentally cut the power cord 3 hours in when trimming the pond liner ๐Ÿซฃ
Today i was able to start production on ...

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Stickers, shiba post, and ZELDA!!!

Happy Friday indeed!! Today i made some more stickers for my stock as well as the first stickers for June ๐Ÿ‘€ which haven't been revealed yet!! But they didnt cut well, and then i ran out of vinyl, so I'll have to do another round on Monday ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Finishing nuggie dittos & starting June stickers, shiba body progress!

hey all! sorry for the lack of WIPs this week - i've been working on the june ditto rewards, which i'm not quite ready to reveal yet ๐Ÿ‘€ i've gotten the majority of the work done on the nuggie dittos, and have started work on the june sticker as well!

i also began work on the shiba body fo...

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Nuggie ditto day!

Hey all! Hope you had a great weekend! My mom visited and brought me a ton of native plants for my new garden I was very excited about ๐Ÿฅฐ i worked outside for over 8 hours yesterday and got a killer sunburn on my back where i missed applying sunscreen ๐Ÿคช oops!!
Today i had to take my dad t...

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Koala cookie batch & machine tension "fun"

Happy Friday!
I only worked a half day today because my mom is visiting this weekend and i needed to clean the house ๐Ÿงน
I made a batch of the standard koala cookie design, and spent a lot of time fiddling with the tension on my machine.  I realized yesterday while doing the embroider...

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Wrapping up koala designs ๐Ÿจ

Happy Thursday! Today i wrapped up the design work on the koala cookie ITH patterns that are a reward for may! I also took this photo for them, and enjoyed the snacks afterwards ๐Ÿ‘€
I also started work again on the dog head patterning series i started a while ago that was paused during the k...

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More koalas!

Hey all! Today i caught up on monthly accounting and also put up a patreon post on lining objects. Check it out if you missed it! https://www.patreon.com/posts/82455487
I also continued work on may's koala cookie IT...

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Making stickers and koala cookie designs!

Hey all!
Today i made a bunch of stickers for my stock and for reward fulfillment! I hope those of you with early renewal dates will receive your brownie stickers soon ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ‘
I also continued work on designing the koala cookie ITH file reward for may! I think I'm going to change the middl...

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Monthly patreon updates & reward fulfillment!

Hey all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Today i worked on transitioning all rewards to may and updating the patreon shop for the month! For those with access, it's been updated with the sprout stickers, squish cat pattern, and the kaiju plush i made! Thank you to all supporters so far!! ๐Ÿ™...

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May rewards!

here's information on the rewards for this month! we're going with a snack theme!

May patreon shop access

may's patreon shop password can be found at this link:

https:/...

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Monthly catchup!

Phew, this month FLEW by ๐Ÿ’€ this was definitely my busiest month since i've gone full time, and a huge lesson learned for me to not spread myself so thin in future months! but, i got through it, and may is a new month ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ค

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Growing bananas ๐ŸŒ

Hey all! Today i worked on production of the banana dittos. I only had time to make the example plush earlier in the month, so now I'm making all of them so i can ship them out early next week!
Each banana has a separate peel, and each peel is lined which means i have to sew 48 peels and then ...

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May ITH pattern reward!

Here's a preview of may's ITH pattern reward - a koala's march keychain!
I wanted to continue the snack theme for may since the sticker reward is a cosmic brownie ditto and the plush reward is a banana! These cookies were one of my favorite snacks when i was a kid - although i will continue ca...

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Continuing kaiju video & popsicle pins!!

Hey all! Today i continued work on the video instructions for the kaiju pattern which releases on Sunday. I hope to wrap everything up with that tomorrow!
In something more visually interesting, i received my popsicle pins! These ones are made with soft enamel and an epoxy coat, and i really l...

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Post office run, kaiju video instructions, AND MY SEWING MACHINE'S BACK!!

Hey all! Hope you had a great weekend!
Today i dropped off the spring shop update orders. Thanks again to everyone who supported!! โค๏ธ
I also began work on the kaiju video instructions, recording the audio and starting editing it. I hope to finish it by Wednesday - the pattern will be re...

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Order fulfillment weekend!

Hey all! Thank you so much to everyone who supported me in any way for the spring drop!! I am humbled as always ๐Ÿฅนโค๏ธ
Yesterday, as per usual, i spent the first day of the drop scenting and hand sewing the remaining dittos since i can't finish everything until the orders come in.
Today...

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Finished written kaiju instructions & spring shop update tomorrow!

hey all! i had a very productive day today and finally finished the written kaiju instructions! it ended up being 79 pages long ๐Ÿ˜ณ i'll be working on the video instructions next week until they are complete!

reminder that tomorrow is my spring shop update at 1pm EST! i'll be working on fu...

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May sticker reveal!

May's sticker is the cosmic brownie ditto! i was so happy people liked him and while the plush will remain exclusive to the plush tier, i decided to make a sticker of him! and since the plush reward for...

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May ditto plush reveal!

Today is national banana day, so what better day to reveal may's ditto plush: banana ditto! ๐ŸŒ
Comes with a removable peel and can be banana scented upon request!

Have another cute photo!

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Bee skins!

Hey all, hope you had a great Monday!
Today i finished sewing up the bees! Man, even with the streamlining i did, these are a lot of work! The wings are done ITH and i tried my best to get my silhouette to cut out the antennae but it just wouldn't do it cleanly - so i had to cut them all out b...

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