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So ya know how Opossums carry there children on their backs. . . yeah. I know it’s only the females that do it but Charmy has a stinger!!! Let me have this
I saw him with that coat and thought it made him look weirdly big, so ‘The Children’ where born, The Grand Baby’s!
. . . .I’m so much better at traditional art
another thing I was supposed to post but didn’t (you can even see the date in the photo)
I've been curious about the furry community for a couple years now, but have only now have made a fursona. This is my first peice of furry art and I'm actually really proud of it.
I chose to make myself an opossum because I love finding trashed items and just collecting things that others find kind of useless. I just really vibe with them.
I made a Moonshine Cybin Flannel to see NADDPOD Live at Carnegie Hall (featuring an embroidered PawPaw)
Read more for details on how I made this
Making the Shirt:
Like a week before I left for New York, I decided that I wanted to make my own NADDPOD clothes to wear since I don’t have a lot of merch. I remembered that JoAnn Fabrics had this mushroom flannel and so I ran out and bought two yards.
I used this button up shirt/lined jacket pattern from MCall’s:
The problem is that I’m right in between the largest boy’s size and the smallest men’s size. So I had to make some adjustments. I cut out the pattern, then shortened it at the waist because there wasn’t room for my hips in the original pattern. Then I cut out all the pieces: shirt front, shirt back, sleeves, pocket, collar, and cuffs.
I knew from using the pattern before that the sleeves were too big for the armhole, and I don’t like the look of gathered sleeves. So I trimmed 5/8” from both arm holes.
Once those adjustments to the pattern were made, I stitched the sides together.
Next up was the collar. I cut two collar pieces, stitched them with the pattern-side of the fabric facing each other, trimmed the excess at the edges and flipped it right side out and ironed it.
I pinned the collar in place around the neck and stitched it in place.
Next up was the sleeves. I stitched each sleeve together, leaving a gap open at the bottom so that the sleeves could be unbuttoned. I hemmed the opening of each sleeve so no raw edges were visible, the gathered the top of the sleeves so they fit into the arm hole.
I pinned the sleeves into the arm hole and stitched them in place.
I cut two cuff pieces, and turned down one edge so that once it was stitched in place, there wouldn't be any raw edges. Then I pinned it in place so the right sides were together and the excess fabric of the cuff was pointed towards the shoulder. I stitched it in place, then folded the cuff in half, right sides together and stitched the ends. That way when the cuff was folded out the right way, all the raw edges would be held inside.
With that, the main construction of the shirt was complete.
Next were my first attempts at embroidery. I found a reference image online that reminded me of PawPaw and printed it out in various sizes. I stitched together a breast pocket, and pinned it to the shirt. Then I was able to use that and my printed images to decide how big I wanted the embroidery.
Once I decided on the size, I unpinned the pocket and transferred the drawing to the fabric using transfer paper. I pinned the drawing and transfer paper in place, and traced over the image. It left a carbon copy on the fabric, and I traced over that with heat erase pen so it wouldn't rub off while I worked.
After that, it was lot of stitching with embroidery thread. Have some in progress pictures.
With the embroidery done, it was time for the finishing touches. Using the guides on my pattern, I marked off the places where buttons and buttonholes were meant to go.
I used the buttonhole foot attachment and setting for my sewing machine to install the button holes, then I sewed the buttons in place by hand.
To secure the embroidery I cut out a patch of white flannel and ironed heat and bond to the back. Then I placed the patch over the thread on the backside of the embroidery, and ironed it in place. The patch prevents the loose threads from getting snagged on anything.
After that, I hemmed the shirt and it was finished!
I literally finished this project the night before I flew to New York. It ended up being a huge hit at the fan meet up in Central Park.
These are just little drawings I did of me and my bf's OCs
my OC is Bex the Opossum, an energetic little shit who you can't help but love
his OC (who originally started out as just his VRchat avatar) is Rixon IV, a dragon girl who has a relatively more reserved personality
they're dating
ofc
I made this design to print on a Christmas gift for a very dear friend. The raccoon is supposed to represent her and the opossum is supposed to represent me. 🦝
Do you ever feel yourself identifying with these little guys, and think about why? I hope you enjoyed this week's installment of 'Slices of Gremlin'! I am going to continue updating every Tuesday, and if you would like to support the comic and get early access, you can sign up to be a member of the 'Little Creature Club' on Ko-Fi!
A cute little design that I made of a momma opossum and her babies! 🥰💖 If you would like this as a sticker of your own, check out my Etsy store!
she has a flower for you!
mcr(my cpossum romance)
kind of old but one of my favorites
I think opossums could like him
my first post on tumblr!!! this is a repost from pinterest this year I really want to actually learn how to use tumblr
Today I saw in a dream how I drew a picture of a possum 4 one BIG SHOT. I decided to repeat the situation in real life, but draw 4 everyone.
