Hello! I donāt sew. At all. But my depression has been tearing itās ugly little head and my sister recommended I try making plushies of my favorite fishies that have passed away.
So I figured Iād try it. Iāve got the body shape sewn together but I canāt figure out a good way to make the fins. The first one Iām working on was my lil gay guppy so Iām trying to figure out how to capture a nice thin but huge tail like that. I tried to do ruffles by folding lots of long skinny columns and stitching together the bottom like a fan but the fabric didnāt hold the shape very well and it just didnāt look great. Iāve heard about ironing but I donāt actually have an ironing board hahaā¦. I tried seeing together two pieces of fabric but it looked stupid and stiff.
Im doing it all by hand so no sewing machine for lil ol me.
So any tips? Or sewing techniques/other projects I could look at? Or any recommendations for the shape of the cut of fabric for the tail? I was thinking maybe a tear drop shape with little bumps on the curve but Iām not sure how that would look.
Iām not sure what type of fabric it isā¦ itās just kinda spare I found around the house from old things/my sisters sewing phase forever ago.
So I figured Iād try it. Iāve got the body shape sewn together but I canāt figure out a good way to make the fins. The first one Iām working on was my lil gay guppy so Iām trying to figure out how to capture a nice thin but huge tail like that. I tried to do ruffles by folding lots of long skinny columns and stitching together the bottom like a fan but the fabric didnāt hold the shape very well and it just didnāt look great. Iāve heard about ironing but I donāt actually have an ironing board hahaā¦. I tried seeing together two pieces of fabric but it looked stupid and stiff.
Im doing it all by hand so no sewing machine for lil ol me.
So any tips? Or sewing techniques/other projects I could look at? Or any recommendations for the shape of the cut of fabric for the tail? I was thinking maybe a tear drop shape with little bumps on the curve but Iām not sure how that would look.
Iām not sure what type of fabric it isā¦ itās just kinda spare I found around the house from old things/my sisters sewing phase forever ago.